Research Engineer

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Who we are:

The Talos Network Threat Detection and Response Team creates network and endpoint signatures that

are distributed world-wide to multiple products in Cisco's security portfolio and the open-

source community.

Who you Are:

In this position you will create detection content for vulnerabilities in a variety of

Cisco and non-Cisco products. Understanding these vulnerabilities may come from

reviewing technical reports, reading code diffs, or developing proofs-of-concept based

on varying degrees of background information. Once released, these protections

directly impacts the security of people and organizations around the globe. With time and

experience you will develop subject matter expertise in some of the technologies we

work with, act as a technical representative for NTDR at meetings with other departments

and conduct long-term advanced research and development that can be used to

improve Cisco's products.

If you're a tenacious learner, have an excruciating interest in detail, and want to develop

Your technical leadership skills in information security, this may be the right role for you.

What you 'll do:

Role & Responsibilities:

• Research security threats, attacker techniques and tools, 0-day vulnerabilities and other in-depth research on novel threats
• Write in-depth technical advisories about threats and signatures
• Analyze malware samples and vulnerable binaries using static/dynamic analysis debuggers to Build advanced signatures and detection content for Snort, ClamAV, AMP, and other Cisco products
• Create testbed environments to research and run exploits
• Develop tooling that forwards the mission of the team
• Participate in advanced research projects

Minimum Qualifications:

• 3+ years professional and/or educational experience with analyzing, identifying, and exploiting a wide variety of vulnerability types, such as buffer overflows, integer overflows, cross-site and server-side request forgery attacks, insecure deserializations, and/or authentication bypasses
• 3+ years professional and/or educational experience using packet analysis tools like Wireshark to analyze network or transport, and application layer protocols, such as IP, TCP, LDAP, TLS, RDP or SMB
• 3+ years professional and/or educational experience with a compiled language (e.g. C, C++, Rust, Go) and/or a scripting language (e.g. Python, Ruby, Perl)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Expertise with the structure of common file formats, such as PDF, MS Office, EXE, ELF and an ability to identify anomalies using popular file-analysis tools such as 010 Editor
• Expert knowledge of operating system internals and familiarity with concepts such as: application memory layout, C runtime or OS-related functions, kernel vs user space functionality
• Expertise with reverse engineering, malware analysis, and relevant tools (e.g.IDA Pro, Binary Ninja, Ghidra, radare2, x64dbg, WinDbg, OllyDbg), as well as analyzing assembly code and identifying code patterns in disassembled binaries
• 5+ years of related industry experience in roles like: incident response, intrusion detection, forensic analysis, pentesting or red teaming, or vulnerability development
• Experience with detection content engineering such as Snort rules language
• Master's degree or equivalent experience Computer Science, Cyber Security, or other tech-related degree

Why Cisco Secure:

We're global, we're adaptable, we're diverse, and our security portfolio is as extensive as it is groundbreaking. Have you heard of Threat, Detection & Response, Zero Trust by Duo, Common Services Engineering, or Cloud & Network Security? Those are only a few of our product teams! The only thing we're missing is YOU.

Join an enterprise security leader with a start-up culture, committed to driving innovation and giving you the opportunity to make an impact. We #InnovateToWin and we know we're better together, that's why we're dedicated to inclusivity, collaboration, and diversity in everything we do.

We're proud to be the Best Small and Mid-Size Enterprises Security Solution Cisco Secure continues to grow and evolve year after year with 100% of Fortune 100 Companies using our products, and we're excited to see the new heights we'll reach with your passion for security, your customer focus, and your desire to change things up!

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