CNO Automation​/Testing Engineer, Senior; TS​/SCI

Job Description

Parsons is seeking an experienced Software Developer with Dev Sec Ops  and docs‑as‑code experience to join our team in support of specialized military cyber operations. You’ll be a critical member of a small team, responsible for bringing your high‑level software development capability to bear on a critical national security mission. In this role you will conduct offensive capability development and assessment for Windows and Linux environments, Dev Sec Ops , reverse engineering, and vulnerability research with a focus on OCO (Offensive Cyber Operations) and DCO (Defensive Cyber Operations) assessment activities.

This offers a unique opportunity to contribute to the security and effectiveness of our operations by leveraging advanced cybersecurity analysis techniques to enhance our cyber situational awareness and capabilities.

• Architect, coordinate and support cyberspace capability development efforts to rapidly deliver joint operational products through integrated project delivery, enabling full‑spectr um cyberspace operations.
• Perform software engineering, analysis and vulnerability research with a focus on OCO (Offensive Cyber Operations) and DCO (Defensive Cyber Operations) activities.
• Perform representative capability testing to assess tool functionality and employment considerations prior to operational deployment.
• Develop and automate unit, integration, and end‑to‑end tests, and provide capability testing reports.
• Perform test and evaluation of procured and developed cyber capabilities to ensure effective operational evaluation and acceptance for critical operations.
• Identify potential software weaknesses/vulnerabilities.
• Conduct thorough static and dynamic analyses of capabilities, including network traffic and PCAP data to identify potential security threats and vulnerabilities.
• Research highly technical subject matter, organize information from multiple sources, and express technical information in written form that is comprehensible to a wide audience of readers.
• Automation (docs‑as‑code), preparation, review, revision, and maintenance of technical documents including software and systems engineering, system operations, testing, and user documentation.
• Work with customers directly, performing full cycle system engineering, gathering requirements and source code, to technical documentation and specifications.
• Interact with various stakeholders and team members to provide detailed reports and recommendations.

• Active TS/SCI w/ poly
• Bachelor's degree or related job experiences in a related field (Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, etc.).
• 8+ years of experience in cybersecurity analyst, with a strong background in identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities.
• Minimum 5 years utilizing programming/scripting languages such as Python, Bash, Power Shell, Ruby.
• Extensive experience in virtual test environment design, including familiarity configuring and deploying common operating systems and network flows, hypervisors and containers.
• Extensive experience in Dev Sec Ops , implementing Linting, testing, docs‑as‑code and releases via Git Lab pipelines.
• Ability to effectively assess and automate assessment of software functionality and collect forensic artifacts via custom and industry standard tools on common platforms.
• Must be proficient in offensive capability development and assessment for Windows and Linux environments.
• Experience working in an agile/scrum environment.

• Master's degree in a related field (Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering, etc.).
• 12+ years of experience in cybersecurity analyst, with a strong background in identifying and mitigating vulnerabilities.
• Building and designing applications in Python.
• Knowledge of Windows and Linux Internals and APIs, Vulnerability Analysis or Kernel / system level programming.
• Host‑based computer forensics, network‑based forensics, intrusion detection/analysis, software vulnerability research, recommending countermeasures and mitigations against potential exploitations of programming language weaknesses and vulnerabilities, cyber…