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Senior Security Research Engineer

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Pune, India Senior Posted 2026-04-24

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Come work at a place where innovation and teamwork come together to support the most exciting missions in the world! Responsibilities :   Research, analyze, and assess attack surface and vulnerability   data   Develop tailored and actionable mitigation strategies and plans to address vulnerability   risk   Work with new and emerging vulnerability data to   identify   potential attack paths in critical systems.   Document , develop   and present mitigation strategies   in   web applications ,   databases,   standalone applications, etc.   Analyze the root cause of vulnerabilities and support the prioritization of mitigations based on risk and return on mitigation   Provide mitigation strategies that prioritize risk against level of effort for multiple systems or   organizations   Catalog mitigation advice, challenges, and trends and patterns   Patch   diffing and   r everse engineering   with tools such as   Ghidra , IDA, etc.    Provide subject matter   expertise   on tailored mitigations to resolve and remediate vulnerabilities on targeted   technologies   W ork in fast-paced   startup   like   environment   with shifting priorities to handle and   maintain   balance with multiple stakeholders.   Conduct research to assess and create software patches and configuration changes to be applied to varied software,   middleware   and   hardware   Provide assessment including security, system, and business impact of   vulnerabilities   Must be able to think ahead to avoid business outages based on the lab   results   Analyze vulnerability data and support management of identified vulnerabilities, including tracking, remediation, and   reporting     Desired Skills :   Excellent understanding of network,   system   and application security   Experience with IDA Pro,   Ghidra , or similar binary analysis tool   Knowledge of various vulnerability scanning solutions is a   plus   Excellent written and verbal communication   Graduate with preferable 4 years degree or at least 3-year degree with computer science and information technology background   S ecure architecture designs and use of detection/protection mechanisms (e.g., firewalls, IDS/IPS, full-packet capture technologies) to mitigate   risk   A solid understanding of industry best practices for Patch Management    Specific demonstrated experience mapping business processes and comparing those processes to industry best   practices   Background around using or understanding of security tools would be   plus   Solid understanding of the security implications of a patch on web applications, Windows, Linux, Mac OS operating systems   Thorough testing of patches in a non-production environment    Have working knowledge of basic operation systems commands and tooling - Windows, Linux, Mac OS   Should have   very good   communication and articulation   skills   Ability and ready to learn   new technology   and should be a good team   player       What you get to do :   Work within Threat Research, detection and response teams and analysts to define the priority, design the solution, and contribute to build framework for patching   vulnerabilitie s

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