Associate Vulnerability Researcher - Toronto, Canada - Trend Micro

Trend Micro

Verified Company

Toronto, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

beBee Recruiter

Description

Trend Micro, a global cybersecurity leader, helps make the world safe for exchanging digital information. Fueled by decades of security expertise, world-leading global threat research and intelligence, and continuous innovation, our cybersecurity platform protects hundreds of thousands of organizations and millions of individuals across clouds, networks, devices, and endpoints

With 7,000 employees across 65 countries, and the world's most advanced global threat research and intelligence, Trend Micro enables organizations to simplify and secure their connected world.

Overview:
Trend Micro Research is seeking an Associate Vulnerability Researcher to join our industry-leading research team.

Trend Micro Research supports a global customer base including leading security product vendors, software and high-tech manufacturers, telecommunications providers, and large enterprise customers with a set of industry-leading technical data feeds, research products, and engineering services.

Responsibilities:

Research newly discovered security vulnerabilities in a wide range of software products
Produce reports describing software vulnerabilities and detection of attack vectors
Develop signatures for network trafficbased attack detection
Monitor security industry publications, news groups and other online sources for newly discovered security vulnerabilities and emerging threats
Collaborate with other vulnerability researchers on research, analysis and report production

Required Skills & Abilities:

Knowledge in one or more of the following languages: C/C++, assembly language, Java, Python, and shell scripting
Ability to learn new detection signature languages quickly
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Reliable and dependable team player
Great attention to detail and personal quality assurance
Selfdirected, selfmotivated with the ability to work with mínimal supervision
Functional understanding of TCP/IP protocol stack and higherlevel networking protocols
Knowledge in a variety of operating systems

Preferred Professional Designation/Certification:

Bachelor's or Master's degree in computer science or a related field preferred but not required
Coursework in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Security, or related fields

Preferred Experience:

Industry experience performing similar technical role preferred but not required, certifications or licensing standards, experience and basic knowledge requirements.