Capabilities Development Specialist: Flexible Hours

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

Job summary

CNSS • National Security Systems is seeking a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) at Fort Meade, MD. The role focuses on building advanced offensive and defensive capabilities for national security networks, with emphasis on cutting‑edge research, hardware/software tool development, and rigorous validation.

Applicants should have a CS or engineering background and strong software or hardware design, development, testing, or reverse engineering skills.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or related field.
• Relevant experience across software/hardware lifecycle and analysis.
• Military training (JCAC) counts toward experience.
• Positions categorized by entry, senior, expert experience levels.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Software development

Reverse engineering

Hardware design

Programming (C/C++, Assembly)

Kernel/OS internals

Security certifications

Education

Bachelor's in CS/Engineering or related

Master's or Doctoral preferred

Associate degree with relevant experience

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

Job description

CNSS • National Security Systems is seeking a Capabilities Development Specialist (CDS) at Fort Meade, MD. The role focuses on building advanced offensive and defensive capabilities for national security networks, with emphasis on cutting‑edge research, hardware/software tool development, and rigorous validation.

Applicants should have a CS or engineering background and strong software or hardware design, development, testing, or reverse engineering skills.