Senior Vulnerability Researcher (Cloud & Containers)

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Job Title: Senior Vulnerability Researcher (Cloud & Containers) Job Category: Engineering: Time Type: Full time: Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Top Secret Employee Type: Regular: Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10% Type of Travel: Continental US: - * * The Opportunity: We are seeking a Senior Vulnerability Researcher with deep expertise in cloud-native architecture, container runtimes, and advanced binary analysis. This role is ideal for a low-level expert who thrives on technical ambiguity and enjoys hunting for vulnerabilities within the "DNA of the cloud." You will use automated reasoning and manual deep-dives to uncover escapes and logic flaws in Kubernetes infrastructure, playing a key role in evaluating the security of critical distributed systems and contributing directly to national cybersecurity efforts. Responsibilities : Conduct deep-dive research into OCI runtimes (runc, crun) and Linux kernel primitives (namespaces, cgroups, eBPF) to identify breakout and privilege escalation paths. Perform static and dynamic analysis on compiled binaries (Go, Rust, C++) using IDA Pro, Ghidra, or Binary Ninja to map undocumented logic and potential security issues. Build and...