Capabilities Development Specialist

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

Job summary

CNSS • National Security Systems seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist to help build offensive and defensive capabilities for high-priority national security missions. You will join a world-class team delivering tools to inform national decision makers.

Ideal candidates have strong C/C++, reverse engineering, hardware design, and malware analysis skills, with CS/Engineering degrees. Fort Meade, MD, pays range reflects federal standards.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS, Mathematics or Engineering with foundational CS coursework.
• Experience in engineering hardware or software lifecycle and programming.
• Relevant security-related experience and military training counted.

Responsibilities

• Developing exploitation capabilities and analytics for network collection.
• Designing hardware components to support signals intelligence missions.
• Analyzing sophisticated malware and firmware.

Skills

C

C++

Assembly

ARM

Software RE

Reverse engineering

Kernel development

Device driver development

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

FPGA

VHDL

Verilog

PCB

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or Engineering

Master's degree

Doctoral degree

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

FPGA

VHDL

Verilog

PCB

Job description

CNSS • National Security Systems seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist to help build offensive and defensive capabilities for high-priority national security missions. You will join a world-class team delivering tools to inform national decision makers.

Ideal candidates have strong C/C++, reverse engineering, hardware design, and malware analysis skills, with CS/Engineering degrees. Fort Meade, MD, pays range reflects federal standards.