Key Responsibilities:
Low-Level Vulnerability Research: Research and discover vulnerabilities in operating system kernels, drivers, system services, virtualization layers, and low-level system components relevant to execution and trust boundaries.
Kernel & OS Internals Analysis: Analyze kernel subsystems (memory management, scheduling, IPC, filesystems, networking) and OS security primitives to identify design flaws, logic bugs, and exploitation opportunities.
Exploit Development & Validation: Develop proof-of-concept exploits for kernel- and driver-level issues to validate impact, assess exploitability, and inform mitigation strategies.
Security Testing & Tooling: Design and build custom tooling for kernel fuzzing, syscall/interface testing, driver analysis, and low-level instrumentation across supported platforms.
Cryptography & Trust Mechanisms: Assess the implementation and usage of cryptographic primitives, key management, secure boot, attestation, and hardware-backed security features, identifying weaknesses or misuse patterns.
Threat Modeling at the System Level: Collaborate with architects, platform engineers, and the Product Security Lead to model threats across privilege boundaries, boot chains, isolation mechanisms, and OS-level integrations.
Research Enablement & Knowledge Sharing: Track emerging exploitation techniques, kernel research, and advanced persistent threat tradecraft; contribute findings to internal playbooks, design guidance, and long-term security strategy.
Strong understanding of operating system internals, kernel architectures, or driver development (Linux, Windows, macOS, or mobile OSes).
Hands-on experience with low-level programming in C/C++, Rust, or assembly; scripting experience (e.g., Python) for tooling and automation.
Background in kernel vulnerability research, driver auditing, exploit development, or advanced reverse engineering.
Deep familiarity with low-level vulnerability classes (e.g., UAF, race conditions, logic bugs, privilege escalation, sandbox and isolation bypasses).
Experience with kernel debuggers, fuzzers, emulation, or virtualization-based analysis frameworks.
Strong curiosity and research mindset, with a passion for understanding systems at their lowest layers and breaking assumptions they rely on.
