Responsibilities
- Monitoring security vulnerability reports, bulletins, and advisories
- Analyzing exploit code and malware
- Duplicating and capturing exploit traffic
- Writing and testing IPS attack signatures

Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or related field
- In-depth knowledge of TCP/IP protocols
- Familiar with major application protocols: HTTP, SMB, FTP, SMTP, etc...
- Familiar with major types of vulnerabilities: buffer overflow, cross-site scripting, SQL injection, format string, etc...
- Strong working knowledge of Windows, Linux or UNIX
- Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills
- Able to read and understand a packet trace
- Proficient in C and Perl (knowledge of PHP, Python, and Assembly language a plus)