Principal Cybersecurity Researcher (Cybersecurity)

Location: Onsite in Arlington, Virginia, United States

Salary: $180,779–$289,014 annualized

Company

hirify.global builds, deploys, and implements innovative products that address complex challenges and support safer global outcomes.

What you will do

• Lead the technical planning and execution of reverse engineering and vulnerability research projects.
• Coordinate tasks, deliverables, and alignment with customer objectives.
• Solve complex technical challenges and provide technical guidance, mentorship, and training.
• Write technical documentation, vulnerability findings, proposal sections, and white papers.
• Develop differentiated technical approaches to support customer satisfaction and business development.
• Work in client-facing technical engagements with internal teams, stakeholders, and external audiences.

Requirements

• Advanced cybersecurity research expertise.
• Expert-level proficiency in at least two areas including low-level programming with C/C++ or Assembly, disassemblers and decompilers, binary re-hosting, and custom greybox or blackbox fuzzing harnesses.
• Proven vulnerability research experience, including attack surface triage, vulnerability identification, and proof-of-concept exploit development.
• Experience leading complex reverse engineering, vulnerability research, or R&D projects for National Security customers.
• Extensive experience mentoring and training technical staff and communicating complex cybersecurity concepts to diverse audiences.
• Active Top Secret clearance and willingness to obtain and maintain an SCI clearance required.

Nice to have

• Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Experience leading technical sections of multi-million-dollar proposals or contributing white papers for business capture.
• Embedded systems reverse engineering experience with ARM/MIPS, RTOS, or bare-metal environments.
• Experience with cryptographic design principles, custom fuzzing harnesses, binary re-hosting, or accelerated reverse engineering and vulnerability research tooling.
• Participation in the external technical community through presentations, panels, or professional associations.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative environment built around trust, technical creativity, and solving difficult customer problems.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Life and disability insurance and retirement benefits.
• Paid leave, tuition assistance, and professional development support.
• Compensation considers education, experience, skills, geographic location, and contract-specific requirements.