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Federal - Security Researcher

TX - San Antonio Job No. r00129911

Job Description

Accenture Federal Services (AFS) is seeking a Security Researcher to support our cyber mission security work. The work will include analyzing software for vulnerabilities and developing respective cyber capabilities. Candidates will demonstrate practical experience designing, developing, and deploying tools integrating with command and control systems and deploying secure network transmission capabilities.

Qualifications

Here's what you need:

 Five (5) plus  years’ experience with reverse engineering compiled programs (e.g. C/C++)

  • Fluency reading common assembly languages (e.g. x86, x86-64, ARM)
  • Five (5) plus years’ experience developing in scripting languages (e.g. Python, Javascript)
  • Experience and familiarity with debuggers and decompilers (e.g. gdb, Binja, IDA Pro)

Bonus points if you have:

  • Experience developing/defeating mitigations (e.g. ASLR, DEP, N^X)
  • Experience developing defeats of common anti-RE techniques (e.g. obfuscation)
  • Detailed understanding of embedded platforms (e.g. FPGA, physical memory)
  • Experience with securely implemented cryptographic primitives (e.g. AES-GCM, SHA256, ECDSA)
  • Familiarity with program analysis tools and techniques (e.g. control flow, heap grooming, taint tracing)
  • Experience with effective use of automated analysis (e.g. fuzzers, emulation, sandbox)
  • Deep knowledge of file systems and formats (e.g. ELF, PE, Mach-O)
  • Effective communication with customers and teammates
  • Experience developing proof-of-concept exploits

Eligibility Requirements:

  • US Citizenship required

Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors including but not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, New York City or Washington as set forth below and information on benefits offered is here.    

   

Role Location: Range of Starting Pay for role  

California: $122,600 - $198,800

Colorado: $122,600 - $171,700 

New York City: $141,800 - $198,800

Washington: $130,500 - $182,800 


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