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SECURITYFOCUS JOBS - NEW OPPORTUNITY
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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: Security Engineer
Location: Palo Alto, California, US
Type: Permanent F/T
Closing Date: 03/31/2005
Code Security Engineer
Responsibilities
Responsible for the ongoing security of our code base and released products.
The job will require thorough understanding of VMware products' challenging and
unique security models and code base, Linux and Windows security models,
knowledge of common attack/vulnerability types, especially in C. The
development component of the job includes writing automated tools to detect
vulnerabilities, development and maintenance of libraries to safely perform
otherwise unsafe operations, integration of security tools, including rules to
be run through a meta-compiler, into build process, and open-ended work towards
improving our security practices, processes and responsiveness throughout
VMware engineering. Primary duties include proactively and reactively
identifying, classifying, tracking, and resolving (either directly or by
working with others) vulnerabilities in our code base, both in VMware code as
well as in open source 3rd party components shipped as part of our product
line. It w
ill include working with 3rd party auditing companies and working to do more
auditing internally, and improving engineering practices.
Requirements
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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· BS, MS, (PhD) in CS
· Passion for secure code and security
· Strong knowledge of C, C compilers
· Strong knowledge of Linux security models
· Strong knowledge of Windows security models
· Ability and desire to work collaboratively with others
· Ability and desire to come up with innovative approaches to
code security
· Proven ability to successfully implement security improvements
on a large ( 500,000 line) source base
· Experience working with external code auditors
· Understanding of principles of virtualization/emulation
CONTACT
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Please send resumes to bmoran@vmware.com
Brendan Moran
Recruiter
Vmware
bmoran@vmware.com
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