Capabilities Development Specialist: Advanced Cyber & Hardware

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Flexible work hours

Job summary

CNSS • National Security Systems seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist to advance offensive and defensive capabilities for national security. You will work on cutting-edge hardware and software tools, focusing on analysis, development, and testing across complex systems.

The role requires CS or engineering background with deep expertise in software or hardware design, development, testing or reverse engineering. Transcripts are requested with the application.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS/Math/Engineering or related field with foundational CS coursework.
• Experience in engineering hardware or software lifecycle, programming, vulnerability analysis, or systems engineering.
• Military training like JCAC may count towards 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

Software RE/interactive debugging

Vulnerability analysis

Operating system internals

Kernel development

Network/socket programming

Embedded systems development

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

Software vulnerability analysis and_ex

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Math/Engineering

Master's degree

Doctoral degree

Associate's degree + 5 years experience

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

Job description

CNSS • National Security Systems seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist to advance offensive and defensive capabilities for national security. You will work on cutting-edge hardware and software tools, focusing on analysis, development, and testing across complex systems.

The role requires CS or engineering background with deep expertise in software or hardware design, development, testing or reverse engineering. Transcripts are requested with the application.