Capabilities Development Specialist - Software & Hardware

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

Job summary

NSA seeks Capabilities Development Specialists to join a world-class team at Fort Meade, MD. We recruit computer science and engineering professionals with strong software or hardware design, development, testing or reverse engineering skills for national defense.

You will work on high-priority offensive and defensive capabilities, advance signals intelligence, and contribute to cutting-edge research and solutions that defend the nation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering and 3+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong programming in C, C++, and assembly; kernel development and device drivers.
• Experience with malware analysis and hardware reverse engineering.

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 assist defense objectives.

Skills

C

C++

Assembly

ARM

Malware reverse engineering

Hardware reverse engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or Engineering

Master's degree in related field

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

JTAG

Job description

NSA seeks Capabilities Development Specialists to join a world-class team at Fort Meade, MD. We recruit computer science and engineering professionals with strong software or hardware design, development, testing or reverse engineering skills for national defense.

You will work on high-priority offensive and defensive capabilities, advance signals intelligence, and contribute to cutting-edge research and solutions that defend the nation.