Cybersecurity Researcher

Vannevar Labs builds next generation defense software for the public servants keeping our country safe.  As a team, we exist because we believe in public service, and we think that our democracy and government improve only if we put serious, collective effort into improving them, including the technology our government uses.      This mission has become urgent. Ukraine is engaged in a war for survival with Russia. China regularly flies nuclear-capable bombers into Taiwan and Japan’s airspace. The US and our allies are fighting a war of deterrence with woefully outdated technology. We build software to support these missions, including providing battlefield information to allies, identifying malign activity, and helping the US deter and deescalate conflict.     We are a profitable growth startup with some of the best defense investors in the world, including General Catalyst, DFJ Growth, Point72, and enterprise tech investors Costanoa and Felicis. 

About The Role

Vannevar Labs is expanding from one product (Decrypt) to an ecosystem of products. One of these products supports information operations and electronic warfare. In the short-term, you will lead intelligence collection of the dark web sources relevant to our customer's missions. You will interface with third-party data vendors to compliment first-party collection and own the data collection and ingest process. In the long term, you'll drive the technical vision for cybersecurity as we expand our companies footprint into cyber domain operations.

What You'll Do

• Aid in the monitoring, discovery and collection of data from various sources
• Conduct technical security research on topics such as OSINT techniques and browser fingerprinting
• Aid in the development of methodologies for managing attribution such as the development and maintenance of personas in non-standard environments
• Assist with research into process automation workflows
• Collaborate side-by-side with our engineers, leveraging your communication skills
• Assist with bespoke research as necessary 
• Assist with the development and documentation of new process to support the team
• Assist with the reverse-engineering and analysis of new data sources 

What we look for

• Experience conducting OSINT investigations of varying degrees of complexity
• Experience working with dark web data
• Meticulous and paranoid about digital identity tracking
• Knowledge of fundamentals of cybersecurity and operational security
• Strong ethics for handling of sensitive data and adherence to data privacy rules and compliance standards
• Excellent communication, teamwork skills, and project ownership
• U.S. Citizenship status is required as this position will require the ability to access U.S. only data systems  

Nice to haves

• Experience supporting cyber investigations in various functions
• Experience working in a cloud environment
• Understanding of OS fundamentals
• Reverse Engineering Experience
• Experience with a broad variety of technologies and platforms
• Experience with a high-level programming language such as Python, Node.js, Java, Ruby or similar 

What we offer

We’re proud to offer competitive benefits that support our employees. Some key highlights of our benefits package include: 

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• 100% remote first culture. You can work from anywhere in the US and all full time employees have WeWork access
• Unlimited PTO including competitive vacation and holiday schedules
• Lifestyle stipends - Monthly mental health, wellness & fitness stipend, in-home office setup stipend and family planning assistance 
• Salary top-up during military reserve duty
• Fully paid parental leave 
• Child and pet care reimbursement during travel

  Vannevar Labs is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status.   We encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply, even if you don't feel like you're a perfect fit. If you're passionate about contributing to our mission, we'd love to hear from you!   IMPORTANT NOTICE
We are committed to protecting the privacy of all applicants. Official emails from the company will come from an @vannevarlabs.com domain. Under no circumstances will a legitimate representative from our company contact you to request passwords, financial information, or other sensitive personal data. Please be vigilant of potential scams.