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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: Security Researcher
Location: Redwood City, California, United States
Type: Permanent F/T
Closing Date: 2006-01-14
With more than 2,000 subscribers ranging from small business to multinational
corporations, Qualys has become the leader in on demand vulnerability
management and policy compliance. The company allows security managers to
strengthen the security of their networks effectively, conduct automated
security audits and ensure compliance with internal policies and external
regulations. Qualys' on demand technology offers customers significant economic
advantages, requiring no capital outlay or infrastructure to deploy and manage.
It's distributed scanning capabilities and unprecedented scalability make it
ideal for large, distributed organizations. Hundreds of large companies have
deployed Qualys on a global scale.
Qualys is headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, with European offices in
France, Germany and the U.K., and Asian representatives in Japan, Singapore,
Australia, Korea and the Republic of China
Responsibilities:
Vulnerability Detection/Integration Engineer Responsibilities: Create
signatures for the QualysGuard product to detect vulnerabilities in the areas
of Operating System, TCP/IP Protocols, Databases, Applications and network
devices. Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills are a must, as
solutions to many problems might not be obvious. A vulnerability detection
engineer should also spend a proportion of time keeping up with current
vulnerabilities, attacks, and countermeasures.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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Qualifications:
- BS/MS in Computer Science or equivalent industry experience
- 2-5 years experience administering applications such as web services, e-mail
services, directory services, authentication methods and network devices.
- Proficient with C/C++/script language programming and regular expressions.
- Proficient in sniffing and analyzing protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP,
SQL, RPC, SSL, SSH, windows active directory or SNMP.
- Good communication and writing skills
Additional Plus Competencies
- Past experience with network security products or penetration testing is
highly desirable.
CONTACT
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vuln-careers@qualys.com
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