Capabilities Development Specialist

CNSS • National Security Systems; Capitol Heights (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 high-priority offensive and defensive capabilities for national security. You will apply engineering expertise to deliver crucial information to decision makers and support signals intelligence missions.

The role focuses on software and hardware development, reverse engineering, and analysis of complex malware and hardware systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field.
• Relevant experience in hardware or software lifecycle (requirements, design, development, testing, deployment).
• Experience with vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, or computer forensics is a plus.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

C

C++

Assembly

ARM

Java

Kernel development

Device driver

Network programming

Embedded systems

Reverse engineering

Prototyping

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

FPGA

VHDL

Verilog

PCB

Job description

CNSS • National Security Systems seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist to join a world-class team developing high-priority offensive and defensive capabilities for national security. You will apply engineering expertise to deliver crucial information to decision makers and support signals intelligence missions.

The role focuses on software and hardware development, reverse engineering, and analysis of complex malware and hardware systems.