Vulnerability Researcher

2 weeks ago

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom Her Majesty's Government Communications Centre Full time

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 272744**Salary**:

- £49,783 - £53,517-
**Job grade**:

- Other**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Business area**:

- HMGCC - Engineering**Type of role**:

- Engineering**Working pattern**:

- Full-time, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Milton KeynesAbout the job

**Job summary**:
**nterested in Cyber Security? Enjoy searching for vulnerabilities in systems? Want to work somewhere that you can really make a difference?**

Your passion and interest in Cyber Security will spur you on to research and discover vulnerabilities within systems to help protect National Security in the UK and overseas.

You’ll ‘Red Team’ a wide range of IT and communication products that HMGCC provides to the British Government. Your knowledge will enable you to find vulnerabilities in software and hardware and ensure you can secure them before they can be exploited.

You’ll work on projects that range from short term security assessments to long term in-depth analysis of complex systems. You’ll work on a wide range of technologies which will require your problem solving skills and determination to tackle new security problems as technologies evolve.

Don’t know it all yet? No problem You’ll receive investment in your career development through technical training, professional accreditation, mentoring and on the job training. There’s also the chance to travel overseas for conferences and training too.

**Job description**:
Available for full time (37 hours per week) or part time (minimum coverage 25 hours per week) Monday to Friday

**Putting your skills to use**

Using your range of skills within our Security Research Teams, you will:

- Examine and experiment with our products.
- Carry out vulnerability research activities.
- Identify weaknesses and vulnerabilities and demonstrate them using proof of concepts.
- Document your research for sharing with others.
- Liaise with our development teams to secure our products.
- Develop new tools and techniques to help analyse our products.
- Keep track of emerging technologies and assess how they may impact us.
- Make good use of configuration management tools.

**Person specification**:
**More About You**

You’ll already have experience of:

- Reverse engineering Software or Firmware.
- Platform security mitigations (such as ASLR, DEP, Sandboxing etc)
- Common Vulnerability Classes (such as buffer overflows, UAF etc)
- Invasive and passive debugging
- Operating System Internals (such as memory and process management, kernel driver development etc)
- Developed software in low level unmanaged languages (such as C, C++)
- Worked with one or more assembly languages (x86, ARM, MIPS etc)

**Your Personal Skills**

You will be the type of person who:

- Is technically curious and likes to explore the detailed inner workings of a system.
- Feels confident with uncertainty and doesn’t require knowing the full picture.
- Thinks flexibly and creatively about problems that seem impossible.
- Is willing to persist with a challenge and approach it in an organised manner.
- Is willing to work with and learn from others.

**Benefits**:
**What we Offer**

Now that we’ve explained a bit about what you will we be doing, here’s what we can offer you
- 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 after 5 years’ service.
- 8 Bank Holiday days off in addition to your annual leave.
- 2 ½ additional days leave (set dates through the year).
- Paid overtime or time off in lieu. Your salary is for your contracted hours. If you work more, we believe you should be rewarded for that.
- Training. Lots and lots of training. This can be anything from a ½ day internal course to a distant learning degree. If it’s relevant to your career, we will aim to support you.
- Pension. Our Pension scheme is Alpha. It’s competitive.
- Sports & Social Society. Whether it's classic cars or baking, golf or crafting, we have a society for you.
- 3 days paid leave a year to support a registered charity of your choice.
- Free parking
- Free onsite gym, open 24 hours a day
- Relocation Package*
- Affinity Groups - whether you are disabled, LGBTQ and/or from an Ethnic Minority. We provide an inclusive environment and support for everyone.

**About HMGCC**

We are HMGCC, the engineering specialists at the heart of the UK’s national security.

We work with the intelligence agencies, UK Government, academia, private sector partners and international allies to bring engineering ingenuity to the national security mission, creating tools and technologies that drive us ahead and help to protect the nation.

We invest in our people, not only with training but also support throughout your career with us; to allow you to reach your full potential at work, as well as enjoy the work/life balance many aspire to.

To find out more about us and if we’re right for you, please visit our website.

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