Job opening: Vulnerability Security Researcher
Salary: $82 764 - 128 956 per year
Published at: Jun 14 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
The FBI is recruiting a Vulnerability Security Researcher to support mission critical cyber operations. As a Vulnerability Security Researcher, you will specialize in the design, development, integration, and deployment of cutting edge tools and systems to support cyber operations and intelligence activities. Leveraging advanced knowledge and tradecraft with regards to computer and network security, you will produce creative, innovative, and elegant solutions to some of the toughest challenges.
Duties
GS 11:
Develop bespoke capabilities and mobile applications needed to conduct the FBI's Computer and Network Exploitation (CNE) mission.
Partner with mission teams to build unique solutions for iOS, Android and MacOS applications.
Evaluate and meet vendors associated with computer network exploitation and defense to help identify potential tools to use for the unit's mission.
GS 12:
Research and development of mobile application vulnerabilities through reverse engineering.
Perform application level Pen Testing and forensics analysis.
Qualifications
Please make sure your specialized experience/requirement(s) can be identified in your resume. Applicants must meet the qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
Specialized Experience (SE):
GS-11: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level. SE is defined as follows:
Experience in Software Engineering with a focus on mobile application development.
Experience in researching and developing application security for iOS and Android applications.
Experience with Android, iOS, and/or MacOS systems.
GS-12: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. SE is defined as follows:
Experience analyzing problems and developing solutions involving mobile hardware and software.
Experience demonstrating the ability to reverse engineer malware, android and iOS applications.
Education
Basic Education Requirement
This position has a specific education requirement; all applicants must verify completion of this basic educational requirement by submitting a copy of their college transcripts by the closing date of the vacancy announcement.
Degree: With 30 semester hours in a combination of mathematics, statistics, and computer science. At least 15 of the 30 semester hours must have been in any combination of statistics and mathematics that included differential and integral calculus.
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements provided you can show foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States.
Contacts
- Address Federal Bureau of Investigation
935 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20535
US
- Name: Felisa Wainwright
- Phone: (202) 324-7138
- Email: [email protected]
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