[Tfug] Raytheon work

[Shawn LaMaster]

Raytheon´s newest product line - Information Security Solutions (ISS) 
- is looking for a few good Cyber Professionals. Well, more like 250 
by the end of 2009 to be exact. ISS needs your help identifying 
candidates for a growing part of our business.

The new domain of cyberspace allows for extensive information sharing 
on a large scale. In today's globally interconnected environment the 
organization, enterprise or government with the information advantage 
will be the dominant player. At the same time, some nations, 
criminals, terrorist groups, political activists and corporations 
have seized the opportunity created by vulnerabilities in the cyber 
world to engage in active information operations against critical 
systems. Our nation's adversaries have pushed the cyber domain into a 
war-fighting domain -- one that we must aggressively protect. 
Raytheon's new ISS product line provides customers with defensive and 
offensive capabilities to maintain the integrity of critical 
networks and the sensitive data they process. ISS needs Cyber 
Professionals who can exercise their wit, cunning and innovative 
ideas to fight in the digital cyber war. These Cyber Professionals 
will work on a variety of projects related to software protection, 
security auditing, vulnerability research and malicious mobile code. 

Because of the highly technical nature of this work, having a strong 
background in low-level programming and operating systems is 
essential for these engineers, as is previous experience with 
application security, reverse engineering or malware. ISS Vice 
President Steve Hawkins describes a ISS Cyber Professional as a 
junior- to senior-level engineer "jazzed by using hand-eye 
coordination for tackling complex problems." Hawkins adds that 
"engineers who drink Red Bull and Mountain Dew by the caseload to 
fight the digital cyber war," are welcome. This includes experienced 
engineers as well as college graduates. A majority of these ISS Cyber 
Professional positions are located in the Washington, D.C. area, but 
ISS will also have openings throughout the  country, including Texas 
and Florida.