Engineer/Developer - Software, Hardware, Research (Capabilities Development Specialist) - Mid to Expert Level (Maryland)

About the role

The National Security Agency (NSA) seeks highly motivated Computer Science and Computer/Electrical Engineering professionals to develop custom high-priority offensive and defensive capabilities targeting the hardest-to-reach adversarial networks in the world. Join our team to apply and grow your expertise in creating new ways to get critical information to our national decision makers.

Responsibilities

• Develop custom high-priority offensive and defensive capabilities targeting the hardest-to-reach adversarial networks in the world.
• Conduct innovative research and produce hardware and software tools.
• Apply and grow your expertise in software development, malware analysis, and hardware design.
• Design hardware components and systems to further signals intelligence missions.
• Analyze sophisticated malware and perform advanced malware analysis/reverse engineering.
• Develop exploitation capabilities and analytics to enable foreign target network collection.

Requirements

• Degree must be in Computer Science (CS), Mathematics, Engineering, or a related field.
• Relevant experience must be in engineering hardware or software over their lifecycle, programming, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, computer forensics, or systems engineering.
• Completion of military training in a relevant area such as JCAC (Joint Cyber Analysis course) will be considered towards the relevant experience requirement.

Qualifications

• Entry: Bachelor's degree plus 3 years of relevant experience or a Master's degree plus 1 year of relevant experience or a Doctoral degree and no experience.
• Senior: Bachelor's degree plus 6 years of relevant experience or a Master's degree plus 4 years of relevant experience or a Doctoral degree plus 2 years of relevant experience.
• Expert: Bachelor's degree plus 9 years of relevant experience or a Master's degree plus 7 years of relevant experience or a Doctoral degree plus 5 years of relevant experience.

Skills

• Strong software development skills (C, C++, Assembly, ARM).
• Software RE/interactive debugging tools (e.g., Ghidra, OllyDbg, gdb).
• Software application vulnerability analysis and exploitation.
• Operating system internals.
• Mobile platform development and analysis.
• Algorithmic analysis.
• Prototyping.
• Hardware RE, design, development, or testing (Verilog, VHDL, FPGA, PCB).
• Testing and debugging tools (JTAG, Oscilloscopes, etc.).

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package.
• Flexible work schedule: Monday - Friday, 6:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Pay

• Salary Range: $105,262 - $197,200 (Full Performance, Senior, Expert).

Schedule

• This is a full-time position, Monday - Friday, with a basic 8-hour/day work requirement between 6:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.

Application

• To apply, visit intelligencecareers.gov.
• Please ensure all sections of the resume tool are populated with relevant skills, experience, and education.
• Upload unofficial transcripts from all schools attended.

Additional Information

• Due to time-sensitive communications, please ensure your spam filters accept emails from noreply@intelligencecareers.gov, uwe.nsa.gov, and nsa.gov.
• For positions requiring testing, also include pearson.com.
• U.S. Citizenship is required for all applicants.
• Veterans' Preference: Eligible candidates are required to provide acceptable documentation of their preference eligibility upon application.