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JOB DESCRIPTION
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Position: Security Researcher
Location: San Jose/Silicon Valley/Bay Area, California, United States
Type: Permanent F/T
Closing Date: 2007-07-01
Recognizing that employees are at the core of our success, Adobe recruits and
retains highly qualified and motivated individuals, creates an environment
where they can innovate and achieve their best, and rewards them for their
performance by giving them an opportunity to share in the company’s
success.
The Adobe Acrobat Quality Engineering Team is looking for someone with
extraordinary programming and security skills who is an expert in how to find
and fix vulnerabilities in our software. This position is in a dynamic,
high-profile team involved in the development of Adobe Acrobat, so this is a
great opportunity to make a difference on a product that exists on almost every
modern computer.
Security Researchers are responsible for applying Secure Software Engineering
principles and processes during development of Acrobat products. As a trusted
partner to engineering, they provide highly specialized technical assistance,
develop security testing tools, and conduct security reviews of our products.
Responsibilities:
Process Leadership
- Implement secure software test plans, control techniques, policy and
procedures.
- Identify shortcomings in existing development processes
- Educate product teams on security practices by personal example and hands on
training.
Technical Guidance
- Attempt to find security flaws across the Acrobat product line.
- Develop tools to automate security testing and enable more efficient
discovery and resolution of security problems.
- Conduct code reviews.
- Develop penetration test plans for our scripting interfaces including
Javascript.
- Help verify security-related functionality and verify proper implementation
of new features.
- Provide technical expertise and support in the performing of risk assessments
and the implementation of appropriate secure software development processes.
- Maintain awareness of up-to-date threat and vulnerability profiles.
JOB REQUIREMENTS
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Requirements:
- Bachelor degree in computer science, engineering or a related discipline, and
at least four years of technical experience working with security, or an
equivalent combination of education and work experience;
- Demonstrated experience in software development using C, C++, and/or Java
– this position will involve building tools.
- Experience in performing risk assessments (Identification of Vulnerabilities,
Policy Analysis, Risk Analysis and Mitigation) and application penetration
testing
- Experience in all of the following areas: application security architectures,
cryptography, secure coding practices, input validation, threat modeling.
- Good analytical ability, consultative and communication skills; strong
written and oral skills (will occasionally interface with senior management).
Ideal:
- Security experience with Macromedia and/or Adobe products
- Application security consulting experience with/for major software ISVs
Adobe believes personal fulfillment and company success go hand in hand,
sustaining one another. In fact, our dynamic, rewarding working environment is
well known including seven consecutive years on FORTUNE magazine100 Best
Companies to Work For and other, similar accolades. By hiring the very best and
brightest, Adobe continues to be a simply better place to work creating a
dynamic environment today and providing incentives for future achievement.
Adobe is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. We welcome and
encourage diversity in the workplace.
CONTACT
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Please email rvalenzu@adobe.com with resume for immediate consideration; or
apply online at www.adobe.com/careers
requisition ID# JV1206109
Adobe Systems Inc.
Regina Valenzuela-Ware
Recruiter
rvalenzu@adobe.com
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