Cyber Capabilities Engineer

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

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

CNSS • National Security Systems at Fort Meade, MD seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist to advance offensive and defensive cyber capabilities, analyze malware, and design hardware for signals intelligence missions. Candidates should have strong C/C++, assembly, and reverse engineering skills, with applicable degrees and military-relevant experience.

Role involves working on complex threat intelligence, hardware-software integration, and cross-disciplinary engineering in a high-security

Qualifications

• Degree in CS/Engineering or related field; strong fundamentals in algorithms and data structures.
• Experience across lifecycle: requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, maintenance.
• Military training (JCAC) counts toward experience; multiple entry levels defined by education and years of experience.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

C

C++

Assembly

ARM

Reverse engineering

Debugging tools

Algorithm analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master's degree or Doctorate preferred

Relevant military/training experience

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

FPGA

Verilog

VHDL

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

Job description

CNSS • National Security Systems at Fort Meade, MD seeks a Capabilities Development Specialist to advance offensive and defensive cyber capabilities, analyze malware, and design hardware for signals intelligence missions. Candidates should have strong C/C++, assembly, and reverse engineering skills, with applicable degrees and military-relevant experience.

Role involves working on complex threat intelligence, hardware-software integration, and cross-disciplinary engineering in a high-security