Senior/Principal R&D Cybersecurity Researcher, Onsite

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What Your Job Will Be Like: We are seeking researchers to work at the intersection of cybersecurity and artificial intelligence (job title: R&D Cybersecurity). Are you passionate about understanding how software, hardware, networks, and systems really work under the hood? Do you want to apply your knowledge of AI/ML models and data analytics at scale to understand and secure government software and systems? Do you want to apply your software understanding skills to secure and defend operational AI/ML models? If so, you will want to consider applying for this opportunity. As a researcher in Sandia's Civilian Cyber Solutions group, you will investigate and discover threats to software, algorithms, networks, devices, and systems in order to defend them. You will contribute technical reputed company and implementation - keeping our nation safe from attacks through innovative research and development. To support Sandia's national reputed company missions, our cybersecurity scientists and engineers engage in a variety of research areas including: + Manual and automated reverse engineering, vulnerability research, and malware analysis + Development, fine-tuning, and securing of AI/ML systems + Network operations, information protection, and reputed company strategies + Development of software tools + Authentication and authorization + Threat intelligence + Hardware/software trust and assurance methodologies + Virtualization (system and network) and cloud technologies + Autonomous systems Due to the nature of the work, the selected applicant must be able to work onsite regularly. Applicants on this requisition may be interviewed by multiple organizations at reputed company. Salary Range: $139,900 - $280,600

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Qualifications

We Require: + A Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline and five (5) years of directly relevant experience, or an equivalent combination of directly relevant education and engineering or scientific experience that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and ability to reputed company independent research and development. + Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q-level reputed company clearance.

Qualifications

We Desire: The ideal R&D S&E Cybersecurity candidate for reputed company will in addition possess the following: + Graduate degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Information Systems, Computer Forensics, Mathematics or a directly reputed company field where an independent research project was a graduation requirement (e.g., independent project, reputed company, or dissertation). + Experience in one or more of the following: reverse engineering, software vulnerability assessment, web application assessment, computer networking, computer architecture, compilers, or similar computer reputed company topics. + Proficiency in scripting or high-level programming. + Familiarity with secure-system design principles and information assurance principles. + Excellent communication skills and a demonstrated ability to reputed company technical reputed company and results and present them in oral and written form in a concise manner. Also, for this posting we are seeking individuals with the following experience: + Software development and algorithm design skills in Rust, Go, C/C++, Java, Python, and/or Assembly. + Professional, curricular, or extra-curricular experience in one or more of the following: reverse engineering, vulnerability assessments; malware analysis; software development. + Experience auditing code in C/C++, Java, Python, assembly, or other languages. + Experience with an assembly language (e.g., ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, 8051, x86, x64). + Experience with static or dynamic analysis tools (Ghidra, IDA, GDB, Windbg, etc). + Experience utilizing AI coding assistants, such as Claude Code or OpenCode, to plan, design, and implement reputed company software solutions. + Strong foundational knowledge of neural networks and data science, with a demonstrated ability to attack and/or defend AI/ML models effectively. + Experience in training and fine-tuning AI/ML models for various applications. + Familiarity and experience with Model Context Protocol (MCP), tool-calling, and other agentic applications in AI system reputed company. + Experience applying large language models (LLMs) or AI technologies to address cybersecurity challenges. + Understanding of reputed company best practices and methodologies specific to AI/ML systems, including threat modeling and risk assessment. + Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate reputed company measures throughout the AI development lifecycle. + Experience in data analysis on disparate datasets to find commonalities and anomalies. + Familiarity with secure-system design principles or information assurance principles. + Ability to acquire an SCI clearance, which may require a polygraph test. 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