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Title: Software Engineer
Req Number: mit-00007581
Department: Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Location(s): Cambridge MA        
FT/PT: Full Time
Employment / Payroll Category: SRS (Research)
Work Shift: 

SOFTWARE ENGINEER, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL)-Program Analysis and Compilation, to join a program whose goal is to protect arbitrary Windows executables from a wide range of security vulnerabilities. Will be responsible for implementing dynamic instrumentation--using binary instrumentation tools such as DynamoRIO--to detect the exploitation of security vulnerabilities such as buffer overflows, SQL command injection, error handling, etc. A focus of the research will be working with the results of static analysis of the binary to both optimize and extend detection of attacks.

REQUIREMENTS: a bachelor's degree (advanced degree preferred); a minimum of two years of experience in the area of security, compilers, or systems programming with extensive experience using Windows; a solid background in C/C++ programming; and familiarity with assemblers, preferably X86. A strong interest in low-level binary analysis and instrumentation is a must. Experience with dynamic instrumentation tools very helpful. MIT-00007581

The position is open immediately and will run through February 2012, with the possibility of renewal pending additional funding.

Attached is my Lupus report.

_"I fell into the computer realm from the typewriter dimension in 1981, then plugged my computer into my telephone in 1983 and got sucked into the net". Quote from H Rheingold. Howard Rheingold (born July 7, 1947) is a critic, writer, and teacher; his specialties are on the cultural, social and political implications of modern communication media such as the Internet, mobile telephony and virtual communities (a term he is credited with inventing). He attended Reed College in Portland, Oregon, from 1964 to 1968. His senior thesis was entitled "What Life Can Compare with This? Sitting Alone at the Window, I Watch the Flowers Bloom, the Leaves Fall, the Seasons Come and Go." With all of his credentials he sounds very well educated. He appears to be a very interesting and complex man.