Sr. Principal Cyber Software Engineer

Responsibilities

This position involves developing solutions to national security threats with products that may involve kernel development, reverse engineering, or vulnerability research of network and communication systems. The position requires solid software development skills, including familiarity with scripting languages. Knowledge of computer networking, modern software development environments, embedded programming, and software configuration management tools is a plus.

Essential Functions

• Kernel Mode (Windows, Linux) programming (C/C++, Assembly)
• Reverse Engineering (x86, x64, MIPS, PPC, or ARM)
• Vulnerability Analysis
• Communications Engineer: Network Programming (C/C++)
• Network protocols TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, SSL, etc...
• Infrastructure Engineer

Basic Qualifications

• B.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and 8 years of programming experience; or M.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and 6 years of programming experience or Ph.D and 4 years of relevant work experience.
• US Citizenship is required
• Active Top Secret clearance is required
• Demonstrated software programming experience in C/C++
• Experience with SDLC (software development life cycle)
• Experience in software development to include any of the following: kernel mode, embedded, command and control, network applications
• Development of lower-level networking protocols such as TCP/IP and UDPUnderstanding of return-oriented programming (ROP) concepts and execution
• Experience with debugging or system analysis tools (e.g., Wireshark, IDAPro, OllyDebug, WinDBG, JTAG debuggers)

Preferred Qualifications

• Active SCI security clearance
• Experience as Technical Lead leading teams of 2-8 engineers
• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
• Experience developing software for multiple operating system environments
• Experience with vulnerability research on one or more operating systems (Android, IOS, Windows, Linux, etc.).
• Familiarity with Assembly Languages (e.g., x86, x64, MIPS, PPC, or ARM)
• Understanding of secure / insecure programming concepts (format string vulnerabilities, heap overflows, etc.)
• Experience with emulation (Renode, QEMU, etc.)
• Experience with reverse engineering compiled binaries using industry-standard tools such as Ghidra or IDA Pro.
• OS Internals experience
• Experience with virtual machine technology
• Ability to develop and implement shell code
• Familiarity with modern source control platforms (e.g., Git, GitHub, GitLab) and CI/CD workflows using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI.
• Experience with the Agile methodology

Pay

Primary Level Salary Range: $142,200.00 - $213,200.00