Capabilities Development Engineer

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

Job summary

CNSS • National Security Systems is seeking a Capabilities Development Specialist to help build offensive and defensive capabilities for national security networks at Fort Meade, MD. You will advance software and hardware solutions, analyze malware, and contribute to signals intelligence missions in a highly specialized team.

You will work on kernel development, device drivers, and reverse engineering using tools like Ghidra, OllyDbg, and gdb, with strict security and performance requirements in

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience in hardware/software lifecycle activities and programming.
• Military training such as JCAC counts toward experience.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Software development

C

C++

Assembly

ARM

Vulnerability analysis

Reverse engineering

OS internals

Prototyping

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master's degree

Doctoral degree

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

Job description

CNSS • National Security Systems is seeking a Capabilities Development Specialist to help build offensive and defensive capabilities for national security networks at Fort Meade, MD. You will advance software and hardware solutions, analyze malware, and contribute to signals intelligence missions in a highly specialized team.

You will work on kernel development, device drivers, and reverse engineering using tools like Ghidra, OllyDbg, and gdb, with strict security and performance requirements in