Capabilities Dev Specialist - Cutting-Edge Defense Tech

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

DCIPS trial period

Job summary

NSA is seeking Capabilities Development Specialists to join our team at Fort George Meade. We seek computer science or engineering professionals with strong software or hardware design, development, testing or reverse engineering to develop offensive and defensive capabilities for national security.

Transcripts from all schools are required, unofficial copies accepted for now. The role is full-time with a competitive pay range and a DCIPS trial period; qualifications include CS-focused degrees,

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field with foundational CS emphasis.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Software development

Reverse engineering

Vulnerability analysis

Operating system internals

Mobile platform analysis

Algorithmic analysis

Prototyping

C/C++

Java kernel development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or Engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

JTAG

Job description

NSA is seeking Capabilities Development Specialists to join our team at Fort George Meade. We seek computer science or engineering professionals with strong software or hardware design, development, testing or reverse engineering to develop offensive and defensive capabilities for national security.

Transcripts from all schools are required, unofficial copies accepted for now. The role is full-time with a competitive pay range and a DCIPS trial period; qualifications include CS-focused degrees,