Reverse Software Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 86,800 - 198,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, life and disability insurance

Professional development and tuition

Paid leave

Work‑life programs

Retirement benefits

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton in Charlottesville, VA is seeking an experienced technical intelligence analyst to assess software and hardware capabilities, perform reverse engineering, and deliver concise ST&I assessments for DoD and IC partners.

You will apply the cyber kill chain and offensive techniques to identify cybersecurity issues, analyzing subsystems, firmware, and DSP/FPGA designs to understand performance and potential vulnerabilities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with software design and development.
• Experience with C++ and programming languages.
• Experience with software disassemblers, debuggers, and reverse engineering applications.
• Experience with performing in-depth technical evaluations of computer and network technologies.
• Ability to conduct all-source S&T research, analysis, and engineering.
• TS/SCI clearance.
• Bachelor’s degree in EE, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science.

Responsibilities

• Perform in-depth technical evaluations of computer and network technologies through analysis and identification of software capabilities and vulnerabilities.
• Reverse engineer software and firmware to understand capabilities and performance.
• Author concise ST&I assessments in conformance with IC analytic standards for DoD and IC partners.
• Apply cyber kill chain knowledge to identify and describe cybersecurity issues.
• Analyze hardware (PCBs, DSPs, FPGA designs) and extract firmware to assess system capabilities.

Skills

5+ years software design

C++ programming

Disassemblers & debuggers

Technical evaluations

TS/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in EE, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science

Tools

IDA Pro

OllyDbg

Kali Linux

Metasploit

FPGA

Job description

Responsibilities

Work as part of a varied contract team supporting a DoD client. Apply the expertise required to perform in-depth technical evaluations of computer and network technologies through the analysis and identification of software capabilities and vulnerabilities of specified subsystems, using software program code disassembly and reverse engineering. Author concise Scientific and Technical Intelligence (S&TI) assessments in conformance with the intelligence community (IC) analytic standards that convey the results of that analysis to the client's DoD and IC partners and clients. Apply working knowledge of the cyber‑kill chain and offensive techniques to identify and describe potential cybersecurity issues. Provide technical intelligence analysis of weapon systems and C4 networks, including analyzing printed circuit boards, hardware devices, including microprocessors, digital signal processors (DSP), and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) designs, extracting firmware, and analyzing software and firmware to understand capabilities and performance of the system based on software analysis.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with software design and development
• Experience with C++ and programming languages
• Experience with software disassemblers, debuggers, and reverse engineering applications
• Experience with performing in-depth technical evaluations of computer and network technologies
• Ability to conduct all‑source S&TI research, analysis, and engineering
• TS/SCI clearance
• Bachelor’s degree in EE, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science

Nice to Have

• 2+ years of experience with software and firmware code assembly, disassembly, reverse engineering, software debuggers, and diagnostic tools, including IDA Pro, OllyDbg, Kali Linux, and Metasploit
• Experience in programming with Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs)
• Experience with Digital Signal Processing (DSP) design or modeling
• Experience with the analysis of Software Defined Radios (SDRs)
• Knowledge of military systems and computer network technologies, designs, and programs
• Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills

Security Clearance

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.

Compensation

The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD).

Benefits

• Health, life and disability insurance
• Financial and retirement benefits
• Paid leave
• Professional development and tuition assistance
• Work‑life programs
• Dependent care

EEO Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.