Capabilities Development Specialist - Cyber/Hardware

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

Job summary

CNSS • National Security Systems seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist to join a team defending national security. You will build high-priority offensive and defensive capabilities, apply deep CS/engineering expertise, and contribute to pioneering hardware/software tools for national decision makers.

Requirements include a CS/Engineering concentration and related experience; transcripts are requested during the application process.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS/Engineering with foundational CS courses.
• Experience in hardware or software lifecycle, programming, or security.
• Military training like JCAC is a plus; multiple education levels accepted by seniority.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

C

C++

Assembly

ARM

Software RE

Debugging tools

Vulnerability analysis

OS internals

Kernel development

Device drivers

Java

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master's degree

Doctoral degree

Associate's degree

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

FPGA

VHDL

Verilog

PCB

Job description

CNSS • National Security Systems seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist to join a team defending national security. You will build high-priority offensive and defensive capabilities, apply deep CS/engineering expertise, and contribute to pioneering hardware/software tools for national decision makers.

Requirements include a CS/Engineering concentration and related experience; transcripts are requested during the application process.