Cyber Software Engineer

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE:
Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START:
Yes

CLEARANCE TYPE:
Secret TRAVEL:
Yes, 10% of the Time Description

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon.

We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Come join Northrop Grumman–San Antonio, part of the Mission Systems sector, where we develop new capabilities for our military and intelligence customers around the globe. In San Antonio we design systems that only science fiction writers could imagine, because they’re that cool!

We are seeking cleared mid-level Software Engineers who are self‑motivated and energetic, with a background in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical disciplines.

Responsibilities:

This position involves developing solutions to national security threats with products that may involve kernel development, reverse engineering, or vulnerability research of network and communication systems. The position requires solid software development skills, including familiarity with scripting languages. Knowledge of computer networking, modern software development environments, embedded programming, and software configuration management tools is a plus.

Essential Functions:

Reverse Engineering (x86, x64, MIPS, PPC, or ARM)
Vulnerability Analysis

Basic Qualifications:

B.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 2 years of programming experience, or M.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and 0 experience.

US Citizenship is required

An active Secret clearance is required

Ability to obtain and maintain and Top Secret clearance.

Demonstrated software programming experience in C/C++

Experience with debugging and/or system analysis tools (e.g., Wireshark, IDAPro, Olly Debug, WinDBG, JTAG debuggers)

Preferred Qualifications:

Active TS/SCI security clearance

Experience as Technical Lead leading teams of 2-8 engineers

Advanced degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field

Experience in software development to include any of the following: kernel mode, embedded, command and control, web applications, network applications

Experience with SDLC (software development life cycle)
Familiarity with Assembly Languages (e.g., x86, x64, MIPS, PPC, or ARM)

Experience with vulnerability research on one or more operating systems (Android, IOS, Windows, Linux, etc.).

Experience with emulation (Renode, QEMU, etc.)

Experience with reverse engineering compiled binaries using industry-standard tools such as Ghidra or IDA Pro.

Experience developing software for multiple operating system environments

Experience with virtual machine technologyOS Internals experience

Development of lower-level networking protocols such as TCP/IP and UDPUnderstanding of return-oriented programming (ROP) concepts and execution

Ability to develop and implement shell code.

Ability to understand secure / insecure programming concepts (format string vulnerabilities, heap overflows, etc.)

Familiarity with modern source control platforms (e.g., Git, Git Hub, Git Lab) and CI/CD workflows using tools such as Jenkins, Git Hub Actions, and Git Lab CI.

Experience with the Agile methodology

This position offers the option of a 9/80 work schedule. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.

Primary Level Salary Range: $91,800.00 - $

The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of…