Senior Principal Cyber Engineer

Date Posted : 2023-08-07

A high number of candidates may make applications for this position, so make sure to send your CV and application through as soon as possible.

Country : United States of America

Location : MD230 : 300 Sentinel Drive Suite 300 AJ 300 Sentinel Drive Suite 300, Annapolis Junction, MD, 20701 USA

Position Role Type : Onsite

You have been redirected to RTX’s career page as we have recently transitioned from RTX to become a standalone company, which provides us with greater autonomy and opportunities for growth.

As a prospective employee of Nightwing, you’ll have the chance to contribute to our continued success and shape the future of our cybersecurity, intelligence, and services offerings.

Job Summary :

A Senior Principal Cyber Engineer supporting Nightwing CODEX will be responsible for analyzing, understanding, designing, developing, and testing the world's most advanced cybersecurity capabilities, supporting both offensive and defensive missions.

We drive the security development lifecycle of several technologies including new services, apps, and products from design all the way to launch, and do so in collaboration with many teams.

As a Senior Principal Cyber Engineer supporting the CODEX Services group, you will contribute to one or more product security programs in collaboration with other engineers and technical program managers.

In this role, you will be responsible for identifying and driving resolution to security issues in a broad range of technologies (e.

g., Linux, Windows, Virtualization / Hypervisors, Mobile, and Embedded / IoT systems). Additionally, you will influence the requirements and design of cyber capabilities.

You'll provide technical guidance to projects and will contribute to the automation of our analysis and testing activities.

Responsibilities to Anticipate :

• Experience with kernel and driver development
• In-depth understanding of network protocols
• In-depth understanding of OS internals
• Experience with IDA Pro, Ghidra, or similar binary analysis tool a plus
• Familiarity with modern software engineering concepts
• Knowledge of common CNO techniques
• Ability to gather requirements and design a solution with minimal oversight
• Ability to present a development plan and forecast deliverables
• Effective people, verbal, and written communication skills.

Basic Qualifications :

• Typically requires a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, a related technical field and 6 years of experience or 10 years of developing cyber software capabilities
• 8 years of experience writing, testing, and debugging Assembly, C, C++ and / or Python code
• 5 years’ experience leading teams in support of cyber software capabilities development
• Active and transferable U.S. government issued TS / SCI with polygraph security clearance is required prior to start date.
• U.S. citizenship is required, as only U.S. citizens are eligible for a security clearance.

What We Offer :

Whether you’re just starting out on your career journey or are an experienced professional, we offer a total rewards package that goes above and beyond with compensation;

healthcare, wellness, retirement and work / life benefits; career development and recognition programs.

At Nightwing, we value collaboration and teamwork. You’ll have the opportunity to work alongside talented individuals who are passionate about what they do.

Together, we’ll leverage our collective expertise to drive innovation, solve complex problems, and deliver exceptional results for our clients.

Thank you for considering joining us as we embark on this new journey and shape the future of cybersecurity and intelligence together as part of the Nightwing team.

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