Senior Vulnerability Research Engineer
$148,300–$266,900 year
RemoteUnited States or Chantilly, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Perform vulnerability research and reverse engineering against hardware and software targets while allocating tasking to support larger-scale cyber tool development. Conduct testing and integration of cyber tools to ensure operational readiness for national defense objectives. This role supports the Federal Solutions team, delivering resources to US government customers in areas of defense, security, and intelligence. Candidates must obtain a TS/SCI security clearance and possess extensive experience in programming languages such as Python, C, and C++.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in related technical field
- 10+ years of professional related experience
- Master's degree in related field
- 10+ years utilizing programming languages such as Python, C, C++, x86
- 5+ years of experience in vulnerability research and/or cyber tool development
- Knowledge of networking fundamentals
- Experience developing in Windows and Linux environments
- Experience with CI / CD Pipelines and version control (Git)
- Ability to obtain a TS/SCI security clearance
- U.S. Citizenship
Desired Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in vulnerability research and/or cyber tool development
- Cross-Platform Windows-Linux development
- Experience with Windows Internals and/or Linux kernel level programming
- Knowledge of concurrent application development concepts (multi-threaded and/or distributed)
- Familiarity with antivirus evasion techniques
- Assembly languages (x86, ARM, MIPS, etc)
- Additional Operating Systems (Android, iOS, OSX)
- Certified/trained in one or more of the following: Corelan Bootcamp/Advanced, ManTech ACTP Windows/Linux/VR&E, OSCP, OSED, OSWE
- Experience supporting USCYBERCOM, NSA, DoD cyber operations, or related mission environments
- Candidates willing to be hybrid and able to work in a classified environment at one of Parsons' offices in Centreville, Chantilly, or Herndon, VA
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