Capabilities Dev Specialist: Advanced Software & Hardware

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

NSA in Fort George G. Meade, MD seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist with strong software or hardware design, development, testing or reverse engineering skills to join our team of experts defending national security.

We conduct cutting-edge research and produce hardware and software tools unlike anything in the world to advance national interests. NDA-level work involves collaboration with top engineers and cyber professionals.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS, Mathematics, Engineering or related field with foundational CS coursework.
• Experience in engineering hardware/software lifecycle (requirements to maintenance).
• May count JCAC training toward experience.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

C/C++/Assembly

Kernel development

Device driver development

Embedded systems

Reverse engineering

Malware analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

Job description

NSA in Fort George G. Meade, MD seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist with strong software or hardware design, development, testing or reverse engineering skills to join our team of experts defending national security.

We conduct cutting-edge research and produce hardware and software tools unlike anything in the world to advance national interests. NDA-level work involves collaboration with top engineers and cyber professionals.