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**Security Researcher**
Ref. 928

**Department:** Technology & Innovation

**Salary:** £52,890 - £56,867

**Job Description**

Opportunity to apply for additional skills allowance up to £3,500 after 12 months.

Available for full time (37 hours per week) or part time (minimum coverage 25 hours per week) Monday to Friday.

Flexible or compressed working patterns available.

Interested in Cyber Security and Ethical Hacking?

Enjoy searching for vulnerabilities in systems?

Want to work somewhere that you can really make a difference?

Your passion and interest in Cyber Security will spur you on to do hands-on research and discover vulnerabilities within systems to help protect national security in the UK and overseas.

You’ll ‘Red Team’ a wide range of IT and communication products that HMGCC provides to the British Government. Your knowledge will enable you to find vulnerabilities in software and hardware and ensure you can secure them before they can be exploited.

You’ll work on projects that range from short term security assessments to long term in-depth examination of complex systems. You’ll work on a wide range of technologies which will require your problem solving skills and tenacity to tackle new security problems as technologies evolve.

Don’t know it all yet? No problem! You’ll receive investment in your career development through technical training, professional accreditation, mentoring, and on-the-job training. There’s also the chance to travel overseas for conferences and training too.

**More About You**

You’ll already have experience and be able to demonstrate evidence in your application of:
● Reverse engineering Software or Firmware.
● Platform security mitigations (such as ASLR, DEP, Sandboxing etc).
● Common Vulnerability Classes (such as buffer overflows, UAF etc).
● Invasive and passive debugging.

To strengthen your application, it would be beneficial if you also have one or more of the following (although these are not essential):
● Operating System Internals (such as memory and process management, kernel driver development etc).
● Developed software in low-level unmanaged languages (such as C, C++).
● Worked with one or more assembly languages (x86, ARM, MIPS etc).

**Your Personal Skills**

You will be the type of person who:
● Is technically curious and likes to explore the detailed inner workings of a system.
● Feels implicit with uncertainty and doesn’t require knowing the full picture.
● Thinks flexibly and creatively about problems that seem impossible.
● Is willing to persevere with a challenge and approach it in an organised manner.
● Is willing to work with and learn from others.

**Putting Your Skills to Use**

Using your range of skills within our Security Research Teams, you will:
● Examine and experiment with our products.
● Carry out vulnerability research activities.
● Identify weaknesses and vulnerabilities and demonstrate them using proof of concepts.
● Document your research for sharing with others.
● Liaise with our development teams to secure our products.
● Develop new tools and techniques to help analyse our products.
● Keep track of emerging technologies and assess how they may impact us.
● Make good use of configuration management tools.

**What We Offer**

Now that we’ve explained a bit about what you will be doing, here’s what we can offer you:
● 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 after 5 years’ service.
● 8 Bank Holiday days off in addition to your annual leave.
● 2 ½ additional days leave (set dates through the year).
● Paid overtime or time off in lieu. Your salary is for your contracted hours. If you work more, we believe you should be rewarded for that.
● Training. Lots and lots of training. This can be anything from a ½ day internal course to a distant learning degree. If it’s relevant to your career, we will aim to support you.
● Pension. Our Pension scheme is Alpha. It’s competitive.
● Sports & Social Society. Whether it’s classic cars or baking, golf or crafting, we have a society for you.
● On-site nursery (subject to availability).
● 3 days paid leave a year to support a registered charity of your choice.
● Free parking.
● Free onsite gym, open 24 hours a day.
● Relocation Package*
● Affinity Groups – whether you are disabled, LGBTQ andor from an Ethnic Minority. We provide an inclusive environment and support for everyone.

**About HMGCC**

We are HMGCC, the engineering specialists at the heart of the UK’s national security.

We work with the national security community, UK government, academia, private sector partners, and international allies to bring engineering ingenuity to the national security mission, creating tools and technologies that drive us ahead and help to protect the nation.

We invest in our people, not only with training but also support throughout your career with us; to allow you to reach your full potential at work, as well as enjoy the worklife balance many aspire to.

To find out more about us and if we’re right for you, please visit our website.

**Equal Opportunities**

Inclusion & diversity really matters to us. Its not just about numbers or visible differences.

HMGCC are committed to providing equal opportunities and encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, ethnicities, gender identities, sexual orientations, and those with disabilities or who are neurodiverse.

We’re not looking for any one type of person. We’re looking for talent from all different backgrounds to join our organisation, where we genuinely respect and value each others differences, as well as our similarities. It makes us even better at what we do.

We are proud to offer candidates the opportunity to apply through the Offer of Interview Scheme. The scheme ensures eligible candidates are selected for an interview as long as their application meets the minimum criteria for the role. To find out more and how you can apply under this scheme, please see the inclusion and diversity information on our website.

**Apply Now**

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Our Recruitment Team will process your application once the role has closed and everyone will get a response.

Please note dependent on the recruitment requirements, we withhold the right to bring forward the closing date for this role from the original closing date.