Senior Principal CNO Engineer: AI-Driven Exploit Discovery

Clarity Innovations; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarity Innovations is seeking a Sr. Principal Computer Network Operations Engineer to lead capability development and vulnerability research for a national security project.

The role centers on building an AI-driven vulnerability discovery and productization pipeline, within an agile team for a key DoD/IC customer. You will guide engineers and researchers, shaping practices and infrastructure to ensure high-quality quarterly deliveries and seamless integration of tools and data across teams to

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or 4 years hands-on software engineering experience.
• 10+ years of experience as a CNO developer or security researcher.
• Deep understanding of cyber operations tradecraft and software architectures.
• Experience implementing and evaluating agentic AI workflows for complex software tasks.
• Demonstrated ability in leading a team and communicating with external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of an AI-driven end-to-end exploit discovery, productization, and delivery system.
• Coordinate efforts of other engineers and security researchers, and establish team practices and infrastructure for quarterly deliveries.
• Collaborate across teams to productize and integrate existing targeting data, tools, and infrastructure to meet mission customer needs.

Skills

Team leadership

AI workflows

CNO development

Vulnerability research

Software architecture

Education

Bachelors in CS/CE/SE

Job description

Clarity Innovations is seeking a Sr. Principal Computer Network Operations Engineer to lead capability development and vulnerability research for a national security project.

The role centers on building an AI-driven vulnerability discovery and productization pipeline, within an agile team for a key DoD/IC customer. You will guide engineers and researchers, shaping practices and infrastructure to ensure high-quality quarterly deliveries and seamless integration of tools and data across teams to