Capabilities Development Specialist

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

CNSS • National Security Systems seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist to join a world-class team developing offensive and defensive capabilities for national security missions. You will work on high-priority projects targeting complex adversary networks, focusing on enabling critical information flow to decision-makers.

The role requires expertise in software/hardware design, development, testing, or reverse engineering, with a strong background in C/C++/**, ARM, and related tooling.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS/Engineering with relevant experience in hardware or software lifecycle.
• Experience in vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, or computer forensics.
• Military training such as JCAC counts toward experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop exploitation capabilities and analytics for foreign target network collection.
• Design hardware components and systems to support signals intelligence missions.
• Analyze sophisticated malware and reverse engineer complex files.

Skills

C

C++

Assembly

ARM

Reverse engineering

Debugging tools

Vulnerability analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science / Engineering

Master's degree in CS / Engineering

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

Job description

CNSS • National Security Systems seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist to join a world-class team developing offensive and defensive capabilities for national security missions. You will work on high-priority projects targeting complex adversary networks, focusing on enabling critical information flow to decision-makers.

The role requires expertise in software/hardware design, development, testing, or reverse engineering, with a strong background in C/C++/**, ARM, and related tooling.