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Cisco

Senior Security Consultant

CompanyCisco
Websitecisco.com
Roles
  • Senior Security Consultant
  • Reverse engineer communications protocols
  • Reverse engineer firmware targeting ARM & PPC processors
Typefull-time
Role taxonomySecuritySoftware EngineeringHardware / Robotics / EmbeddedSenior
SpecialtiesSecurity, Software Engineering, Embedded
LocationHerndon, VA / Chicago, IL
Salary
Apply viaApplication linkhttps://jobs.cisco.com/jobs/ProjectDetail/1338422
Hiring notes
Parsed locationsHerndon, VA / Chicago, IL
Posted bycscojro
PostedOct 1, 2021
SourceView on Hacker News ↗

Original posting

Cisco | Senior Security Consultant | Onsite - Herndon, VA / Chicago, IL | Full Time Cisco is at the forefront of securing today's emerging technologies. You’ll be part of a highly skilled team hunting for critical security vulnerabilities in third party connected devices that will shape our future. Your primary objective will be identifying, exploiting and documenting vulnerabilities in embedded systems and their associated ecosystems. Targets will include components from connected vehicles, medical devices, and industrial control systems. You’ll have a chance to: • Develop threat models • Review design / architecture documents • Identify and interface with hardware attack vectors. (UART, JTAG, SWD, NVRAM, Flash, USB Peripherals, SD Cards, etc.) • Configure cross-compiler toolchains for obscure targets • Reverse engineer communications protocols • Develop process-specific fuzz testing environments • Reverse engineer firmware targeting ARM & PPC processors • Communications bus message analysis, instrumentation, and fault injection (e.g. SPI, I2C, USB, CAN, LIN) • Instrument and test communications channels (e.g. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth/BLE, Cellular) • Jailbreak devices (get root) • Write reports which clearly document vulnerabilities and provide context at various levels of detail If this sounds exciting, we recommend introducing yourself by sending an email to 1f8b080007d7556102ff8b8c7032f00a092c8f34caa98a34b2288d34b22c5135700400848bc13c17000000 You can apply at https://jobs.cisco.com/jobs/ProjectDetail/1338422