Senior CNO Developer: Low-Level Cyber Tools

InvestedintheMission; Jessup (MD); On-site; USD 112,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K with company matching

9/80 work schedule

Paid holidays

Job summary

A Senior CNO Developer at AeroVironment Inc. designs and develops low-level software tools to support Computer Network Operations missions.

This role focuses on building, debugging, and maintaining mission-critical cyber capabilities through hands-on software development and reverse engineering. You will collaborate with engineers and analysts to deliver secure, high-impact solutions in a national security context, applying TCP/IP and socket-level programming and adhering to robust testing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or CE with 12+ years software engineering.
• Or High School diploma with 16+ years relevant technical experience.
• Strong proficiency in Python or C/C++.
• Hands-on network programming and socket-level development.
• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop CNO capabilities, tools, and applications.
• Contribute independently across the full software lifecycle, including design, documentation, testing, and debugging.
• Troubleshoot and debug complex, low-level software systems.
• Apply networking fundamentals including TCP/IP and socket-level programming.
• Collaborate with engineers, analysts, and mission partners to ensure performance and security.
• Maintain high standards for software quality, testing, and documentation.
• Support secure coding practices across development efforts.

Skills

Python

C/C++

Network programming

Socket programming

Debugging complex systems

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or CE

High School diploma + 16 years experience

Job description

A Senior CNO Developer at AeroVironment Inc. designs and develops low-level software tools to support Computer Network Operations missions.

This role focuses on building, debugging, and maintaining mission-critical cyber capabilities through hands-on software development and reverse engineering. You will collaborate with engineers and analysts to deliver secure, high-impact solutions in a national security context, applying TCP/IP and socket-level programming and adhering to robust testing