Reverse Engineer Researcher

Company: Carnegie Mellon University – Software Engineering Institute

Location: Arlington, VA or Pittsburgh, PA

Clearance Required: —

Salary: Not posted

Description

The CERT Division of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is seeking an applicant for the role of a Reverse Engineer Researcher for the Threat Analysis directorate. The SEI is a federally funded research and development center at Carnegie Mellon University.

• Reverse engineer malicious code in support of high-impact customers, design and develop new analysis methods and tools, work to identify and address emerging and complex threats, and effectively participate in the broader security community
• Perform in-depth reverse engineering of malicious code, document and transition results in reports, presentations, and technical exchanges
• Explore ways to use artificial intelligence to support of reverse engineering and apply reverse engineering practices to artificial intelligence systems
• Design, prototype, and transition new analysis methods and tools

Requirements

• You have BS in Computer Science or related discipline with eight (8) years of experience; OR MS in the same fields with five (5) years of experience; OR PhD in the same fields with two (2) years of experience.
• You enjoy working on emerging and complex malware analysis and reverse engineering problems.
• You have an analytical mindset and deep curiosity about how software works.
• You have the ability to balance rapid prototyping with maintainable tool development.
• You have strong technical writing experience.