About the Role
Working at Trenchant means collaborating with top security researchers and product engineers on challenging problems in demanding environments, delivering solutions for cutting-edge cyber security research. We seek team members with a keen eye for security to contribute to the Global Engineering team, possessing first-class System Engineering, Networking, and infosec skills.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with security researchers to adopt working research output into commercial products.
- Transform vulnerability writeups and proof of concept code into mature capabilities.
- Effectively communicate status and technical challenges using language that is appropriate to your audience.
- Participate in planning and prioritization activities with members of the commercial arm of the organization.
- Provide engineering support to customer reported issues.
- Provide guidance to less experienced engineers in technical fields relevant to the platform and the domains of cyber security and software engineering.
- Monitor industry trends and publicly disclosed techniques for incorporation into our products.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science (or related field) and 4 years of experience or Master's. In lieu of a degree, 8 years of experience in cyber security and software engineering.
- Working knowledge of OS and application vulnerability classes.
- Proven experience analyzing malware samples, producing vulnerability proofs of concept, and understanding mitigations provided by software patches.
- Comfortable with C programming, memory management concepts, assembly languages, and private (undocumented) APIs.
- Demonstrated proficiency in all aspects of a mobile platform (Android or iOS) including OS internals, mobile ecosystem languages (Objective-C, Swift, Java, and/or Kotlin), and system security mechanisms.
- Demonstrated proficiency using reverse engineering tools such as IDA Pro, Ghidra, or Hopper and dynamic tools such as Frida or ADB.
- Demonstrated proficiency using common software development tools such as git, gitlab CI, and cmake.
- UK nationality required for many roles.
- Ability to obtain a security clearance.
- Must meet the requirement of right to work in the UK.
- Must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.
- Will be subject to government security checks.
Skills
- System Engineering
- Networking
- Infosec
- C programming
- Memory management concepts
- Assembly languages
- Private (undocumented) APIs
- Android OS internals
- iOS OS internals
- Objective-C
- Swift
- Java
- Kotlin
- IDA Pro
- Ghidra
- Hopper
- Frida
- ADB
- git
- gitlab CI
- cmake
- Malware analysis
- Vulnerability proof of concept creation
- Reverse engineering
- Mobile platform security
Location
- Picadilly Circus, London
- Remote
Work Type
- Remote working
Experience Level
- 4 years of experience
- 8 years of experience
- Master's degree
- Advanced degree
Education Level
- Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science (or related field)
- Master's Degree
- Advanced degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity or a related field
Benefits
- Bonus scheme
- 25 days holiday per year (plus bank holidays), increasing with long service and with the opportunity to buy/sell up to 5 days
- Private medical insurance with optional family cover
- Pension scheme of up to 8% employer contribution
- Life Assurance 4x salary (flexible up to 10x)
- Group income protection
- Flexible opt-in extras such as a health care cash plan, dental insurance, gym membership, critical illness cover, cycle to work scheme, travel insurance and electric car scheme
- Employee Family Assistance Program providing mental health and wellbeing support
About the Company
- Trenchant is an elite global team of engineers and security researchers building world-class computer security products.
- Trenchant’s expertise is the by-product of the L3Harris acquisition of two highly-regarded information security businesses – Azimuth Security and Linchpin Labs.
- United under Trenchant, we are a key component of L3Harris’ Cyber Division.
- We are a trusted, discrete partner furnishing security products, consultancy, training and integration services to allied security, defense, and law enforcement agencies.
