**Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required**
* 2+ years education and/or experience in a Computer Security or IT related field
* ?In depth experience with computer and network security standards
* Intimate knowledge of computer operating systems. In particular, significant understanding of one or more of the following families:
* Solaris, Linux, AIX, HP-UX, BSD, and other Unix-based systems?
* Windows family of operating systems especially Vista/2008/7/2008R2/8/2012/10.
* Strong understanding of TCP/IP, UDP, ICMP and other Internet protocols.
* Ability to understand network protocol representations as they appear “on the wire”.
* Demonstrated knowledge of vulnerabilities and the exploits that target them.
* ?Demonstrated attention to detail, curiosity, and persistence are your key character traits
* Proven ability to excel in both self-directed and team oriented tasks in a fast-paced, exciting environment.?
* Demonstrated interest in information security?
* Ability to rapidly learn new protocols, programming languages, and architectures, and to apply that knowledge to the analysis of network traffic, exploit code, and system configurations.
* Strong understanding of analysis methodologies and research techniques.
**Preferred skills**
* Experience with web application and/or database security concepts and practices.
* ?Knowledge of intrusion detection filters, signature definitions, and vulnerability description standards such as XCCDF, OVAL, CVE, CPE, and CCE.
* Experience with virtualization technologies.?
* Understanding of operating system fingerprinting techniques.?
* Strong experience with networking concepts such as: routing protocols, switching standards, firewall rules, network address translation (NAT), CIDR, BPF and other packet filtering technologies.?
* Professional experience with a deep knowledge of programming languages such as: Python, C/C++, shell scripting, SQL, JavaScript and/or PHP.
* Experience with tools such as IDA Pro, BinDiff, Wireshark, nmap, commercial scanning technologies, etc