Cyber Software Engineer

Northrop Grumman

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Work type: On-site
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Salary: $91,800–$137,600 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 5 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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About Northrop Grumman

Northrop Grumman is a leading global aerospace and defense technology company providing systems in autonomous systems, cyber, C4ISR, space, strike, and logistics. Industry: Aerospace & Defense

Northrop Grumman currently has 629 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Cyber Software Engineer

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The Cyber Software Engineer joins the Xetron team within the Mission Systems sector to develop solutions addressing national security threats. This role involves kernel development, reverse engineering, and vulnerability research of network and communication systems. The engineer will perform kernel mode programming for Windows and Linux, conduct vulnerability analysis, and work on network programming for protocols like TCP/IP, UDP, and HTTP. Required skills include proficiency in C/C++, Assembly, and debugging tools such as Wireshark, IDAPro, OllyDebug, and WinDBG. Candidates should possess experience in embedded programming, software configuration management, and system analysis. The work focuses on identifying secure and insecure programming concepts, including heap overflows and format string vulnerabilities, while developing low-level networking protocols and performing reverse engineering on x86, x64, MIPS, PPC, or ARM architectures.

Skills

C/C++ Assembly Reverse Engineering Kernel Development Vulnerability Research TCP/IP UDP HTTP SSL Wireshark IDAPro OllyDebug WinDBG JTAG Ghidra QEMU Renode Git GitHub GitLab Jenkins GitHub Actions GitLab CI Agile SDLC x86 x64 MIPS PPC ARM Windows Linux Android iOS

What you'll do

Develop solutions to national security threats involving kernel development and reverse engineering.
Perform kernel mode programming for Windows and Linux using C/C++ and Assembly.
Conduct reverse engineering on x86, x64, MIPS, PPC, or ARM architectures.
Execute vulnerability analysis and research on network and communication systems.
Develop network programming solutions using C++ and protocols like TCP/IP, UDP, and HTTP.
Use debugging and system analysis tools such as Wireshark, IDAPro, and WinDBG.
Implement secure programming concepts to mitigate format string vulnerabilities and heap overflows.
Manage software configuration using modern source control platforms and CI/CD workflows.

What we're looking for

U.S. Citizenship is required.
An active Top Secret security clearance is required.
A B.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field and 2 years of programming experience is required.
An M.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field is accepted with experience.
Demonstrated software programming experience in C/C++ is required.
Experience with debugging and/or system analysis tools like Wireshark, IDAPro, OllyDebug, WinDBG, or JTAG debuggers is required.
Active SCI security clearance (preferred).
Experience as a Technical Lead leading teams of 2-8 engineers (preferred).

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