Sr Cybersecurity Vulnerability Researcher

NexTech Solutions (NTS) is a team of experts and engineers who understand the challenges that organizations face in finding and implementing the best technologies and IT solutions to meet mission requirements. We work with our government customers in the defense and civilian agencies to identify new technologies.

Duties:

• Evaluate vendor cyber architectures, data structures, and tool platforms to assess vulnerabilities and perform investigative analysis using relevant techniques and procedures.
• Coordinate customer engagements to discuss security posture, protocols, processes, and mitigation strategies.
• Conduct automated and manual investigations to research a vendor's footprint and validate findings.
• Examine public-facing vendor infrastructure to identify any Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI) or foreign presence, such as servers or services in other countries.
• Prepare customized security surveys for commercial entities, tailored to specific investigations (e.g., vendor, platform, tool, data).
• Write technical OSINT reports documenting vulnerability findings, risk analysis, and recommendations for stakeholders (e.g., CVEs, End-of-Life technologies, poor cybersecurity practices).
• Provide security analysis expertise, offering recommendations, strategies, and reports as needed.
• Perform threat hunting and emulation to assess cyber resilience of information systems.
• Act as a senior cybersecurity subject matter expert in OSINT vulnerability research during discussions, briefs, and stakeholder engagements.
• Ensure timely completion of tasks according to contractual deadlines.

Requirements:

• 10 years of experience in cybersecurity.
• 3 years of experience in Publicly Available Information (PAI) research, business intelligence, and OSINT investigations.
• U.S. Citizenship.
• Proficiency in network protocols, operating system security, firewalls, database infrastructure, scripting, and various network technologies and tools.

Desired:

• Bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity or a related field.
• Active Secret Security Clearance.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience administering penetration tests, using compliance scans, and assessing system vulnerabilities to identify misconfigurations.
• Ability to independently enhance security assessment methodologies and TTPs for integration into routine processes.
• Expertise in security and vulnerability research.
• Experience developing and deploying custom threat detection monitoring solutions.
• Familiarity with Google Dorking, Linux command-line, and both commercial and open-source cyber reconnaissance tools.

Equal Opportunity

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law. NTS will also consider qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws for employment.

For individuals with disabilities that need additional assistance at any point in the application and interview process, please email recruting@nextechsol.com