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Senior Offensive Threat Researcher

Draper

$82,300 - $205,750
Aug 12, 2025
Cambridge, MA, US
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Draper is looking for individuals to develop tailored solutions to meet DoD and IC Sponsor directives, addressing national challenges through cyber security expertise.

Requirements

  • Proficiency with static and dynamic analysis techniques for forensic analysis and anomaly detection
  • Proficiency in techniques that prevent reverse engineering and employ obfuscation or diversification.
  • Experience conducting in-depth technical threat analysis and research
  • Hands-on proficiency with forensic analysis tools such as: FTK Imager, X-Ways, Autopsy, Volatility
  • Proficiency with modern program analysis methodologies and techniques
  • Reverse-engineering assessment techniques for software, firmware and/or embedded systems
  • Hands-on proficiency with reverse engineering tooling such as: Ghidra, IDA, GDB, RR

Responsibilities

  • Assess hardware and software for security vulnerabilities using a breadth of technologies and techniques.
  • Develop software that meets behavior and security requirements for tailored applications.
  • Integrate software capabilities with other tasks or groups to improve performance or behavior requirements.
  • Create new tools and systems to detect and exploit vulnerabilities and system weaknesses.
  • Document nominal application and system functionality, in addition to implemented changes.
  • Drive solutions to complex problems with limited direction – contribute to requirements. development, propose ways forward, and adapt appropriately to changes in requirements.
  • Provides insight and suggest design modifications based on analysis outcomes, and to apply analysis techniques across a range of technical disciplines.

Other

  • 5-10 years experience in Cybersecurity or related field is required.
  • Actively mentor less experienced engineers and provide thoughtful, constructive feedback.
  • Curiosity-driven approach to solving complex, customer-driven problems as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Collaborate and communicate effectively and openly with multi-disciplinary program team members, program leadership, and non-technical personnel.
  • Applicants selected for this position must be required to obtain and maintain a government TS/SCI security clearance.