This position requires advanced technical knowledge in the areas of system-level programming (including driver development), x86 assembly, reverse engineering, kernel-mode debugging, and operating system internals. This experience will include:

• Short engagement, complex network penetration testing
• Design, develop and debug software in C/C++ and x86 assembly
• Contribute to the design and development to innovative research projects in the areas of virtualization and distributed programming
• Develop and innovate low-level software protection methods and executable dissection algorithms
• Maintain current personal knowledge of new technologies, systems, and tools
• Co-authoring of small-group project reports, documentation, and proposals for a highly technical audience     

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field.
• 5 years experience directly related to the following duties and responsibilities:     
• Penetration testing experience
• User-mode and kernel-mode software development
• programming in C/C++ and assembly
• Microsoft Windows operating systems

Preferred additional skills:

• Development of any of the following is a plus:
• Software protection
• Distributed programming
• Automated executable analysis
• Virtualization
• Emulation engines
• reverse engineering  
• operating system internals
• security components and kernel-mode debugging tools
• General knowledge of information security, malware, rootkits, software protection schemes, and virtualization theory

This position requires an active TOP secret security clearance.