Capabilities Development Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

The National Security Agency is seeking a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) to join a world-class team of computer science and engineering professionals. You will develop offensive and defensive capabilities to reach adversarial networks and provide critical information to national decision makers.

We value expertise in software and hardware design, reverse engineering, and vulnerability analysis. The role involves research, development, testing, and deployment of tools to defend the

Qualifications

• Degree in CS, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience in programming, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, or systems engineering.
• Military training such as JCAC counts toward experience.

Responsibilities

• Developing exploitation capabilities and analytics to enable foreign target network collection.
• Designing hardware components and systems to further signals intelligence missions.
• Analyzing sophisticated malware.

Skills

C programming

C++

Assembly

ARM

RE tools

Malware reverse engineering

Hardware RE

Embedded systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master's degree

Doctoral degree

Associate's degree

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

Verilog

VHDL

PCB design

Job description

The National Security Agency is seeking a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) to join a world-class team of computer science and engineering professionals. You will develop offensive and defensive capabilities to reach adversarial networks and provide critical information to national decision makers.

We value expertise in software and hardware design, reverse engineering, and vulnerability analysis. The role involves research, development, testing, and deployment of tools to defend the