Capabilities Development Specialist

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

Job summary

NSA is seeking Capabilities Development Specialists with strong software or hardware design, development, testing or reverse engineering skills. Work to defend the nation with innovative research and tools.

Positions require deep expertise in software/hardware development, testing, and reverse engineering across diverse platforms, including kernel and embedded systems. Fort Meade, MD-based roles support critical national security missions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field with foundational CS coursework.
• Experience in hardware/software lifecycle: requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance.
• Military training such as JCAC counted as experience toward qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Develop exploitation capabilities and analytics for target networks.
• Design hardware components to support signals intelligence missions.
• Analyze sophisticated malware and perform vulnerability analysis.

Skills

C

C++

Assembly

ARM

Kernel development

Device drivers

Vulnerability analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

FPGA

Verilog

VHDL

Job description

NSA is seeking Capabilities Development Specialists with strong software or hardware design, development, testing or reverse engineering skills. Work to defend the nation with innovative research and tools.

Positions require deep expertise in software/hardware development, testing, and reverse engineering across diverse platforms, including kernel and embedded systems. Fort Meade, MD-based roles support critical national security missions.