Advanced Cyber Capabilities Engineer

CNSS • National Security Systems; Ruxton (MD); On-site; USD 105,000 - 197,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

National Security Agency seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) to develop offensive and defensive capabilities for national decision-makers. The role spans software and hardware design, reverse engineering, and complex malware analysis as part of an elite team of CS and engineering professionals.

Responsibilities include building exploitation capabilities, hardware design for signals intelligence, and advanced malware analysis.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS/Engineering or related field with relevant experience.
• Military or government training may count toward experience.
• Experience in hardware/software lifecycle and security analysis.

Responsibilities

• Develop exploitation capabilities and analytics for network collection.
• Design hardware components to support signals intelligence missions.
• Analyze sophisticated malware.

Skills

C

C++

Assembly

ARM

Software RE

Debugging tools

Vulnerability analysis

OS internals

Mobile development

Algorithmic analysis

Prototyping

Malware reverse engineering

Hardware RE

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Military training (JCAC) training counted

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

Job description

National Security Agency seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) to develop offensive and defensive capabilities for national decision-makers. The role spans software and hardware design, reverse engineering, and complex malware analysis as part of an elite team of CS and engineering professionals.

Responsibilities include building exploitation capabilities, hardware design for signals intelligence, and advanced malware analysis.