Capabilities Development Specialist - Offensive/Defensive Tech

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

Job summary

NSA seeks professionals with strong software and hardware design, development and reverse engineering skills to join our team at Fort Meade, MD. This role emphasizes advancing offensive and defensive capabilities for critical national security missions and requires top-tier problem solving and collaboration.

Qualified candidates will have CS/Engineering backgrounds, proficiency in C/C++, assembly, kernel/embedded systems, and experience with reverse engineering tools like Ghidra or gdb.

Qualifications

• Degree in CS/Engineering or related field with relevant experience in hardware or software life cycle.
• Experience in programming, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, or computer forensics.
• Military training in JCAC counted as experience where applicable.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

C

C++

Assembly

ARM

Kernel development

Embedded systems development

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Related fields (InfoSec, Cybersecurity)

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

JTAG

Job description

NSA seeks professionals with strong software and hardware design, development and reverse engineering skills to join our team at Fort Meade, MD. This role emphasizes advancing offensive and defensive capabilities for critical national security missions and requires top-tier problem solving and collaboration.

Qualified candidates will have CS/Engineering backgrounds, proficiency in C/C++, assembly, kernel/embedded systems, and experience with reverse engineering tools like Ghidra or gdb.