Senior Principal Cyber Engineer

Nightwing

$120K — $160K *
Aerospace & Defense
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Current TS/SCI clearance required
  • 10+ years experience with C/C++ on Unix/Linux
  • Experience developing for Android or other mobile platforms
  • Familiarity with static decompilers and disassemblers
  • Experience with large open-source projects

Responsibilities

  • Develop high-impact native applications for mobile devices
  • Integrate reverse engineering results into development products
  • Advance knowledge of mobile platforms to meet goals
  • Collaborate closely with end users on-site for feedback
  • Lead or support mission-critical technical tasking

Benefits

  • Opportunity for mentorship and career advancement
  • Engagement with an elite team focused on significant cybersecurity challenges
  • Work in collaborative environment with passionate professionals
  • Access to a diverse technical portfolio
  • Potential signing bonus for qualified candidates
Full Job Description
Sr. Principal Cyber Engineer

CODEX Overview

Nightwing's CODEX (Cyber Offense and Defense Experts) division brings together an elite team of mission-focused industry experts who are well known for their ability to overcome the most advanced technical challenges. The team comprises engineers of multiple disciplines including vulnerability research, reverse engineering, CNO/CNE development, hardware emulation, system engineering, and data analytics. Our engineers do more than just work with cutting-edge technology-they ensure missions succeed for our customers. CODEX offices span the nation and offer its engineers the ability to advance their careers through mentorship, training, and an expansive technical portfolio that covers every side of cyber. If you want to be part of a collaborative team that supports challenging, meaningful work that is vital to our national security, apply today!

Principal Cyber Engineer

Cyber Offense and Defense Experts (CODEX) is seeking a cyber engineer to join our team to solve real-time cyber challenges, working on site with our end users in their spaces. Applicants will join a team of developers building high impact native applications for mobile devices, with continuous and meaningful feedback from users. Applicants are expected to integrate reverse engineering results into development products and expand their knowledge of the mobile platform to meet development objectives and customer requirements.

The place of performance for this work is at a Nightwing site in Sterling, Virginia.

Technical Requirements
  • Current TS/SCI clearance is required
  • Experience developing for Android or another mobile platform
  • At least 10 years of experience with C/C++ on Unix/Linux platforms using Make/CMake build systems
  • Familiarity with static decompilers (e.g HexRays) & disassemblers (e.g. Ghidra)
  • Experience developing against or working with large open-source projects (e.g. AOSP)


Desired Experience
  • Team or task leadership experience
  • Understanding of CNE techniques and methodologies on Android and Linux
  • Experience with the ARM64/ARM32 Architecture or other similar platform
  • Familiarity with Atlassian products (Bitbucket, Bamboo, JIRA, etc.)
  • Familiarity with version control software such as git
  • Reverse engineering ARM binaries
  • Developing proof-of-concept exploit software


Education Requirements

Requires a degree in a technical discipline

This position is not relocation eligible, but a signing bonus may be an option for the sufficiently qualified candidate.

ERIN Eligibility - This requisition is eligible for an employee referral award. ALL eligibility requirements must be met to receive the referral award.

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