Cyber Software Engineer
STR•Woburn, MA
About The Position
STR is hiring a Senior Cyber Software Engineer who has a passion for developing tools and techniques to enhance the security and resiliency of national defense software systems. This role involves applying software engineering principles to develop robust and resilient software solutions for critical national security missions, developing static analysis tools to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities, implementing and refining fuzzing techniques to discover potential security weaknesses, and conducting thorough security assessments to ensure the integrity and security of operational software systems.
Requirements
- Ability and willingness to obtain a Top Secret security clearance, for which U.S. citizenship is needed by U.S. Government.
- BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, or related field with 3+ years of relevant professional experience
- Proficiency in C/C++ and enthusiasm for picking up additional languages as needed
- Hands-on experience with static analysis tools and techniques
- Strong grasp of software engineering principles and practices
- Ability to develop engineering solutions to first-of-its-kind problems
- Familiarity with assembly language, operating systems internals (memory/process/thread management, calling conventions), and compiler technologies (e.g., GCC, LLVM)
- Experience with scripting automation tools (e.g. bash, make) and build systems (e.g., LLVM+Clang, GNU Make, CMake, pip, Gradle)
Nice To Haves
- Active Secret or Top Secret security clearance
- Exposure to modern CI/CD and DevOps Tools (e.g., Github Actions, GitlabCI, Jenkins)
- Experience with dynamic analysis tools (e.g., PIN, DynamoRio, AFL++), including development of fuzzing tools
- Proficiency in Rust
- Experience with containerization (e.g., Docker, Podman)
Responsibilities
- Apply software engineering principles to develop robust and resilient software solutions for critical national security missions
- Develop static analysis tools to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in software systems
- Implement and refine fuzzing techniques to discover potential security weaknesses
- Conduct thorough security assessments to ensure the integrity and security of operational (or soon-to-be operational) software systems
Benefits
- Collaborative learning environment
- Recognition of contributions and achievements
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
