Vulnerability Researcher

Noblis is looking for a Top Secret cleared Vulnerability Researcher to support our customer in the Quantico, VA area.

 

Interested in joining our multi-disciplinary digital forensic team to enable and enhance our Department of Justice clients? In your role you will work with multiple teams to design, develop, deploy, maintain, and migrate solutions in multiple environments for national security missions spanning infrastructure development and management, systems engineering, and administrative management which are transforming the way law enforcement and the intelligence community handle and analyze information and translate it into actionable intelligence. Additional responsibilities include:

 

• performing detailed vulnerability assessments from researching secure technologies.
• formulating and implementing techniques to recover protected data.
• providing written and oral briefings of technical findings.

 

You would join Noblis’ Law Enforcement Programs division as we continue to grow our capabilities. Today our team consists of developers, scientists, engineers, researchers, and analysts that have served federal, state, and local government clients on the most difficult high-consequence problems in analytics, biometrics, AI/machine learning, encryption, and forensic science for over 20 years. Our team is engaged across the law enforcement and intelligence community and has been instrumental in making our customers’ programs successful in analytics, automation, and digital solutions spanning identity science, AI/machine learning, computer vision, biometrics, forensics, media analytics, systems engineering, software development/integration, DevOps, and cloud technologies.

Basic Quaifications:

 

Minimum Education: Bachelor of Science (B.S.) or Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in a technical discipline (e.g., engineering, mathematics, computer science, computer engineering) or 6 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.

 

Minimum/General Experience:     

• Must possess an active Top Secret clearance with SCI/CI polygraph eligibility. 
• Ability to analyze difficult technical problems and develop solutions.
• Two (2) years of experience in the field of vulnerability research in the following areas:
• C programming in Windows and Linux/Unix software development environments;
• Reverse engineering Windows kernel modules and applications using IDA Pro, OllyDbg, Windbg, and others; and
• Implementing cryptographic algorithms.

 

Desired Skills:     

• Component reverse engineering experience.
• Computer network engineering and network traffic data analysis.
• Analysis of malicious network activity and computer network protocol analysis.

 

· Learn about and support Noblis’ client engagement, corporate values, and corporate strategic priorities, including providing input to proposal writers.
· Build a productive relationship with your client and understand their structure and goals.
· Participate in the proposal process by providing input to proposal writers.

At Noblis we recognize and reward your contributions, provide you with growth opportunities, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, and work-life programs. Our award programs acknowledge employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our service standards. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in our benefit programs. Other offerings may be provided for employees not within this category. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Benefits page on our Careers site.

 

Salary at Noblis is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the combination of education, certifications, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, internal and external equity, location, and clearance level, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements and applicable employment laws. The projected compensation range for this position is provided within the posting and are based on full time status. Part time staff receive a prorated salary based on regularly scheduled hours. The estimated minimum and maximum displayed represents the broadest range for this position (inclusive of high geographic and high clearance requirements), and is just one component of Noblis’ total compensation package for employees.

 

Noblis and our wholly owned subsidiaries, Noblis ESI, and Noblis MSD tackle the nation's toughest problems and apply advanced solutions to our clients' most critical missions. We bring the best of scientific thought, management, and engineering expertise together in an environment of independence and objectivity to deliver enduring impact on federal missions. Noblis works with a wide range of government clients in the defense, intelligence and federal civil sectors. Learn more at Noblis -About Us

 

Why work at a Noblis company?

Our employees find greater meaning in their work and balance the other things in life that matter to them. Our people are our greatest asset. They are exceptionally skilled, knowledgeable, team-oriented, and mission-driven individuals who want to do work that matters and benefits the public. Noblis has won numerous workplace awards. Noblis maintains a drug-free workplace.

 

Noblis is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race (as well as because of or on the basis of traits historically associated with race, including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists), color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions, genetic factors, military/veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

 

Noblis is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Noblis will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact employee-relations@noblis.org.