Security Hardware Analyst

Please send us your resume to itjob@gc-employment.com with the job titile "Security Hardware Analyst" in the subject.

Responsibilities include:

• Security testing of industrial control systems and devices.

• Identification of hardware and PCB components

• Firmware extraction and analysis

• Identifying known vulnerabilities in devices, and developing tests to find new ones.

• Researching and developing new ways to identify vulnerabilities in embedded devices.

• Staying current with new developments in the network security and industrial control security worlds, especially in regards to disclosed vulnerabilities and security hardware techniques.

Requirements include:

• Experience in firmware security analysis and coding techniques

• The ability to easily decipher packet captures and identify meaningful data.

• Experience in black box testing, especially in terms of protocol analysis.

• The ability to create exploit code based on identified vulnerabilities.

• An ability to decompile and reverse engineer applications (using tools such as IDA, OllyDbg, etc).

• The ability to develop network-­?testing tools of your own (socket programming Experience).

• A solid low-­level understanding of operating systems such as Linux and Windows.

• Experience with software security vulnerabilities, and the ability to quickly identify security issues when looking at an application’s code.

Considered an Asset if you have have skills and experience that include:

• Crypto analysis

• Software radio

• Good knowledge of networking protocols and concepts (such as TCP/IP, ARP, ICMP, etc).

• Experience with industrial or process control systems

• Experience with wireless technologies, especially 802.15.4.

• Experience with embedded systems and devices.