Enterprise Router Exploitation Engineer Applied AI RE VR Fortinet Mikrotik , NY​/On Site

Zealot is deploying AI systems at the center of western cyber operations , backed by tier-1 US VCs and industry leaders. Our team includes alumni of Anthropic, xAI, and Anduril. Soon live with close U.S. allies abroad.

APPLIED AI RE VR FORTINET MIKROTIK

Compensation 100K-195K + skin in the game equity

Location New York, NY On Site

Stage Early-stage startup backed by tier 1 investors. Small, growing team with exceptionally high ownership.

• + Research and exploit vulnerabilities in enterprise routers and network appliances from Mikro Tik, Fortinet, and similar vendors.
• + Reverse engineer RouterOS, FortiOS, and proprietary network operating systems.
• + Develop exploit chains targeting management interfaces, routing protocols, and VPN implementations.
• + Build automated tooling for router firmware analysis and vulnerability discovery at scale.
• + Deep experience with Mikro Tik RouterOS and/or Fortinet FortiOS internals.
• + Strong reverse engineering skills targeting network appliance firmware.
• + Experience exploiting vulnerabilities in network services, management planes, and routing protocols.
• + Strong understanding of networking: BGP, OSPF, IPsec, SSL-VPN, firewall internals.

• + Published CVEs or advisories against Mikro Tik, Fortinet, Cisco, Juniper, or similar vendors.
• + Experience with proprietary OS reverse engineering (non-Linux-based network OSes).
• + Familiarity with SNMP, TR-069, and network device management protocols.
• + Experience with fuzzing network protocol implementations.
• + Experience building with LLMs and AI agents.
• + Background in red team operations targeting enterprise network infrastructure.
• + Obsessed with understanding how enterprise networks can be compromised at the infrastructure level.
• + Clearly interested in stepping away from purely manual research and moving toward the development of AI systems.
• + Building something massive matters more to you than comfort, titles, or predictability.
• + You want to be early at a company that will change an industry, and you're ready to do what that actually takes.

Note to recruiting firms:
Router and network appliance vulnerability research is the core requirement. Mikro Tik and/or Fortinet experience is strongly preferred. Deep networking knowledge is essential.

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