Senior CNO Developer (Onsite)

Nightwing Intelligence Solutions•Annapolis Junction, MD

About The Position

The Senior CNO Developer will take a leading role in designing, developing, testing, and maintaining advanced CNO capabilities to meet high-priority mission requirements. The position contributes technical expertise, mentors junior team members, and ensures tools are ready for operational success. The role is associated with Nightwing’s cyber, data operations, systems integration, and intelligence mission support services for government and other customers. The listed places of performance are Maryland, Florida, South Carolina, Texas, or remote.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 9 years of experience, or a master’s degree and 7 years of experience.
At least 8 years of programming experience in Assembly, C, C++, Java, Perl, and/or Python.
At least 7 years of experience developing Windows applications using Visual Studio or .NET, or UNIX applications using make files or comparable build environments.
At least 6 years of experience with CNO tools and techniques.
At least 5 years of experience managing and supervising teams supporting Government CNO capability development.
At least 5 years of experience programming CNO tools for the U.S. Government.
At least 4 years of experience programming techniques to evade host- and/or network-based IDS.
At least 4 years of experience in network sockets programming and application-level protocols.
Proficiency in Python, C/C++, and/or Assembly, along with scripting languages such as Bash or PowerShell.
Deep understanding of operating-system internals and kernel-level programming.
Expertise in exploitation techniques, including buffer overflows, heap spraying, and privilege escalation.
Knowledge of modern encryption protocols, defense-evasion strategies, and network interception.
Understanding of network protocols and sockets, common CNO techniques, exploitation mitigations such as DEP and ASLR, and modern software engineering concepts.
Experience with reverse-engineering frameworks and disassemblers/debuggers such as IDA Pro, Ghidra, or OllyDbg.
Experience with project-management practices such as Scrum and Kanban.
Experience with version-control systems such as Git and basic configuration-management principles.
TS/SCI clearance with FSP and CI Poly.

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, and maintain advanced CNO capabilities for high-priority mission requirements.
Provide technical expertise and mentorship to junior team members.
Ensure tools are ready for operational success.
Manage and supervise teams supporting Government CNO capability development.