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| Country: | United States |
| State/Prov: | Maryland |
| City: | Columbia |
| Position | |
| Position/Title: | Security Researcher |
| Position Type: | Permanent F/T |
| Closing Date: | 2008-08-03 |
| Job Description: |
Sourcefire, Inc., the world leader in intrusion prevention, is transforming the way organizations manage and minimize network security risks with its 3D Approach - Discover, Determine, Defend - to securing real networks in real-time. The company's ground-breaking network defense system unifies intrusion and vulnerability management technologies to provide customers with the most effective network security available. Founded in 2001 by the creator of SnortB., Sourcefire is headquartered in Columbia, MD and has been significantly recognized for its ability to lead and innovate by customers, media, and industry analysts - with more than 16 awards and accolades since January 2005.B Most recently, the company was listed in the Leaders Quadrant of Gartner's "Magic Quadrant for Network Intrusion Prevention System Appliances" report and the Sourcefire 3D System was named "Best Security Solution" at the 2006 SC Magazine Awards. At work in leading Fortune 1000 and government agencies, the names Sourcefire and founder Martin Roesch have grown synonymous with innovation and intelligence in network security. Basic Purpose This role is primarily responsible for developing snort rules and other protection mechanisms for Sourcefire products based on information from public and private vulnerability feeds. The researcher will work on a team of analysts that are responsible for rapidly developing the necessary protection methods to protect Sourcefire customers from emerging threats. Research analyst also work with a variety of fuzzing frameworks, exploit development tool kits, and code coverage tools to quickly developing PoC (Proof of Concept) test cases for public vulnerabilities. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Develop Snort rules, ClamAv signatures, and risk analysis reports for internal review and external customers Conduct vulnerability analysis and risk assessments on public and private vulnerabilities Develop PoC test cases for vulnerabilities based on the information provide on triggering the vulnerabilities Work with fuzzing tools and code coverage tools to develop threat profiles for open and closed source applications Debug false positive and false negatives in snort rules and other protection mechanisms |
| Job Requirements: |
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience TCP/IP Networking experience Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills Experience performing software audits Ability to learn new skills and apply them in a rapidly changing, high pressure environment This position is located at our Headquarters in Columbia, MD and we're willing to relocate for the right individual. |
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You can learn more information on Snort at http://www.snort.org Please apply online at our career center: http://hostedjobs.openhire.com/epostings/jobs/submit.cfm?fuseaction=dspjob&jobid=140668&company_id=15640&jobboardid=488 SourceFire is an Equal Opportunity Employer ****No Agencies Please***** |
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