Principal Cyber Tool and Capability Developer
Principal Cyber Tool and Capability Developer
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Job Description Summary:
Draper is actively seeking a Principal Cyber Software Engineer that will support current and future cybersecurity machine learning and cyber tool development projects across a variety of domains supporting the United States of Americas national interest. Due to the variety of USG organizational needs our technical efforts and opportunities vary from conventional cyber operations enablement tooling to embedded vulnerability research and exploit development on a wide range of devices and systems. We are looking for enthusiastic and ambitious individuals to join and lead our growing set of programs and innovate for the greater good of our Nations security. As a part of the Draper Cyber Software team you will drive the design and development of software tools and capabilities perform static and dynamic analysis on diverse firmware and software and share your expertise with others via mentoring and technical leadership opportunities. You will be a part of a multi-disciplinary team with expertise in a wide array of technologies and skills such as embedded systems compiler theory threat intelligence fuzzing binary analysis and vulnerability research.
Job Description:
Duties/Responsibilities
Assess hardware and software for security vulnerabilities using a breadth of technologies and techniques.
Develop software that meets behavior and security requirements for tailored applications.
Integrate software capabilities with other tasks or groups to improve performance or behavior requirements.
Create new tools and systems to detect and exploit vulnerabilities and system weaknesses.
Document nominal application and system functionality in addition to implemented changes.
Independently drive solutions to complex problems - develop requirements propose ways forward when customer requirements are unclear or incomplete and adapt appropriately to changes in requirements.
Subject Matter Expert (SME) in cyber security able to plan design and execute large scale technical software and hardware solutions.
Able to provide insight and suggest design modifications based on analysis outcomes and to apply analysis techniques across a range of technical disciplines.
Identify program/system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.
Develop document and teach best practices to less experienced engineers; Demonstrate strong organization planning and time management skills to achieve program goals.
Performs other related duties as assigned.
Skills/Abilities
Curiosity-driven approach to solving complex customer-driven problems as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
Collaborate and communicate effectively and openly with multi-disciplinary program team members program leadership and non-technical personnel.
Be a team player able to work in a fast-paced environment with the ability to balance multiple competing tasks and demands.
Education
Requires a bachelors in computer science computer engineering or related field.
Experience
10-15 years experience in Cybersecurity or related field is required.
Additional Job Description:
Software Development and Program/Binary Analysis:
- Expertise in developing custom low-level software tools and integrating those tools into complex (both embedded and non-embedded) systems.
- Expert at using contemporary program analysis methodologies and techniques (static and dynamic). Relevant tools include Ghidra Ida Binary Ninja Radare Angr debuggers (GDB winDBG) emulation tools (Qemu) fuzzers (AFL) etc.
- Experience with techniques that prevent reverse engineering and employ obfuscation or diversification.
- Proven background in researching and exploiting software vulnerabilities.
- Proficiency using secure coding practices and mitigation techniques against software attack vectors.
- Expert at using programming languages and their build systems such as: C C Python GoLang Rust.
- Experience in compiler toolchain development such as building custom LLVM passes. Experience with leveraging the different stages of compilation i.e. intermediate representation.
- Experience in building high-quality code and helping others to meet those same coding standards.
System and Architecture:
- Proficiency with the core workings of operating systems (user mode kernel mode boot processes) especially in Windows GNU/Linux or RTOS contexts.
- Proficiency in leveraging a variety of computing architectures and their associated assembly languages (e.g. x86 ARM RISCV etc.).
Leadership and Business Development:
- Proven track record of leading tasks and projects. Knowledge and expertise in creating project timelines executing task delegation and prioritizing project goals in order to meet contractual obligations.
- Experienced in communicating project progress and goals to clients/sponsors. Ability to receive feedback and adapt to changes in project schedule/goals given client/sponsor needs.
- Effective using different communication styles depending on team needs. Experience communicating during difficult situations.
- Experience with presenting technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience participating in proposal writing and business winning.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with creating technical strategies at the organization level. Ability to leverage knowledge of the state-of-the-art a companys expertise and niche skills and client/sponsor needs to generate technical goals for an organization.
- Experience with seeing a project through from inception to delivery.
- Expertise in building reverse engineering automation tools and analysis frameworks.
- Experience in leveraging machine learning (where appropriate) to automate cyber software tool development and program analysis.
- History of business winning; proven experience leading proposals that resulted in new business.
- Background in proposing and executing R&D projects and exploring novel cutting-edge concepts that are high risk high reward. History of transitioning these projects to client/sponsor funded programs.
This role is onsite in Cambridge MA or Reston VA. Applicants selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance. Having anexisting TS/SCI is preferred.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full Time
