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L3Harris Australia excels as a prime defence contractor, providing integrated tech solutions for over four decades. Specialising in technology that connects and shapes operations spanning multiple domains: space, air, land, sea, cyber and first responders. Today, we employ over 500 professionals in all major cities who understand the region’s unique requirements.

Lead, Security Research Engineer

Security EngineerSecurity EngineerFull TimeRemoteLeadTeam 10,001

Location

United States

Posted

60 days ago

Salary

$97K - $207K / year

Seniority

Lead

Job Description

Lead, Security Research Engineer

L3HHCM20

Job Title: Lead, Security Research Engineer Job Code: 35904 Job Location: Remote Job Schedule: 9/80: Employees work 9 out of every 14 days – totaling 80 hours worked, and have every other Friday off Job Description: L3Harris has an immediate opening for a Senior Security Software Research Engineer with our security group, Trenchant. Trenchant is responsible for devising and implementing a sophisticated commercial cyber toolkit. Our teams are comprised of elite security researchers and former intelligence professionals with a fixation on realizing mission outcomes. We are pursuing top-tier senior security researching talent with experience across a host of technologies and paradigms. Our researchers, engineers and specialists work on tight-knit interdisciplinary teams. These teams generate thoughtful capability designs and incremental feature releases that reliably deliver cyber solutions into operational environments. Our business unit offers an exceptional value-proposition for individuals looking to make an impact. Trenchant is an elite global team of engineers and security researchers charged with building world-class computer security products. Trenchant’s expertise is the by-product of the L3Harris acquisition of two highly-regarded information security businesses – Azimuth Security and Linchpin Labs. United under Trenchant, we are a key component of L3Harris’ Intelligence and Cyber International Division. We are a trusted, discrete partner furnishing security products, consultancy, training and integration services to allied security, defense, and law enforcement agencies. Essential Functions: - Finding vulnerabilities in ubiquitous Internet-deployed software and/or popular devices’ software or firmware. - Constructing exploits for vulnerabilities discovered by the company. - Research & development on security technologies in such fields as exploitation, bug-finding, reverse engineering and static analysis. - Working with and for officers, employees or contractors of the company. - Training, management and provision of guidance to junior staff. - Regular interaction with managers, clients, vendors, and customers to field queries and questions. - Take an active role in cross-team projects when needed. - Ability to obtain and maintain security clearance. Qualifications: - Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years of prior relevant experience. Graduate Degree and a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience. Preferred Additional Skills: - 5+ years of Vulnerability Research, reverse engineering, and bug-hunting. - Experience with static and dynamic binary analysis. - Experience with iOS, Android, Windows, Linux, or embedded systems kernel, user land, and internals or browser internals. - Experience with common tools in security research (e.g. IdaPro, Ghidra, Radare, Binary Ninja, AFL, SysInternals, GDB, WinDBG, etc). - Experience with common programming languages (e.g. C/C++, Python, Swift, etc). - Experience with common architectures (e.g. x86/64, ARM, AARCH64, MIPS, PowerPC, TILEGX, etc). - Experience with modern security system features, exploit mitigations, and evasion techniques (e.g. defeating ASLR, DEP, Control Flow Guard, ROP, Security Product/AV Evasion, etc). - Experience with a wide-range of modern exploitation concepts and techniques. - Service in the US Intelligence Community or US Military working in cyber operations. - Experience with Computer Network Operations / Computer Network Exploitation. - Experience with symbolic execution and emulation software (e.g. QEMU, Corellium, VHDL, etc). - Cryptographic experience (e.g. side-channel attacks, implementing AES, etc). - Experience teaching and mentoring junior vulnerability researchers. - Bespoke fuzzer development experience. In compliance with pay transparency requirements, the salary range for this role in California, Massachusetts, New Jersey, Washington, and the Greater D.C, Denver, or NYC areas is $111,500 - $207,500. The salary range for this role in Colorado state, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New York state, and Vermont is $97,000 - $180,000. This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary, as final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to experience and geographic location. L3Harris also offers a variety of benefits, including health and disability insurance, 401(k) match, flexible spending accounts, EAP, education assistance, parental leave, paid time off, and company-paid holidays. The specific programs and options available to an employee may vary depending on date of hire, schedule type, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements. #LI-FS1

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