Software Reverse Engineer

Booz Allen Hamilton

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Work type: On-site
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Salary: $86,800–$198,000 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 62 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today
Nearby: 23 roles within 25 mi

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About Booz Allen Hamilton

Booz Allen Hamilton is a management and technology consulting firm that provides analytics, digital, engineering, and cybersecurity solutions primarily to U.S. government agencies and commercial clients. Industry: Management & Technology Consulting

Booz Allen Hamilton currently has 1662 open roles on FindRole.

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The Software Reverse Engineer joins a contract team supporting a DoD client to perform in-depth technical evaluations of computer and network technologies. The role involves identifying software capabilities and vulnerabilities through program code disassembly and reverse engineering. Daily responsibilities include authoring Scientific and Technical Intelligence assessments, analyzing weapon systems and C4 networks, and extracting firmware from hardware devices like microprocessors, digital signal processors, and field programmable gate arrays. Candidates must utilize C++, Python, Java, or GO, alongside tools like Wireshark, BurpSuite, IDA Pro, OllyDbg, Kali Linux, and Metasploit. The work focuses on identifying cybersecurity issues within the cyber-kill chain and offensive techniques, specifically analyzing printed circuit boards and software-defined radios to understand system performance and capabilities for intelligence community partners.

Skills

Reverse Engineering C++ Python Java Go IDA Pro OllyDbg Wireshark BurpSuite Kali Linux Metasploit FPGAs DSP SDRs firmware, analysis Network Traffic Analysis Disassembly Assembly cyber-kill chain

What you'll do

Perform in-depth technical evaluations of computer and network technologies to identify software capabilities and vulnerabilities.
Use software program code disassembly and reverse engineering to analyze specified subsystems.
Author Scientific and Technical Intelligence (S&TI) assessments following intelligence community analytic standards.
Apply knowledge of the cyber-kill chain and offensive techniques to identify potential cybersecurity issues.
Provide technical intelligence analysis of weapon systems and C4 networks.
Analyze printed circuit boards, microprocessors, digital signal processors, and field programmable gate arrays.
Extract and analyze firmware to determine system capabilities and performance.

What we're looking for

Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field and 5+ years of experience with software design and development or reverse engineering.
Master’s degree in a STEM field and 3+ years of experience with software design and development or reverse engineering.
10+ years of experience with software design and development or reverse engineering in lieu of a degree.
Experience with C++, Python, Java or GO programming languages.
Experience with software disassemblers, de-buggers, or reverse engineering applications.
Experience with network traffic analysis and proxying tools such as Wireshark or BurpSuite.
Experience performing in-depth technical evaluations of computer and network technologies.
Secret clearance.

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