F5, Inc. seeks Sr. Security Researcher in Seattle, WA:
Job Duties: Research web frameworks and servers to identify and understand emerging threats. Examine and replicate newly disclosed web application vulnerabilities. Focus on WAF (Web Application Firewall) evasion techniques to preemptively bypass our defenses before hackers can. Create innovative proof of concept solutions for advanced threats and continuously refining attack signatures, all in collaboration with development teams to enhance the WAF product using our research findings. Gather web security intelligence from blogs, forums, conferences, and academic papers. Build tools and infrastructure for analyzing attacks. Compose and distribute insights through blogs, reports, and presenting at security conventions. Periodically perform security efficacy assessments on a variety of products, including WAFs, API security solutions, application security scanners, and machine learning models, to verify and improve their defense capabilities. Telecommuting Permitted.
Minimum Requirements: Master’s degree, or foreign equivalent, in Computer Science, Engineering (any), Information Technology or closely related quantitative discipline and two (2) years of experience in job offered or two (2) years of experience in the field of software engineering, Program analysis or related occupation.
Special Skill Requirements:
1. Python
2. Java
3. JavaScript
4. C
5. C++
6. C#
7. WAF (Web Application Firewall)
8. HTTP protocol
Any suitable combination of education, training and experience is acceptable.
Salary: $133,600 - $200,400 per annum. Benefits: F5 offers competitive pay, 401k, and other benefits: https://www.f5.com/company/careers/benefits.
Submit resume with references to: Req.#: L25-169707 via F5's Careers webpage: https://www.f5.com/company/careers or by email at: PeopleOps@f5.com.