Senior Principal Cyber Engineer Security Clearance

Nightwing – Senior Principal Cyber Engineer

Nightwing provides technically advanced full‑scope cyber, data operations, systems integration, and intelligence mission support services for customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.

Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Nightwing brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to its customers.

CODEX (Cyber Offense and Defense Experts) is an elite team of mission‑focused engineers skilled in vulnerability research, reverse engineering, CNO/CNE development, hardware emulation, system engineering, and data analytics. The team offers mentorship, training, and a wide technical portfolio that supports continuous career growth.

This senior principal cyber engineer will solve real‑time cyber challenges at a customer site in Sterling, Virginia. Responsibilities include developing high‑impact native mobile applications, integrating reverse engineering results into development products, and expanding knowledge of mobile platforms to meet development objectives and customer requirements.

• Current TS/SCI clearance.
• Experience developing for Android or another mobile platform.
• At least 10 years of cyber tool development experience with C/C++ on Unix/Linux platforms using Make/CMake build systems.
• Familiarity with static decompilers (e.g., Hex‑Rays) and disassemblers (e.g., Ghidra).
• Experience developing or working with large open‑source projects (e.g., AOSP).

• Team or task leadership experience.
• Understanding of CNE techniques and methodologies on Android and Linux.
• Experience with ARM
  64/ARM
  32 architecture or a similar platform.
• Familiarity with Atlassian products (Bitbucket, Bamboo, JIRA, etc.) and version control software such as Git.
• Reverse engineering ARM binaries.
• Developing proof‑of‑concept exploit software.

Requires a degree in a technical discipline.

This position is not relocation eligible; a signing bonus may be offered to a sufficiently qualified candidate.

Nightwing is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, or any other federally protected class.