As the Security Researcher in Application and Protocol Service, you will be part of a team that studies a broad range of products such as peer-to-peer clients, instant messaging, media streaming, authentication protocols, and common business and data center protocols, to provide application visibility and control.

Responsibilities:

Capture and analyze application network traffic and behaviour.
Develop deep packet inspection signatures that detect application behaviour using regular-expressions and Snort.
Produce documentation describing application behaviour and detection strategies.
Communicate research results to customers, team members, and management.
May perform reverse engineering to understand communication protocols.

Required Knowledge:

In-depth knowledge of TCP/IP and other networking protocols. RFC-level understanding of popular protocols like HTTP/FTP/SMTP/CIFS.
Extensive knowledge and experience with network security, application security and cryptography.
Deep knowledge of two or more operating systems including Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, and iOS.
Familiarity with low level programming languages including C/C++ and Assembly language is required.
Familiarity with tools such as Snort, Wireshark, Fiddler and VMware.
Familiarity with scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, Perl, JavaScript, or Bash.
Familiarity with any debugging tools such as IDA, OllyDbg, Radare2, Ghidra, etc. is a plus.

Required Skills & Abilities:

Skills and hands on experience in reverse engineering, vulnerability research, or malware analysis is required.
Ability to analyze and describe complex application behaviours.
Excellent English communication skills, both written and oral.
Great attention to detail and personal QA.
Self-directed, self-motivated, self-starter with the ability to work with minimal supervision.

Preferred Professional Designation/Certification:

Bachelor or Master degree in computer science or a related field preferred but not required.

Preferred Experience:

1 to 2 years industry experience performing similar technical role preferred but not required.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: $80,000.00-$95,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Dental care
Extended health care

Schedule:

Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

Toronto, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Education:

Bachelor's Degree (required)

Experience:

knowledge of TCP/IP and other networking protocols: 2 years (required)
network security: 2 years (required)
Python, Ruby, Perl, JavaScript, or Bash: 2 years (required)

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