Research and Development Engineer

From: Foundstone Labs <labs(at)foundstone.com>
Date: Thu May 29 2003 - 02:10:41 EDT

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SUMMARY OF JOB DESCRIPTION:
Reporting to the Director of Research and Development, the Research and Development Engineer (R&D Eng.) will join a team of highly skilled R&D engineers with varying expertise in vulnerability, software, and network programming concentrations. Foundstone Labs, Foundstone’s global research and development team, is responsible for providing advanced technical content in Foundstone’s product suite, professional service arm, and educational courses alike. As a R&D Engineer, you will be responsible for leading and joining teams of engineers within Foundstone Labs to research and or development advanced technologies. This position will be a highly technical and opportunity for advancement does exist. Minimal, less than 10%, travel may be required.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Identify, research, analyze, and report on current information security threats.
2. Conduct research on technologies, protocols, and applications in efforts to enhance the Foundstone product suite. 3. Develop technical prototypes, tools, and applications for the Foundstone product suite and professional services offerings. 4. Serve as a resource and team member for product and vulnerabilityrelated  projects to include vulnerability identification, analysis, verification, and exploitation.
5. The ability to lead teams and initiatives in a distributed manner is also mandatory.
6. The right candidate may have the opportunity to work remotely or in an office of their choice to include Mission Viejo – CA, San Antonio – TX, Washington D.C., New York - NY, or Boston - MA.

REQUIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS:
• A minimum of 4 years of programming experience to include at least three of the following structured and scripting languages: C/C++/C#, Java, Assembly, Perl, Python, Javascript, Shell, and PHP • Expertise in network protocol analysis to include TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, SNMP, FTP
• A deep understanding of operating system and network architecture, object-oriented programming, and system administration is required. • Network programming experience to include BSD sockets, WinSock(2), or Java Sockets.
• Object-oriented programming design and experience is required. • Post-graduate education is preferred.

OTHER ADVANTEGEOUS SKILLS:
In addition to the programming and scripting languages previously mentioned, experience with any of the following tools and applications would be beneficial: debuggers, sniffers, developer environments, test environments, intrusion detection systems, VMWare, and WinSock2.

Other technology experience in cryptography, reverse engineering, compiler and interpreter design, Unix-to-Win32 porting, application assessments, penetration tests, and binary disassembling is welcomed.

Important:
All interested parties should email labs@foundstone.com. Only complete applications including a cover letter, resume, and academic curriculum vitae will be reviewed. Individuals that provide examples of software development experience will take precedence. Received on Thu May 29 14:09:25 2003