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SECURITYFOCUS JOBS - NEW OPPORTUNITY
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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: Security Engineer
Location: San Diego, California, US
Type: Permanent F/T
Closing Date: 04/21/2005
NetSift, Inc. is a well-funded, early stage network security startup. We are
pioneering a new approach to protecting enterprises from large-scale attacks
such as worms, viruses, and DDOS. Our proprietary hardware implementation
examines traffic at multi-Gigabit speeds to automatically detect and prevent an
attack within seconds of its onset, as opposed to the days taken by security
vendors today. We are looking for experienced and talented security engineers
who will play a key role in establishing NetSift as the go-to vendor for the
most accurate, timely, and actionable security alerts.
Job Responsibilities:
~ Develop, debug, document and reverse engineer exploits as they are
discovered by NetSift solutions. Provide the further analysis and communication
required to credibly interface with CERT, the Storm Center, and other
responsible disclosure forums.
~ Translate new vendor vulnerability announcements into NetSift
vulnerability signatures.
~ Work with cross-functional teams such as Product Management, Algorithm
Designers, and Software & Hardware Engineers to develop new functional
requirements for the NetSift solution based on knowledge of new and existing
attack trends.
~ Work closely with the development team to design new paradigms for the
next generation of intrusion detection and prevention solutions.
~ Help create a Security Operations Center that provides 24/7 security
monitoring of various NetSift installations and enterprises.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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~ BS in Computer Science or equivalent (MS preferred).
~ 4+ years experience with intrusion detection systems (NIDS preferred),
signature creation and testing.
~ Strong programming skills in C, C++ and x86 assembly.
~ Extensive software reverse-engineering experience.
~ Deep knowledge of operating systems internals, with particular emphasis
on Windows vulnerabilities.
~ Ability to disassemble 8086 code using standard tools like IDA Pro,
SoftICE and GDB.
~ Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP) and protocols.
~ Extensive experience with protocol analysis and network traffic
analysis.
~ Strong technical writing skills.
~ Experience with standard IDS and IPS tools such as Snort, NetScreen,
ISS, McAfee, or TippingPoint a plus.
~ Contributions to Buqtraq or other responsible disclosure forums a plus.
CONTACT
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Please email resume to jobs@netsift.net
Steve Hunt
VP Engineering
NetSift Inc
jobs@netsift.net
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