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Job Description:
We are seeking a Principal CNO Programmer to support mission-critical cybersecurity efforts by leading a team of developers in the design, development, and maintenance of CNO capabilities. In this role, you will provide technical leadership, guiding engineering teams in the creation, testing, integration, and deployment of mission-focused capabilities while ensuring solutions align with evolving operational requirements. The ideal candidate for this position will have extensive experience developing CNO capabilities, leading highly technical engineering teams, and delivering innovative software solutions that operate within complex and evolving mission environments. Please consider applying if you meet the following qualifications.
Required Qualifications:
- TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance.
- A Bachelor of Science (B.S.) degree in Computer Science or a related field and twelve (12) years of relevant experience. Also acceptable are a Doctoral degree (PH.D.) and eight (8) years, a Master of Science (M.S.) degree and ten (10) years, or no degree and sixteen (16) years of relevant experience.
- Twelve (12) years of professional experience programming in one or more of the following languages: Assembly, C, C++, C#, Perl, or Python.
- Ten (10) years of experience programming CNO tools.
- Five (5) years of experience leading, managing, and/or supervising teams in support of CNO capability development.
- Extensive knowledge of operating system internals, low-level software development, and kernel-level programming.
- Demonstrated experience developing software that interfaces with low-level Unix and/or Windows operating system internals, including runtime linkers/loaders, object file formats (e.g., PE, COFF, ELF), file system architectures (e.g., NTFS, ext2, btrfs), operating system security models, and process/thread application programming interfaces (APIs) and data structures.
- Proficiency using reverse engineering and debugging tools such as IDA Pro, Ghidra, OllyDbg, or similar platforms.
- Experience directing the development of new CNO solutions that meet mission demands.
Skills Required
- TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance
- B.S. in Computer Science or related field with 12 years experience (alternatively Ph.D.+8 years, M.S.+10 years, or no degree+16 years)
- 12 years professional programming experience in one or more: Assembly, C, C++, C#, Perl, Python
- 10 years programming CNO tools
- 5 years leading, managing, or supervising teams for CNO capability development
- Extensive knowledge of operating system internals, low-level software development, and kernel-level programming
- Experience developing software that interfaces with low-level Unix and/or Windows OS internals, runtime linkers/loaders, object file formats, file system architectures, and process/thread APIs/data structures
- Proficiency with reverse engineering and debugging tools (e.g., IDA Pro, Ghidra, OllyDbg)
- Experience directing the development of new CNO solutions to meet mission demands
What We Do
NetSage Corporation (NetSage) provides cyber services to the US Federal Government. We are an Annapolis, Maryland-based small business that employs experienced professionals, many of which are Veterans and former Government Civilians. We greatly value our employees and consider it a privilege to serve our customers. Our mission is to achieve customer missions with superior cyber services. Our core focus areas are Cyber Engineering and Development, Cyber Technical Analysis, Cyber Threat Intelligence Analysis, Cyber Training, and Cyber Vulnerability Research. The cyber world is constantly changing and NetSage must continually adapt its services to the changing cyber landscape. It is our vision that we will adapt over time and offer services across the entire cyber spectrum. We intentionally avoid putting lots of detailed information about what we do and how we do it out on the internet, but we love to hear from potential partners, customers, and employees. Please contact us at via our website at http://www.netsage.com if you are interested in learning more about NetSage.
