Hardware Penetration Tester
San Francisco, California, United States
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Control Risks
Control Risks is the specialist global risk consultancy that helps organisations succeed in a volatile world. Find out more.The Hardware Penetration Tester will support our Client's Anti-Fraud/Piracy program in a lab setting and will conduct high-level penetration tests on a variety of hardware components.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Experience conducting penetration tests on a variety of hardware and components.
- Knowledge of essential networking concepts (TCP, UDP, IP, HTTP(s), DNS, routing, sockets, etc.) as well as associated vulnerabilities.
- Knowledge of a variety of operating systems, including Android, Linux, and Windows.
- Understanding of various threat types and functionalities as well as practical usage (trojans, rootkits, shells, etc.).
- Knowledge of hardware and embedded system security.
- Experience reverse engineering hardware using JTAG or UART.
- Threat modeling across multiple attack surfaces, and risk assessment or test planning based upon the results.
Requirements
- A current understanding of evolving software and hardware exploitation techniques.
- Ability to break down novel exploits and techniques and describe them in terms of risk to non-technical audiences.
- Familiarity with writing metasploit modules.
- Ability to use a wide range of hardware test and analysis equipment.
Benefits
- Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarized in the full job offer.
- We operate a discretionary bonus scheme that incentivizes, and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance.
- Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasize the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.
* Salary range is an estimate based on our InfoSec / Cybersecurity Salary Index 💰
Tags: Android DNS Exploits Linux Metasploit Reverse engineering Risk assessment Vulnerabilities Windows
Perks/benefits: Flex hours Salary bonus
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