Capabilities Development Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Fort George G. Meade Complex, MD hosts NSA openings for Capabilities Development Specialists (CDS). Candidates with strong CS or CS-related engineering skills for software/hardware design, development, testing or reverse engineering are invited to apply.

Upload transcripts (official or unofficial) before applying. Qualifications emphasize CS/engineering concentration with extensive experience in software/hardware lifecycles, vulnerability analysis, or defensive/offensive research.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field with foundational CS coursework.
• Experience in engineering hardware or software lifecycle, programming, vulnerability analysis or exploitation.
• Military training (e.g., JCAC) may count towards experience.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

C

C++

Assembly

ARM

Reverse Engineering

Vulnerability Analysis

Operating System Internals

Prototyping

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

GDB

Job description

Fort George G. Meade Complex, MD hosts NSA openings for Capabilities Development Specialists (CDS). Candidates with strong CS or CS-related engineering skills for software/hardware design, development, testing or reverse engineering are invited to apply.

Upload transcripts (official or unofficial) before applying. Qualifications emphasize CS/engineering concentration with extensive experience in software/hardware lifecycles, vulnerability analysis, or defensive/offensive research.