Senior Cyber Engineer

** Overview:
** Draper is an independent, nonprofit research and development company headquartered in Cambridge, MA. The 2,000+ employees of Draper tackle important national challenges with a promise of delivering successful and usable solutions. From military defense and space exploration to biomedical engineering, lives often depend on the solutions we provide. Our multidisciplinary teams of engineers and scientists work in a collaborative environment that inspires the cross-fertilization of ideas necessary for true innovation.

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** Job Description

Summary:

** An Offensive Cybersecurity Engineer (SMTS) leverages an understanding of hardware, firmware/software, and existing or custom tooling to evaluate systems for vulnerabilities and/or to develop software to exploit and alter the behavior of a system. Offensive Security Engineers are responsible for both identifying and defeating modern defensive security techniques in both hardware and software to deliver software that can withstand environmental scrutiny.

Works independently, in conjunction with defensive software or hardware cybersecurity professionals for red team efforts, or with other cross-domain professionals for targets that intersect other technical areas.
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* Job Description:

**** Duties/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.  
• Identifies program/system-level technical risks and develop and execute mitigation strategies.  
• Actively mentor less experienced engineers and provide thoughtful, constructive feedback.  
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

** Skills/Abilities*
* • 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.  
• Be a team player able to work in a fast-paced environment with the ability to balance multiple competing tasks and demands.

** Education
* * Requires a bachelor's in computer science, computer engineering, or related field.

** Experience
* * 5-10 years experience in Cybersecurity or related field is required.
** Additional

Job Description:

** Requirements:
8+ years experience in offensive security positions primarily focused in red teaming roles within the national security context.
-   Understanding of network protocols and computer architecture  -   Written and verbal communication skills  -   Knowledge of threat modeling, threat intelligence, maybe incident response  -   Scripting experience  -   Understanding of devops, CI/CD  -   Experience working with systems engineers  -   Understanding of basic cryptography  -   Leadership demonstrated  Preferred:  -   Exploit development and assembly code  -   Fault injection, side channels  -   Certifications are a plus but not necessary

Candidates selected for this position will be required to obtain and maintain a government security clearance. Secret Clearance is preferred.

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** Job Location - City:
** Cambridge
* * Job Location - State:
** Massachusetts
* * Job Location - Postal Code:
** The US base salary range for this full-time position is $82,300.00 - $
* Our salary ranges are determined…