Cyber Security Hardware Specialist

6 days ago


Reading, Reading, United Kingdom Oracle Full time
Job Description

Role Summary

Oracle's Global Product Security team is seeking a highly skilled security professional to join the Ethical Hacking Team. As a Hardware Cyber Security Researcher, you will be responsible for conducting security assessments of Oracle's products, identifying vulnerabilities, and providing guidance on remediation.

Key Responsibilities

  • Conduct in-depth security assessments of hardware products, including reverse engineering firmware and identifying potential security vulnerabilities.
  • Develop and implement proof-of-concept exploit attack chains to simulate real-life attacks.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize security issues and provide guidance on remediation.
  • Stay up-to-date with the latest security threats and trends, and develop and maintain expertise in security tools and technologies.
  • Communicate complex security concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Requirements

  • Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical/Electronic/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
  • 3+ years of experience in vulnerability research/bug hunting, with a public history of vulnerability discovery (CVEs, blog posts, etc.) highly desirable.
  • Practical experience with hardware attacks (e.g. side channels, fault injection), and past experience with hardware attack tools (e.g. ChipWhisperer) highly desirable.
  • Ability to think like an adversary, identify potentially vulnerable spots in designs and implementations, assess risk, and communicate relevant details to other team members and managers.
  • Knowledge of analogue/digital electronics and ability to understand complex schematic diagrams.
  • Ability to communicate on, monitor, and debug common embedded communications interfaces (e.g. JTAG, SPI, I2C, RS232, USB, etc.).
  • Ability to build enabling prototypes (e.g. Arduino/Raspberry Pi controlled breadboards).
  • Ability to use common hardware lab tools (e.g. soldering iron, logic analyzer, oscilloscope, function generator, power supply, etc.).
  • Knowledge of x86 and/or ARM server platform architecture and ability to read and understand x86 and/or ARM assembly.
  • Experience with disassemblers/decompilers (e.g. IDA Pro/HexRays, Ghidra, Radare, objdump, gdb, etc.) and firmware reversing tools (e.g. binwalk).
  • Familiarity with memory corruption bugs (stack/heap/integer overflows, format strings).
  • Ability to run firmware on QEMU and knowledge of Linux OS internals.
  • Fluency in either C or C++ and proficiency with one among Python, Go, Java, or Bash. Ability to self-teach any language, given appropriate resources to study and practice.
  • Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills.
  • Ability to work physically in a hardware lab environment for 50% of the time.


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