Vulnerability Research Director

1 day ago

Dublin, Dublin City, Ireland Divvy Cloud Corp. Full time

Rapid7's security sciences division is seeking an experienced vulnerability research director to lead a team of skilled researchers in defining and executing a research strategy that helps defenders stay ahead of the curve.

About the Team

The vulnerability and exploit research team at Rapid7 conducts industry-leading attack research that prioritizes and uncovers risk for organizations worldwide. Our researchers find and disclose zero-day vulnerabilities, write in-depth analyses of n-day bugs, identify patterns in emerging and established attack surface areas, and help internal stakeholders, vendors, media, customers, and the public understand what's important, what's not, and why.

About the Role
  • Lead a small bench of skilled senior researchers, coaching and unblocking on day-to-day vulnerability analysis tasks; prioritize, drive operational efficiencies, and conduct regular 1:1s and performance reviews to further develop top-tier talent.
  • Manage Rapid7's external vulnerability disclosure program, working with researchers to develop summaries of new vulnerabilities, report them to vendors, reserve and populate CVEs, and coordinate public disclosures with Rapid7 teams and external vendors.
  • Prioritize, review, and suggest refinements to team vulnerability root cause analyses, exploit and PoC implementations, and CVE impact assessments, drawing on public data and your own experience to help the team paint a clear, holistic picture of risk for common threat models.
  • Triage and prioritize new CVEs that may qualify for customer-facing emergent threat responses; advise on process changes, write operational documentation, and/or implement automation that drives faster positive outcomes for customers and cross-team stakeholders.
  • Assist in planning and delivering vulnerability intelligence blogs and long-form research reports, identifying patterns and attack vectors that spark conversation.
  • Advise security and threat detection engineers as they develop vulnerability checks, fingerprints, and detections; contextualize risk and explain the value of research to executive-level stakeholders.
  • Work with Labs leadership on long-term hiring plans to scale the global team in line with business priorities; hire and develop a small bench of junior talent in Rapid7 office locations.
Required Skills and Qualifications
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in a vulnerability research or exploit development role, including extensive experience and a clear point of view on vulnerability exploitation, patch diffing, native code analysis, and black-box testing.
  • Experience in a team lead or other research leadership role that includes management of both junior and senior researchers; experience managing across multiple time zones and countries is a plus.
  • Demonstrable experience running or participating in coordinated vulnerability disclosure processes that require coordination with external partners as well as internal teams.
  • Expert knowledge of major vulnerability classes, attack techniques, and adversary profiles — and the ability to tell a story that connects them.
  • Deep understanding of the challenges that security teams and global organizations face in today's threat climate.
  • Understanding of how urgency and importance can complement each other or detract from one another.

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