Vulnerability Research and Assessment Senior Advisor

Vulnerability Research and Assessment Senior Advisor

The Dell Security & Resiliency organization manages the security risk across all aspects of Dell’s business. You will have an excellent opportunity to influence the security culture at Dell and further develop your career. 

Join us as a Vulnerability Research and Assessment Senior Advisor on our Cybersecurity Vulnerability Management team in Ireland to do the best work of your career and make a profound social impact. 

What you’ll achieve

The ideal candidate will have experience supporting & managing vulnerability and Threat management technologies in an enterprise environment.

You will:

• Research and monitor new vulnerabilities, attacks, and exploits on infrastructure components and / or software

• Perform analysis on the exposure of our current infrastructure and components against newest vulnerabilities and threats on the infrastructure and/ or application layer

• Write up advisories based on analysis of vulnerabilities

• Collaborate in Writing up papers / analysis on technologies and solutions deployed at Dell as relates to current exposure on known vulnerabilities and provide recommendations for remediation activities and applicable controls required

• Engagement with the other teams like: - Threat Intel/IR/Red Team to provide inputs/IOC’s/specific monitoring etc. to secure the impacted assets and components until the remediation.

• Research and assess existing exploit code for new and critical vulnerabilities and/or develop proof-of-concept exploit code for test and evaluation of mitigations solutions.

• Collaborate with peer researchers in the research of software / system vulnerabilities, poking around the internals of various operation systems or infrastructure components to discover new features, vulnerabilities, and techniques of exploitation

• Collaborate with other researchers in testing out ideas and automating code for new and critical vulnerabilities using a solid, virtual lab.

• Reverse engineer intricate systems and protocols vulnerabilities

• Improve upon proof-of-concept code to demonstrate vulnerabilities

• Cultivate the practice of staying abreast on latest trends and developments in vulnerability research, tools and solutions, threat intelligence and remediation activities followed across industry.

Take the first step towards your dream career

Every Dell Technologies team member brings something unique to the table. Here’s what we are looking for with this role:

Essential Requirements

• Development experience in a high-level language (C/C++, Python)

• Advance knowledge in threat and vulnerability management, /or penetration testing

• Experience developing custom software tools to assist in performing reverse engineering and vulnerability analysis

• Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to diagnose and troubleshoot technical issues.

• Excellent verbal, written communication and presentation skills to present complex security issues and vulnerability analysis

• Collaborative / team player, self-driven, independent, and customer-oriented

• Candidates must be able to work independently and demonstrate exceptional organizational and time management skills

• OSCP or similar certification advantageous.

Desirable Requirements

• A degree in Information Technology, Information Security or related major and 4-6 years of direct experience in the field of cybersecurity.

• Familiarity with operating system internals and exploit mitigation techniques

• Good technical aptitude, problem solving and ability to quickly learn and master new topics and domains.

Who we are

We believe that each of us has the power to make an impact. That’s why we put our team members at the center of everything we do. If you’re looking for an opportunity to grow your career with some of the best minds and most advanced tech in the industry, we’re looking for you.

Dell Technologies is a unique family of businesses that helps individuals and organizations transform how they work, live and play. Join us to build a future that works for everyone because Progress Takes All of Us.

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