About this role
Responsibilities
- Requirements: Mobile Software Reverse Engineering (with support to development and malware analysis efforts).
- Background: Conduct software exploitation against applications, middleware, operating systems (OS) user interface, OS drivers/runtimes, firmware and other binary data:
- Working experience in software engineering and related technologies. Experience in sizing and scoping, in design, implementation and delivery of mobile application solutions using iOS and/or Android development environments.
- Provide malicious code reverse engineering to isolate, review, analyze, and reverse-engineer potentially malicious programs recovered from compromised computer systems and networks.
- Research new trends, techniques, and packaging of malicious software to stay current and ready to identify and handle zero-day exploits.
- Research behavior of binaries and share detailed understanding of how apps behave at memory/register level in support of technical exploitation operations.
- Support efforts to design, prototype, document, test, conduct exploitation automation and transition code analysis methods and tools specific to technical exploitation operations.
Location: Bethesda, MD
Qualifications
Required:
- Experience with Windows, Linux, Android, OS X, and iOS operating system & architecture.
- Experience in computer or cell phone architecture, system internals, operating systems, and/or boot process software engineering.
- Experience with static analysis tools such as IDA Pro, Ghidra and Binary Ninja.
- Experience with debugging tools such as WinDbg.
- Experience with virtualization, sandboxing, and emulation tools like VMware, KVM, QEMU and others.
- Working knowledge of programming languages such as C, C++, .NET, Python, Java, etc.
- Debug mobile applications' memory and performance issues.
- Active TS/SCI with CI Poly required.
- Minimum 5 years with BS/BA; 3 years with MS/MA; 0 years with PhD. Bachelor's degree should be in one of these fields: Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, Data Science, or Software Engineering.
Preferred:
- Experience requiring a deep knowledge of Android and a strong passion in mobile industry and mobile development.
- Experience developing/designing mobile phone platforms highly desired.
- Experience in wireless API's (Wi-Fi, Bluetooth) preferred.
- Engineer software scripts in C, C++, and Java with emphasis on prototyping and API extraction.
- DoD 8570 Compliant, active IAT Level II certification.
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Target Salary Range
$112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.EEO
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About Peraton
At Peraton, we're at the forefront of delivering the next big thing every day. We're the partner of choice to help solve some of the world's most daunting challenges, delivering bold, new solutions to keep people around the world safer and more secure.
How do we do it? By thinking differently. We're not mired in the past. We look at all problems with fresh eyes. We look past the obvious to bring the best talent, tech, and ideas together to completely transform how things get done. So bring your unique ideas, your entrepreneurial spirit, and your drive to succeed and get ready to be part of something bigger. Get ready to do the can't be done.
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What you'll do
- The Mobile Reverse Engineer will conduct software exploitation against various applications and provide reverse engineering of malicious code. They will also research new trends in malware and support technical exploitation operations.
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