CNO Reverse Engineer

Location: Fort Meade, MD, Maryland, United States
Employment Type: Full Time/Salaried/Exempt
Required Travel: 0 - 10%
Security Clearance: TS/SCI with Poly
Level of Experience: Mid
Anticipated Salary Range: $133,000.00 - $190,000.00
Requisition Number: 28717

Job Description

WS is seeking a mission‑driven CNO Reverse Engineer – Level 2 that is well suited to solve complex technical challenges across defense, intelligence, and secure technology environments. In this role, you will contribute to the development of mission‑critical cyber capabilities, drive excellence in CNO development and lead efforts in advanced Computer Network Operations (CNO) to safeguard national security systems.

Pay is based on relevant years of experience and education

• Perform reverse engineering of hardware components and software applications to design and develop new bleeding‑edge CNO software.
• Use software version control tools (e.g., Subversion and CVS).
• Communicate project status to leadership and stakeholders.
• Utilize tools and techniques such as IDA Pro, Ghidra, OllyDbg, and other industry‑standard software for hardware and software analysis.
• Provide/author and participate in technical presentations on assigned projects.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS in Computer Science, Information Systems, Network Engineering, or related field.
• 10 years relevant experience (or 15 years without BS).
• Five (5) years of demonstrated experience in either hardware or software reverse engineering.
• Experience programming in Assembly, C, C++, Java, Perl, or Python.
• TS/SCI Security Clearance with Full Scope Polygraph.

Preferred Requirements

• Experience with networking (TCP/IP) and socket‑level programming.
• Experience with Malware Analysis.
• Experience with Software Forensics.
• Experience in low‑level internals on one or more platforms (e.g., Windows, Unix, mobile, or network devices).

Physical Requirements

May require working in an office, industrial, shipboard, or laboratory environment. Capable of climbing ladders and tolerating confined spaces and extreme temperature variances.

Benefits

We offer competitive benefits such as best‑in‑class medical, dental and vision plan choices; wellness resources; employee assistance programs; Savings Plan Options (401(k)); financial planning tools; life insurance; employee discounts; paid holidays and paid time off; tuition reimbursement; and early childhood and post‑secondary education scholarships. Bonus/other non‑recurrent compensation is occasionally offered for qualified positions, and if applicable to this role will be addressed by the recruiter at the screening phase of application.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, physical or mental disability, age, or veteran status or any other basis protected by federal, state, or local law.