CNO Developer

Nightwing•Fort Meade, MD

About The Position

Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration and intelligence mission support services to meet demanding challenges for customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets. 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, primarily in Python, C++ and Java, for Windows and Linux systems in low and high level user space. The role involves diagnosing issues, debugging customer problems using industry standard and custom toolsets, and being responsible for end-to-end design, development, and standard developer testing of software. The developer also writes documentation for operating and supporting the developed software and techniques.

Requirements

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
Security Clearance Top Secret/SCI + CI Poly
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
Lead junior-level developers to accomplish mission objectives and solve real-time engineering challenges