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Vulnerability Researcher

Shadowgate Partners, Inc.

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Annapolis Junction, MD
Top Secret/SCI Full Scope Polygraph
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Job Description

Base salary is $190,240, supported by an exceptionally strong retirement benefit. 401(k): 25% employer contribution, vested immediately ($47,560 per year).
Total compensation: $237,800 (base salary plus employer 401(k) contribution).

Our client is hiring a Vulnerability Researcher to support engineering and vulnerability research across hardware components, software applications, and operating systems. The research focuses on how target systems work, including their functionality, code structure, and design, and supports the discovery of initial access capabilities for mission customers.

Key responsibilities:

Research and analysis:

Carry out engineering and vulnerability research on hardware components, software applications, and
operating systems.
Analyze target functionality, code structure, and system design.
Apply hardware or software reverse engineering techniques to understand how systems behave.
Contribute findings that support the discovery of initial access capabilities.

Qualifications:

The ideal candidate is an early-career researcher with solid reverse engineering fundamentals and a strong
drive to understand how systems work under the hood.

Required:

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, plus 2+ years of experience in computer
science, information systems, or network engineering.
2+ years programming in Assembly, C, C#, C++, Perl, or Python.
2+ years of hardware or software reverse engineering.
TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph.

Compensation and benefits:

Base salary is $190,240, supported by an exceptionally strong retirement benefit.
401(k): 25% employer contribution, vested immediately ($47,560 per year).
Total compensation: $237,800 (base salary plus employer 401(k) contribution).
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