Principal Linux Software Engineer

Two Six Technologies•Laurel, MD

2d•Onsite

About The Position

At Two Six Technologies, we build, deploy, and implement innovative products that solve the world’s most complex challenges today. Through unrivaled collaboration and unwavering trust, we push the boundaries of what’s possible to empower our team and support our customers in building a safer global future. Overview of Opportunity Two Six Technologies is seeking a Principal Linux Software Engineer to provide technical expertise in the development and deployment capabilities for our customers.The ideal candidate will be comfortable with ambiguity and forging your own path; our small team setting will provide you the opportunity for outsized impact. You must be comfortable executing against goals independently since there’s no playbook for our innovative research work.Our fast-growing roster of government customers relies on us to deliver advanced security solutions, and we’re looking for a skilled, innovative technical engineer to drive research programs and mentor technical teams. The work will be in our Laurel, Maryland office, working mostly onsite up to 4 days a week.

Requirements

9+ years of experience developing Linux/Unix-based systems to help solve complex mission challenge
5+ years of experience at the Unix kernel/internals level, which includes mandatory/discretionary access controls, runtime linker/loader, object file formats, file systems, and process/thread APIs & data structures.
4+ years of experience with network sockets programming and expert packet-level understanding of IP, TCP, and other application level protocols.
Demonstrated experience in developing applications in C/C++, and Python
Experience hardening Linux kernels for a variety of distributions
Experience with at least one modern automation framework (preferably Ansible)
Knowledge of memory protection modules (ASLR/DEP, etc.)
Experience tracing code execution in a debugger (WinDbg/gdb/IDAPro)
Experience as a developer on an Agile development-style team
Active TS/SCI clearance

Nice To Haves

Experience with testing, CI/CD pipelines, and virtual machine test ranges
Experience with hosted version controls (Git or Gitlab)
Experience with firmware/driver development across Linux, Windows, or embedded systems
Experience with identifying and analyzing vulnerabilities in complex applications
Ability to rapidly find bearings in unfamiliar code bases

Responsibilities

Provide technical expertise on research efforts, prioritizing investigations, reviewing methodologies, and overseeing proof-of-concepts(PoCs).
Serve as the capability developer on a small, highly motivated team
Productize PoCs that are handed off from a team of reverse engineers
Apply Linux/Unix based systems expertise to help solve complex mission challenges
Maturing proof-of-concept R&D technology to operational fieldable solutions
Mentor and guide junior engineers and researchers, reviewing technical approaches and fostering skill development.
Assist with reverse engineering and debugging of relevant Linux applications
Engaging in technical exchanges with transition partners and key stakeholders