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Accenture Federal Services · 3 months ago

Cyber Software Researcher I

Annapolis Junction, MD

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$104K/yr - $192K/yr

Accenture Federal Services is dedicated to helping the US federal government enhance national security and improve citizens' lives. The role involves working independently as a Software Researcher to identify software flaws, utilizing programming skills in various languages to demonstrate control over these vulnerabilities.

ConsultingFinanceInformation TechnologyManagement ConsultingOnline PortalsProfessional Services

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Must be familiar with the latest techniques in vulnerability research and demonstrate their ability to follow best practices

Extremely detail oriented when documenting research

Write code in C, Python, and Assembly to demonstrate ability to control the flaws

Qualification

C programmingPython programmingAssembly programmingObject-oriented programmingWindows application developmentUNIX application developmentSoftware life cycle managementOS Internals understandingDebugging experienceBinary analysis techniquesSelf-driven researchTeam collaborationMotivated to learn

Required

Must be familiar with the latest techniques in vulnerability research and demonstrate their ability to follow best practices

Extremely detail oriented when documenting research

write code in C, Python, and Assembly to demonstrate ability to control the flaws

Experience programming with object-oriented programming languages and developing complex programs using, C, C#, C++, Java, or other comparable languages

Experience developing Windows applications using Visual Studio or .NET environments OR experience developing UNIX applications using make files or comparable build environments

Experience implementing software life cycle management (requirements, design, develop, test, validate, deploy)

An active TS/SCI with Polygraph

Preferred

An understanding of OS Internals (any major OS)

Experience reading and writing assembly (x86/x64, ARM, MIPS, etc.)

Experience with debuggers (WinDBG, GDB, ADB, BDI, etc.)

Experience with dynamic and static binary analysis, fuzzing techniques, and source code auditing

Strong C, Python, and ASM development experience

Demonstrated ability to self-drive research tasking

Motivated to learn complex systems

Working as a team with researchers and developers

Company

Accenture Federal Services

Glassdoor3.9

Accenture Federal Services is a leading US federal services company and subsidiary of Accenture.

Founded in 1989

Arlington, Virginia, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.afs.com

Funding

Current Stage

Late Stage

Leadership Team

Ron Ash

CEO and Chairman of the Board

Bharat Patel

Managing Director, AI Missions

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