CNO Developer

Nightwing Intelligence Solutions•Ft George G Meade, MD

17h

About The Position

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. At Nightwing CODEX, a software developer designs and implements custom software tools and techniques. Most of the work is developed in Python, C++ and Java. The intended platforms are Windows and Linux systems with the environment being low and high level user space. The developer diagnoses issues and debugs customer problems using industry standard tools as well as custom toolsets. In addition, the candidate is responsible for end-to-end design, development, and standard developer testing of the developed software. The software developer also writes documentation pertinent to operating and supporting the developed software and techniques.

Requirements

Top Secret/SCI + CI Poly Security Clearance
5-7 years of experience programming in C/C++ or similar and Python
In-depth understanding of network protocols
In-depth understanding of OS internals
Familiarity with modern software engineering concepts
Knowledge of common CNO techniques
Ability to gather requirements and design a solution with minimal oversight
Ability to present a development plan and forecast deliverables
Strong familiarity with software security technologies such as ASLR and DEP
Bachelor’s in computer engineering, Computer Science, or related field

Nice To Haves

Experience with IDA Pro, Ghidra, or similar binary analysis tool
Experience with additional architectures (ARM, RISC, PPC etc.)

Responsibilities

Design and implement custom software tools and techniques
Diagnose issues and debug customer problems using industry standard tools as well as custom toolsets
Perform end-to-end design, development, and standard developer testing of the developed software
Write documentation pertinent to operating and supporting the developed software and techniques
Perform software development
Perform toolchain/helper tool development
Use debuggers, disassemblers, and other diagnostic software
Attend design meetings
Mentor junior developers
Perform code reviews
Interface with other developers as well as customer personnel to solve problems and communicate requirements, status, and other information
Mentor and lead junior-level developers to accomplish mission objectives and solve real-time engineering challenges
Support the group's overall mission to design, develop, test, and maintain CNO capabilities