Principal Software Engineer - Cyber AI (Hybrid, TS/SCI)

Assured Information Security (AIS); City of Rome (NY); Hybrid; USD 141,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid health insurance

7% 401k contribution

Job summary

Assured Information Security (AIS) is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead research and development for CyberAI software solutions used by customers, with a strong emphasis on Computer Network Operations and Offensive Cyber Operations. The role is hybrid, requiring three onsite days per week and an active TS/SCI clearance.

You will contribute to the design, development, testing, and debugging of high-assurance software, with focus on security concepts, networking, and virtualization in

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field with 11 years of relevant experience or equivalent combination.
• Strong debugging expertise.
• Experience with TCP/IP networking and socket-level programming.
• Knowledge of CNO development concepts.
• Background in software analysis and reverse engineering.
• Experience with assembly programming and assembly-level analysis.
• Deep understanding of Windows, Unix/Linux, network devices, mobile devices, or unit test frameworks.
• Hands-on experience with GitLab for source control, issue tracking, code review, and CI/CD pipeline development.
• Ability to conduct packet capture, traffic inspection, and protocol analysis using Wireshark and tcpdump.
• Strong understanding of Windows internals and Windows APIs, with software development experience in C/C++.
• Experience developing, analyzing, and debugging shellcode, including position-independent code (PIC).
• Hypervisor development experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate software for latent flaws which may constitute a vulnerability.
• Evaluate and develop circumventions for security mechanisms preventing code execution.
• Design and develop hardware and software based CNO capabilities.
• Assist with designing, developing, documenting, testing, and debugging applications.
• Apply knowledge of security concepts and networks.
• Set up and use virtualized infrastructure in developing and testing code.

Skills

11+ years exp

Debugging

TCP/IP networking

CNO development

Reverse engineering

Assembly

Windows internals

GitLab

Packet capture

C/C++ on Windows

Shellcode

Hypervisor

Education

Bachelor's degree (CS/SE/CE)

Equivalent combination of education and experience

Tools

GitLab

Wireshark

tcpdump

Job description

Assured Information Security (AIS) is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to lead research and development for CyberAI software solutions used by customers, with a strong emphasis on Computer Network Operations and Offensive Cyber Operations. The role is hybrid, requiring three onsite days per week and an active TS/SCI clearance.

You will contribute to the design, development, testing, and debugging of high-assurance software, with focus on security concepts, networking, and virtualization in