Mobile Security Engineer II
Job Summary
Thales is a global technology leader trusted by governments institutions and enterprises to tackle their most demanding challenges. From quantum applications and artificial intelligence to cybersecurity and 6G innovation our solutions empower critical decisions rooted in human intelligence. Operating at the forefront of aerospace and space cybersecurity and digital identity were driven by a mission to build a future we can all trust.
Present in India since 1953 Thales is headquartered in Noida and has other operational offices and sites spread across Delhi Gurugram Bengaluru and Mumbai among others. Over 2200 employees are working with Thales and its joint ventures in India. Since the beginning Thales has been playing an essential role in Indias growth story by sharing its technologies and expertise in Defence Aerospace and Cyber & Digital sectors. Thales has two engineering competence centres in India - one in Noida focused on Cyber & Digital business while the one in Bengaluru focuses on hardware software and systems engineering capabilities for both the civil and defence sectors serving global needs. The Group has also established an MRO (Maintenance Repair & Overhaul) facility in Gurugram to provide comprehensive avionics maintenance and repair services to Indian airlines and support the growth of the local aviation industry.As a mobile security expert in Thales Cybersecurity and Digital Identity a leader in cybersecurity you will gain international exposure and have the possibility to work with teams from different geographical locations (i.e. France India Singapore United States). Being amongst various cybersecurity experts you will be exposed to different challenges gaining knowledge and building further expertise from working with cybersecurity experts coming from various addition you will be able to make use of your expertise to influence and define the mobile cybersecurity ecosystem.
Roles and responsibilities:
Penetration testing and reverse engineering on mobile applications
Provide technical risk analysis threat identification and countermeasure recommendations to business
Provide guidance in secure design of products and features
Security research on new threats technologies and tools (including AI based security tools)
Keeping abreast of new threats and vulnerabilities to mobile applications and the industry to provide proactive solutions
Define and promote the official internal mobile security process for mobile teams
Train mobile teams on security
Technical Requirements:
Experience in penetration testing of mobile applications (Android iOS). Understanding of the attack paths on mobile applications
Experience on threat modelling architecture review vulnerability management
Knowledge of common OS exploits and mobile security threats: Jailbreaking/Rooting/Flashing a device custom kernels custom ROMs hooking frameworks
Knowledge of classic attacking techniques: data cloning reverse engineering traffic interception hooking debugging (using tools like gdb Burp suite Substrate Frida Ghidra IDA Pro)
Basic knowledge on applied cryptography
Interest in learning or knowing about non-mobile platforms security (Windows MacOS Linux)
Interest and understanding of low-level aspects of operating systems (syscalls processes daemons virtual memory kernel extensions etc.)
Interest and understanding of leveraging AI-based tools and techniques to enhance mobile penetration testing security assessment processes or security conformance verification
Programming languages: Python Shell script Java Kotlin C/C ARM/INTEL assembly Objective-C Swift.
At Thales were committed to fostering a workplace where respect trust collaboration and passion drive everything we do. Here youll feel empowered to bring your best self thrive in a supportive culture and love the work you do. Join us and be part of a team reimagining technology to create solutions that truly make a difference for a safer greener and more inclusive world.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
In all critical environments - air, land, sea, space and cyberspace - decision-makers, operators, crews and members of our armed services and security forces are faced with millions of important decisions every day. It is in supporting these people that Thales in the United States ha ... View more