Capabilities Development Specialist

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

Job summary

NSA seeks Capabilities Development Specialists to build advanced offensive and defensive capabilities for national security. You will work on high-priority projects across software and hardware domains, including malware analysis, exploitation, and hardware design for signals intelligence.

The role targets computer science and engineering professionals with strong programming, reverse engineering, and system development skills to defend the nation through innovative research and tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Mathematics, Engineering or related field.
• Experience in programming, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, forensics, or systems engineering.
• Military training (e.g., JCAC) counts toward experience.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

C/C++/Assembly/ARM

Reverse engineering

Vulnerability analysis

Operating system internals

Mobile platform analysis

Algorithmic analysis

Prototyping

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or Engineering

Master's degree preferred

Military cyber training (JCAC) counts

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

FPGA

VHDL/Verilog

PCB design

Job description

NSA seeks Capabilities Development Specialists to build advanced offensive and defensive capabilities for national security. You will work on high-priority projects across software and hardware domains, including malware analysis, exploitation, and hardware design for signals intelligence.

The role targets computer science and engineering professionals with strong programming, reverse engineering, and system development skills to defend the nation through innovative research and tools.