Associate Reverse Engineer Researcher

About the role The SEI helps advance software engineering principles and practices and serves as a national resource in software engineering, computer security, and process improvement. The SEI works closely with defense and government organizations, industry, and academia to continually improve software-intensive systems. Our core purpose is to help organizations improve software engineering capabilities and develop or acquire the right software, defect free, within budget and on time, every time.    The CERT Division of the Software Engineering Institute SEI is seeking an applicant for the role of a Reverse Engineer Researcher for the Threat Analysis directorate. The SEI is a federally funded research and development center at Carnegie Mellon University.    What you’ll do  Reverse engineer malicious code in support of high-impact customers, design and develop new analysis methods and tools, work to identify and address emerging and complex threats, and effectively participate in the broader security community  Perform in-depth reverse engineering of malicious code, document and transition results in reports, presentations, and technical exchanges  Explore ways to use artificial intelligence to support of reverse engineering and apply reverse engineering practices to artificial intelligence systems Design, prototype, and transition new analysis methods and tools  Identify and document emerging and complex active security threats  Participate in the broader security community through collaboration, papers, and presentations  Who you are   You have BS in Computer Science or related discipline with three 3 years of experience; OR MS in the same fields with one 1 year of experience.  You enjoy working on emerging and complex malware analysis and reverse engineering problems. You have an analytical mindset and deep curiosity about how software works. You have the ability to balance rapid prototyping with maintainable tool




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