
Mobile Security Engineer
Sun King
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Nairobi • 🇰🇪 Kenya
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Mid-LevelSenior
Tech Stack
AndroidCyber SecurityIoT
About the role
- Strengthen mobile device security by conducting reconnaissance on emerging threats, testing exploits and jailbreaks, and performing field audits together with the Risk team.
- Standardize testing procedures and create model-level security risk reports.
- Perform periodic reviews of phone models against the latest vendor patches and fixes and periodically test devices with vendor-provided patches/fixes.
- Assist the creation and review of MDM policies and help in creating MDM policy and review on a regular basis.
- Develop tampering and detection solutions for Android devices and work on Tampering Detection solutions for Android devices.
- Recommend firmware or configuration upgrades for implementation by the Programs and MDM teams.
- Perform reconnaissance and test various hacking solutions available over the internet (Dark web, Forums etc).
- Work with Risk to absorb the results of customer visits and field audits and do sample field audits with Risk.
Requirements
- Possess deep understanding into Android mobile phones - Hardware, Firmware and OS level.
- Are an expert in phone security bypass testing not limited to flashing, Mobile device management- MDM bypass, Factory Reset Protection - FRP bypass, Original equipment manufacturer - OEM bypass, motherboard tampering.
- Have hands on experience with various testing tools like Chimera, Pandora, Infinity or any other similar.
- Have previous experience with Samsung, Nokia, Techno Pop, Itel, Infinix smartphones is preferred.
Benefits
- Professional growth in a dynamic, rapidly expanding, high-social-impact industry
- An open-minded, collaborative culture made up of enthusiastic colleagues who are driven by the challenge of innovation towards profound impact on people and the planet.
- A truly multicultural experience: you will have the chance to work with and learn from people from different geographies, nationalities, and backgrounds.
- Structured, tailored learning and development programs that help you become a better leader, manager, and professional through the Sun Centre for Leadership.
- We place great importance on sustaining a diverse, inclusive work environment.
- Sun King recruits, employs, trains, compensates and promotes people based on their experience, skills, effort, and results; explicit prohibition of discrimination.
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Hard skills
mobile device securitytesting exploitsjailbreakssecurity risk reportsMDM policiestampering detection solutionsfirmware upgradesconfiguration upgradesbypass testinghardware and firmware understanding