Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS)

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

Job summary

NSA is seeking a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) to join the world’s most advanced team of computer science and engineering professionals at Fort Meade, MD. You will develop high-priority offensive and defensive capabilities and help deliver tools to national decision makers.

The role requires strong software or hardware design, testing, and reverse engineering skills in C/C++, assembly, kernel/driver development, and FPGA/Verilog. U.S.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS, Math, or Engineering with relevant experience.
• Experience in hardware or software lifecycle and development.
• Ability to obtain security clearance and US citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Developing exploitation capabilities and analytics to enable foreign target network collection
• Designing hardware components and systems to further signals intelligence missions
• Analyzing sophisticated malware

Skills

C/C++/Assembly

Kernel development

Device driver development

Software reverse engineering

Vulnerability analysis

Embedded systems

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS, Math or Engineering

Master’s degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

FPGA

VHDL/Verilog

Job description

NSA is seeking a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) to join the world’s most advanced team of computer science and engineering professionals at Fort Meade, MD. You will develop high-priority offensive and defensive capabilities and help deliver tools to national decision makers.

The role requires strong software or hardware design, testing, and reverse engineering skills in C/C++, assembly, kernel/driver development, and FPGA/Verilog. U.S.