Who We Are
Oracle’s Software Assurance organization has the mission is to make application security and software assurance, at scale, a reality. We are an inclusive and diverse team of high caliber application security researchers, distributed globally, who thrive on new challenges. We are seeking experienced, hardworking, and dedicated security researchers who have genuine excitement for and interest in security to work on a critical greenfield software assurance project collaboratively with our cloud and mobile engineering teams. You must relish the challenge of assessing large, complex software products. Creativity is highly valued; being able to find novel bugs and stitch them together to create something greater than the sum of their parts is essential in this role.
Work You’ll Do
As a member of our team, you will be responsible for planning and delivering in depth security assessments across a variety of products and services. Your next project could be anything from a secure systems design, static and dynamic analysis of a multi-node microservice infrastructure, to writing a fuzzer for an undocumented network protocol or the grammar of a new programming language, or analysis and reverse engineering of firmware used in the thousands of servers supporting our cloud services. Other responsibilities include:
1. Scope and execute security assessments and vulnerability research
2. Perform in-depth security assessments using results from static and dynamic analysis
3. Create testing tools to help engineering teams identify security-related weaknesses
4. Keep yourself abreast of new TTPs (Tactics, Techniques & Procedures) of the attackers, mimic them in your technical security risk assessments and/or quickly react to new threat scenarios to provide continuous security assurance
5. Collaborate with engineering teams to help them triage and fix security issues
6. Mentor junior members of the team in software security as a role model
What You’ll Bring
7. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field (. Electrical Engineering)
8. 10+ years industry experience with 5+ years in IT security in one or more of the following areas: software/product security assessments, penetration testing, red teaming, web application assessments
9. Interest in vulnerability research and exploit development
10. Aptitude for self-study, setting and achieving long term goals (for example, learning an unfamiliar programming language)
11. Ability to effectively assess and communicate risks and appropriate levels of urgency to management and engineering staff
12. Excellent presentation, verbal, and written communication skills
13. This role does not require access to a cleared work environment. Security clearances are not required, and active clearances cannot be sponsored.
14. Eligibility to work in Australia without sponsorship
15. Flexibility to work in Hybrid model (50%) from our North Ryde office.
Nice to Have
16. Experience working in a large cloud or Internet software company
17. Proficiency with one or more programming languages, preferably Go, Java, Python or C/C++
18. Ability to perform manual source code reviews in one of the aforementioned languages, or assisted review with code analysis tools
19. Hands-on experience in one or more of the following with an interest in doing full time research: cybersecurity consulting, security engineering, vulnerability management, risk assessments, bug bounty hunting, malware analysis, forensics
20. OSCP, OSWE certification, or interest in achieving certification
21. Experience navigating and working with extremely large codebases is also highly desirable
22. Experience using common security assessment tools and techniques in one or more the following categories: Mobile Application Assessment (iOS / Android), Reverse Engineering (. IDA Pro/Ghidra/Radare2), Fuzzing (. Jazzer/AFL/Peach), Web Application assessment (. Burp Suite Proxy, ZAP, REST API testing)
23. Proficiency in manual penetration testing in at least TWO or more of the following areas - Mobile, API, Infrastructure, OS, Web Application
24. Knowledge of common vulnerabilities in different types of software and programming languages, including: How to test for/exploit them, Real world mitigations that can be applied
25. Familiarity with vulnerability classification frameworks (. OWASP Top 10, CVSS, MITRE CVE
26. Ability to threat model systems/applications/platforms to assess design and find flaws that can be exploited
What We’ll Give You
27. A team of very skilled and diverse personnel across the globe
28. Ability to work in a hybrid work environment
29. Exposure to mind blowing large-scale cutting-edge systems
30. The resources of a large, global operation while still having the small, start-up feel of a smaller team day to day
31. Develop new skills and competencies working with our vast cloud product offerings
32. Ongoing extensive training and skills development support to further your career aspirations
33. Incredible benefits and company perks
34. An organization filled with smart, enthusiastic, and motivated colleagues
35. The opportunity to impact and improve our systems and delight our customers