Junior Cyber Security Researcher

Job ID: 307

Two Six Technologies is looking for a Junior Cybersecurity Researcher to join our Electronic Systems team. You will work with a range of clients from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to the country’s largest ISPs to innovative tech startups. You will become a trusted advisor while learning and performing valuable technical and industry skills.

Job Responsibilities & Duties

• Take on complex technical problems for which there is often no known answer.
• Deconstruct and understand complex technical systems; perform in-depth reverse engineering to find vulnerabilities and understand their impact.
• Comfort with ambiguity and forging your own path; our small team setting will provide you the opportunity for outsized impact. While you will receive extensive training, mentorship, and coaching, you must be comfortable executing against challenging technical goals since there’s no playbook for our innovative work.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Minimum of 1 years of programming/scripting languages (e.g., Go, C, Rust, Python, or similar) and the *nix command line
• Familiarity with reverse engineering principles and disassemblers (e.g., Binary Ninja, Ghidra, IDA)
• Minimum of 1 year of experience utilizing cybersecurity principles and a strong interest in learning more
• Ability to obtain and maintain a government security clearance

Nice if you have:

• Familiarity with Binary Ninja API, Ghidra scripting, or IDA Python
• Familiarity building or securing embedded devices and other hardware or digital systems
• Exposure to static analysis, software reverse engineering, dynamic analysis, fuzzing techniques
• Familiarity with embedded binary reverse engineering (ARM, RTOS, etc.)
• Familiar with a soldering iron
• Experience in a client-facing technical role
• Government Security Clearance

Clearance Requirements:

• Eligibility for Security clearance

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EOE, including disability/vets.