Capabilities Development Engineer

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

Job summary

NSA is seeking a Capabilities Development Specialist to advance high-priority offensive and defensive capabilities for national security. You will work with a world-class team of computer science and engineering professionals to deliver innovative tools for national decision-makers.

The role requires deep expertise in software/hardware reverse engineering, OS internals, and device-level development, with opportunities to contribute across the full lifecycle in a mission-focused environment at

Qualifications

• Degree in CS/Engineering or related field with strong fundamentals.
• Experience in vulnerability analysis, penetration testing or forensics.
• Knowledge of operating system internals and firmware concepts.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

C/C++/Assembly/ARM

Malware reverse engineering

Kernel/dev & device driver

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Ghidra/OllyDbg/gdb

Job description

NSA is seeking a Capabilities Development Specialist to advance high-priority offensive and defensive capabilities for national security. You will work with a world-class team of computer science and engineering professionals to deliver innovative tools for national decision-makers.

The role requires deep expertise in software/hardware reverse engineering, OS internals, and device-level development, with opportunities to contribute across the full lifecycle in a mission-focused environment at