Senior Software Developer

Nightwing; Huntsville (AL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology firm specializing in cybersecurity is seeking a talented software developer to join their commercial product team. The ideal candidate will have strong skills in C/C++ and bash scripting, along with a solid understanding of OS internals, particularly Linux. Responsibilities include securing systems at the lowest levels. U.S. Citizenship is required as applicants must obtain a Secret government security clearance. The firm promotes a dynamic work environment focusing on technical excellence and creativity.

Qualifications

• Experience with C/C++ development.
• Experience with bash scripting.
• Knowledge of OS internals, particularly Linux.

Responsibilities

• Develop software for the commercial product team.
• Secure systems at the lowest levels.

Skills

C/C++ development

Bash scripting

Knowledge of OS internals (Linux)

System and application debugging

Familiarity with assembly (x86, x86_64)

Leading and delivering software products

Kernel/Driver development

Build systems (Make, CMake, etc.)

Concurrency and parallelism concepts

Job description

Nightwing Overview

Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers’ most demanding challenges. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Nightwing brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.

Engineering Mission

Work at the forefront of cybersecurity research and development, delivering capabilities to protect national security. Our projects cover the spectrum of security technologies, hardware architectures, and operating systems; if it runs code, we’re interested in its security. We see the impact we have on our nation’s security each day. We refuse any work that isn’t engaging, we ensure our engineers have the tools they need to excel and we recognize superb results.

Role Focus

We’re seeking a candidate to develop software for our commercial product team—securing systems at the lowest levels. Potential candidates should be talented, motivated, and forward-thinking individuals who enjoy systems-level security engineering.

Required Skills

• Experience with C/C++ development
• Experience with bash scripting
• Knowledge of OS internals (Linux)
• Experience with System and application debugging
• Familiarity with assembly (x86, x86_64) and function calling conventions
• Experience leading and delivering software products to commercial and/or government customers
• Experience with Kernel/Driver development
• Build systems (Make, CMake, etc.)
• Concurrency and parallelism concepts

Additional Valuable Skills

• Building/configuring Linux kernels, Redhat systems, Yocto, etc.
• Linux Kernel/Driver development
• TPM and Secure Boot technologies
• Security Concepts
• Reading and interacting with assembly languages other than x86, x86_64 (ARM, etc.)
• DOD System Security Engineering and standards (RMF, Cyber Resiliency, Anti-Tamper, etc.)
• Familiarity with internals of other Operating Systems (especially Windows or real-time operating systems (RTOS))
• Virtualization concepts and technologies (QEMU, KVM, VMWare, VirtualBox, etc.)
• Container and container management concepts and technologies (Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Cryptography and the implementation of cryptographic algorithms

Candidate Profile

Our ideal candidate is someone with great technical and problem-solving skills, a motivated personality, and a high degree of creativity!

Security Clearance

Qualified applicants may be subject to a security investigation and must meet minimum qualifications for access to classified information. U.S. Citizenship is required. Qualified applicants must meet the requirements to obtain and maintain a Secret government security clearance.

Interview Process

Our interviews are technical. Be prepared to tell us about your technical background and interests as well as to work through some of our questions on a computer or whiteboard. We hope candidates find our questions to be thought provoking, but we don’t ask brain teasers or tricks. This is a chance to have a dialog with our team, and we hope you will enjoy it!