Principal Cyber Security Engineer(TS/SCI #26-137)

Koitecc Solutions; Arlington, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Analysis, Inc. seeks an experienced Principal Cyber Security Engineer to join our team. The role focuses on DoD S&T/R&D platform integration and transition to a DoD program of record, requiring deep technical, analytical, and collaborative skills in a fast-paced environment.

The ideal candidate has DoD/IC cyber research background, strong reverse engineering capabilities, and hands-on leadership in security development across the lifecycle, including automation and tooling expertise.

Qualifications

• Specialized expertise in cybersecurity and offensive cyber development.
• CS-related degree with reverse engineering, vulnerability discovery, and exploitation.
• Significant DoD/IC cyber R&D experience, applied and advanced.
• Experience with stakeholder engagement and tech transition with intelligence community, USSOCOM, and US Cyber Command.
• Experience with SECDEVOPS, CI/CD pipelines, test automation, and workflow automation.
• 3+ years of experience with C, C++, Python, and Assembly.
• Experience automating reverse engineering and vulnerability detection using Ghidra scripts.
• Understanding of DEP and ASLR mitigations.
• Experience using reverse engineering tools (IDA Pro, Hex-Rays, Ghidra, Binary Ninja, objdump).
• Experience in the commercial tech sector, with AI and emerging technologies.
• Management and business experience supporting DARPA programs.

Skills

Cybersecurity expertise

Offensive cyber development

Reverse engineering

Vulnerability discovery

Exploitation techniques

DoD S&T life cycles

Stakeholder engagement

Tech transition

SECDEVOPS

CI/CD pipelines

Test automation

Workflow automation

C programming

C++ programming

Python programming

Assembly programming

Ghidra scripting

ID A Pro

HexRays

Binary Ninja

Objdump

DEP/ASLR

AI/Emerging tech

DARPA program management

Education

BS in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or related field

Tools

Ghidra

IDA Pro

Hex-Rays

Binary Ninja

Objdump

Job description

Strategic Analysis, Inc. is seeking an experienced Principal Cyber Security Engineer to join our team. Experience with prior Department of Defense Science and Technology (S&T) and Research and Development (R&D) platform integration experience teams is what we are looking for. The ideal candidate will leverage their deep understanding of DoD S&T and R&D life cycles to manage integration and transition of platforms to a DoD program of record. This role requires a high degree of technical expertise, analytical skills, and the ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, high-stakes environment.

Required Experience:

• -Specialized expertise in cybersecurity and offensive cyber development
• -Computer science degree background, including reverse engineering, vulnerability discovery, and exploitation techniques
• -Significant experience with applied research or advanced DoD and/or Intelligence Community sponsored research in the realm of cyber (emphasis on applied and advanced)
• -Significant experience with stakeholder engagement and technology transition involving the intelligence community, USSOCOM, and/or US Cyber Command
• -Significant experience with SECDEVOPS, CI/CD pipelines, test automation, and automating workflows.
• -3+ years of experience with computer programming languages in C, C++, Python, and Assembly
• -Experience with automating reverse engineering and vulnerability detection techniques using Ghidra scripts
• -Understanding of exploit mitigations such as DEP and ASLR.
• -Experience using reverse engineering tools such as IDA Pro, HexRays, Ghidra, Binary Ninja, or objdump
• -Experience in the commercial technology sector, with an emphasis on artificial intelligence (AI) and emerging technologies
• -Management and business experience consistent with technology management support of DARPA programs

Education:

• -BS in computer science, engineering, mathematics, or related field required

Clearance:

• -TS/SCI clearance with CI polygraph is required

Travel:

• -May be required up to 10% of the time