
Description of the position
Blockchain Engineer.
Stimulating. Motivating. Challenging.
Kudelski Security, a division of the Kudelski Group (SIX: KUD.S), is an innovative, independent Swiss provider of tailored cyber and media security solutions to enterprises and public sector institutions.
Our team of security experts delivers end-to-end consulting, technology, managed services, and threat intelligence to help organizations build and run successful security programs.
Our global reach and cyber solutions focus is reinforced by key international partnerships.
Kudelski Security is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona and Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland. For more information, please visit: www.kudelskisecurity.com
Location: London, United Kingdom
Mission
This role is focused on assessing new blockchain platforms and applications for clients, as well as identifying weaknesses in implementations, architectures, and protocols. You will be client and community facing, working directly with development teams to mitigate their security risks in blockchain applications. You will also present at industry events, produce content that advances the industry, and innovate new attacks and intellectual property with your research teammates.
Responsibilities
Your Responsibilities will be:
- Assess blockchain solutions that address client needs
- Collaborate with internal development teams and external development partners on the security of products that address industry gaps
- Review source code and architecture of blockchain implementations for security issues
- Develop threat models against customer code / designs / infrastructures
- Deliver reports of findings where failures are indicated in customer designs or architectures
- Review customer code to confirm secure attestations
- Generate actionable findings from review activities
- Identify areas of interest for further research and development
- Scope and provide a level of effort estimation for blockchain services
- Represent Kudelski Security in public forums (blogs, conferences, journals) through original publications
- Review Smart Contracts for security flaws and gaps
- Mentor team members in your area of expertise
Requirements / Profile
Your Key Skills and Qualities
- Proven experience in blockchain (such as published source code, blog posts, contribution to blockchain organizations)
- Degree in computer science, computer engineering, information security, or related field of study or experience
- Strong knowledge of programming languages with a preference toward C/C++, Rust, Python, or Go
- Familiarity with blockchain smart contract languages and common security weaknesses
- Strong understanding of security concepts and secure architectures
- Intermediate knowledge of cryptography and weaknesses in cryptographic implementations
- 3+ years of experience in software development, solution architecture, or related fields
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to interface effectively with customers and internal stakeholders
- Experience with patents and invention disclosure
- Fluent English, French an asset.
Join us and be part of a rapidly growing company with locations in the United States and Switzerland, who leverages their unique history of innovation and engineering with a programmatic view of client security, to adopt a different approach to cybersecurity and help change the security paradigm.
When you join us, you'll be part of an industry leader that has a tremendous impact on how our clients approach Cybersecurity strategy.
If you love the challenge as much as the rewards and are ready to take your career to the next level, apply today
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Publication Date: 23-05-2022