CodeQL Analysis Engineer - - Github - 2 to 4

GitHub is seeking a CodeQL Analysis Engineer for our Professional Services Delivery team. They focus on helping our customers improve the lives of developers working on the GitHub platform. As a CodeQL Analysis Engineer you will have a direct impact on the security of some of the world s largest code bases and the most commonly used applications. You will work closely with our customers security teams to implement custom static analyses and discover vulnerabilities in their code.

We are looking for a passionate technologist who can apply cuttingedge static analysis techniques to messy real world problems and teach our customers how to do the same.

Responsibilities

• Use CodeQL to perform Variant Analysis: develop novel static analyses to find real vulnerabilities in our customers code
• Provide CodeQL training for developers and security engineers
• Be a trusted advisor for our customers on all aspects of CodeQL
• Refine and scale analyses so they can be run across 1000s of codebases

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge and experience of one or more of the following programming languages: C, C , C#, Java, JavaScript/TypeScript, Python and Go.
• Strong knowledge of secure coding practices and common types of vulnerability
• A strong foundation in Computer Science (BSc, MSc, PhD or equivalent practical experience).
• Experience of static analysis and common tools/techniques (dataflow, traint tracking, abstract interpretation)
• Experience in mentoring other engineers and disseminating complex technical ideas and processes.
• Experience with Logic Programming (Datalog, Prolog, CodeQL) or other Declarative Programming (Haskell, OCaml, etc.)
• Willingness to travel up to 50%
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• An ability to persuade customers to make hard, but worthwhile decisions
• An ability to see the tradeoffs of technical solutions and make recommendations to customers
• A desire to help others, and to collaborate with both customers and GitHub team members
• A growth mentality, and a passion for discovering new technologies