Senior Security Researcher - Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom - Oracle

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Job Description Senior Principal Security Researcher

Hybrid - 50% Reading, Berkshire

Are you a passionate security researcher with experience assessing large, complex software products? We are looking for talented individuals who are excited about security research and developing creative solutions for some of Oracle's most critical customers.

We are a world-class team of application security researchers who love new challenges.

We have the resources of a large enterprise and the energy of a start-up, and we're working on a critical software assurance initiative with our cloud and mobile engineering teams.

Our mission is to make application security and software assurance a reality, at scale. Join us to grow your career and create the future of software assurance at scale.

As a member of our team, you will be responsible for planning and delivering in depth security assessments across a variety of products and services.

Your next project could be anything from a secure systems design, static and dynamic analysis of a multi-node microservice infrastructure, to writing a fuzzer for an undocumented network protocol or the grammar of a new programming language, or analysis and reverse engineering of firmware used in the thousands of servers supporting our cloud services.

Designing and evaluating complex systems for security
Scope and execute security assessments and vulnerability research
Perform in-depth security assessments using results from static and dynamic analysis
Create testing tools to help engineering teams identify security-related weaknesses
Keep yourself abreast of new TTPs (Tactics, Techniques & Procedures) of the attackers, mimic them in your technical security risk assessments and/or quickly react to new threat scenarios to provide continuous security assurance
Collaborate with engineering teams to help them triage and fix security issues
Mentor members of the team in software security as a role model

12+ years industry experience with 7+ years in IT security in one or more of the following areas: software/product security assessments, penetration testing, red teaming, web application assessments
~ Interest in vulnerability research and exploit development
~ Demonstrable experience in designing and evaluating complex systems for security
~ Aptitude for self-study, setting and achieving long term goals (for example, learning an unfamiliar programming language)
~ Ability to effectively assess and communicate risks and appropriate levels of urgency to management and engineering staff
~ Security clearances are not required, and active clearances cannot be sponsored.
~ Flexibility to work in Hybrid model (50%) from our Reading office.

Experience working in a large cloud or Internet software company
~ Proficiency with multiple programming languages, preferably Go, Java, Python or C/C++
~5+ years industry experience in software development
~ Ability to perform manual source code reviews in one of the aforementioned languages, or assisted review with code analysis tools
~ Hands-on experience in one or more of the following with an interest in doing full time research: cybersecurity consulting, security engineering, vulnerability management, risk assessments, bug bounty hunting, malware analysis, forensics
~ Experience using common security assessment tools and techniques in one or more the following categories: Mobile Application Assessment (iOS / Android), Reverse Engineering (e.g. Jazzer/AFL/Peach), Web Application assessment (e.g. Burp Suite Proxy, ZAP, REST API testing)
~ Proficiency in manual penetration testing in at least TWO or more of the following areas - Mobile, API, Infrastructure, OS, Web Application
~ Knowledge of common vulnerabilities in different types of software and programming languages, including: Ability to work in a hybrid work environment
Ongoing extensive training and skills development support to further your career aspirations