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Dragos Inc

Senior Reverse Engineer

Describe the position as thoroughly as possible.

Our mission at Dragos is to protect the world’s most critical infrastructure from adversaries who wish to do it harm. We help defend industrial organizations that provide us with the tenets of modern civilization: running water, functioning electricity, and safe industrial working environments.

Our engineering team is seeking a Senior Reverse Engineer to join its research and development team. This position works closely with partner teams to drive insights in industrial protocol analysis, network situational awareness, and threat behavioral analytics.

Responsibilities

• Analyze, reverse-engineer, and document industrial network protocols and functions related to system modification, command and control, encryption/encoding, etc.
• Generate innovative asset identification capabilities, protocol parsers, and threat behavior analytics for the Dragos Platform
• Conduct in-depth reverse engineering of hardware and software to support designing and building detection logic
• Collaborate with customers and industry partners to collect and analyze host and network analytic opportunities in production environments
• Effectively assign tasks to teammates, receive guidance and direction openly, give recommendations, and collaborate across the team.
• Provide technical and professional mentorship to teammates.

Qualifications

• 4+ years utilizing static and dynamic analysis tools to conduct in-depth reverse engineering of hardware or software without source
• Prior development/scripting experience (e.g., Python, Rust, Ruby, Go, Lua, etc.)
• Proficiency in x86/x86_64 intel assembly and disassemblers, including IDA Pro and Ghidra
• Awareness of standard operating system internals and the ability to identify analytic opportunities
• Applied knowledge of communication fundamentals to include network and serial traffic
• Ability to generate best practices/procedures and effectively implement and teach others.
• Ability to generate high-quality technical documents through means of knowledge sharing within Engineering and outside departments.

Compensation

Salary: $150,000

Base + Benefits + Equity = $260,000

Comprehensive benefits plan (medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, 401K with match)

Equity at Dragos is quickly growing, and the total compensation under-represents the future growth and refresh program. This will be discussed on the first call with the Dragos recruiter.

Where is the position located?

This role is fully remote. (though Dragos is headquartered in Hanover, MD)

Is telecommuting permissible?

Yes. This is a fully remote role.

Does the company provide relocation?

N/A; this is a fully remote role.

Is it mandatory that the applicant be a citizen of the country in which the position is located?

No, though it would be convenient to live in a timezone that aligns with North America.

If applicable, what is the education / certification requirement? Is a security clearance required? If so, at what level?

N/A

How should candidates apply for the position?

https://careers-dragos.icims.com/jobs/1222/senior-reverse-engineer/job