Cyber Capabilities Engineer - Offensive/Defensive Tech

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

Job summary

CNSS • National Security Systems seeks capable CDS professionals to develop offensive and defensive capabilities for national decision makers. You will join an advanced team of computer science and engineering experts focused on delivering innovative tools and methods.

Responsibilities include developing exploitation capabilities, hardware design, and malware analysis within the signals intelligence domain.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field; other programs with CS concentration may be considered.
• Relevant experience in hardware or software lifecycle, programming, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, or systems engineering.
• JCAC training counted toward experience requirements.
• ENTRY level requires Bachelor's + 3 years, or Master's + 1 year; SENIOR level Bachelor's + 6 years or Master's + 4 years; EXPERT level Bachelor's + 9 years or Master’s + 7 years.

Responsibilities

• Develop exploitation capabilities and analytics to enable foreign target network collection.
• Design hardware components and systems to support signals intelligence missions.
• Analyze sophisticated malware.

Skills

C

C++

Assembly

ARM

Software reverse engineering

Exploitation

Vulnerability analysis

Operating system internals

Mobile platform development

Algorithmic analysis

Prototyping

Hardware reverse engineering

Hardware design

FPGA

Verilog

PCB

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Master's degree in CS/Engineering

JCAC training

Tools

Ghidra

OllyDbg

gdb

JTAG

Oscilloscopes

Job description

CNSS • National Security Systems seeks capable CDS professionals to develop offensive and defensive capabilities for national decision makers. You will join an advanced team of computer science and engineering experts focused on delivering innovative tools and methods.

Responsibilities include developing exploitation capabilities, hardware design, and malware analysis within the signals intelligence domain.