Senior CNO Engineer — Cyber Network Operations

Nightwing; Corridor North (MD); On-site; USD 99,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401k

Paid time off

Holidays

Additional insurances

Job summary

Nightwing seeks a senior CNO software engineer to design, develop, test, and maintain advanced cyber non-kinetic operations capabilities. You will mentor junior engineers and ensure tools are production-ready to support high-priority mission requirements.

The role requires TS/SCI + CI Poly within 5 years, leadership experience, and strong proficiency in C/C++, Python, and Assembly; prior Windows/UNIX development and CNO tooling know-how preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and six (6) years of experience OR minimum ten (10) years of experience in relevant field
• Minimum eight (8) years of experience programming in Assembly, C, C++, Java, Perl, and/or Python
• Minimum seven (7) years of experience developing in one or more Windows/UNIX environments
• Minimum six (6) years of experience with programming CNO tools and techniques
• Minimum five (5) years of experience managing and supervising teams for Government CNO capability development
• Minimum five (5) years of experience programming CNO tools for the US Government
• Minimum four (4) years of experience programming techniques to evade host and/or network-based IDS
• Minimum four (4) years of experience in network sockets programming and application-level protocols

Responsibilities

• Lead design, development, testing, and maintenance of advanced CNO capabilities for high-priority mission requirements
• Provide technical mentorship to junior team members
• Ensure tools are ready for operational success
• Collaborate with government customers and cross-functional teams

Skills

C/C++

Python

Assembly

Java

Perl

Networking sockets

Windows/.NET

UNIX makefiles

IDS evasion

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

10+ years experience

Tools

IDA Pro

Ghidra

OllyDbg

Visual Studio/.NET

Git

Job description

Nightwing seeks a senior CNO software engineer to design, develop, test, and maintain advanced cyber non-kinetic operations capabilities. You will mentor junior engineers and ensure tools are production-ready to support high-priority mission requirements.

The role requires TS/SCI + CI Poly within 5 years, leadership experience, and strong proficiency in C/C++, Python, and Assembly; prior Windows/UNIX development and CNO tooling know-how preferred.