CNO Developer II: Offensive Cyber Software Engineer

Researchinnovations.Com; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Research Innovations, Inc. is seeking a Security Researcher to join our Cyber security team in San Antonio, TX. You'll work on offense-grade software and build capabilities across userland, kernel, and networks.

The role requires strong C and Python coding, experience with CNO or exploit development, embedded/firmware work, and familiarity with Windows and UNIX environments. Active Top Secret/SCI clearance is required or ability to upgrade; travel may be required; we offer a mission-driven

Qualifications

• Must have strong C and Python programming skills.
• Experience developing CNO or exploit capabilities.
• Embedded or firmware development on resource-constrained systems.
• Experience with Windows and UNIX environments (Visual Studio/.NET or make-based builds).
• Familiarity with version control tools (Git, Subversion, or CVS) and CI/CD tools.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Building offense-grade software that operates in denied, constrained, and adversarial environments
• Designing, implementing, and debugging custom CNO capabilities across userland, kernel, and network layers
• Tearing down, modernizing, and re-engineering legacy and acquired tooling for performance, stealth, and maintainability
• Developing software that runs where defenders don’t want it (Windows, Linux/Unix, embedded, mobile, and network devices)
• Performing deep binary analysis and reverse engineering across architectures and calling conventions
• Owning and evolving reproducible build systems, toolchains, and test harnesses
• Working close to the metal: compilers, loaders, memory, execution flow, and runtime behavior
• Traveling as determined by the customer

Skills

C programming

Python

CNO development

Embedded systems

Windows

UNIX

Assembly

Reverse engineering

Debugging

Communication skills

Tools

Git

Subversion

CVS

Jenkins

GitLab

Bamboo

Job description

Research Innovations, Inc. is seeking a Security Researcher to join our Cyber security team in San Antonio, TX. You'll work on offense-grade software and build capabilities across userland, kernel, and networks.

The role requires strong C and Python coding, experience with CNO or exploit development, embedded/firmware work, and familiarity with Windows and UNIX environments. Active Top Secret/SCI clearance is required or ability to upgrade; travel may be required; we offer a mission-driven