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Job Description:
Are you looking to make great use of your Network Devices reverse engineering (RE) and vulnerability research (VR) skills, while continuing to sharpen them? If you're hungry to support an amazing mission, work as a team to leverage your skills to make a difference and learn from / collaborate with our existing Network Devices / vulnerability research / reverse engineering subject matter experts, we have the perfect position for you to help start a new stage of your career at Parsons!
You'll get the opportunity to do RE, VR, and prototype development to support a critical customer mission and develop much needed capabilities. You'll get to work at the customer site, integrated into the customer's team which includes several subject matter experts, learning from their mentorship to grow your skills and support our customer's mission. Your Network Devices and CNO skills will be stretched to the limit as you utilize your creativity to discover new solutions to problems, implement capabilities, and help better protect our country.
What You'll Be Doing:
Conduct reverse engineering of embedded systems, binaries, and firmware.
Design, develop, and implement embedded software capabilities in C.
Apply vulnerability research and CNO skills to discover and implement novel solutions.
Work on-site at a contractor facility, fully integrated into a small, expert team.
Collaborate with senior subject matter experts and leverage their mentorship to expand your skills.
Contribute to efforts that directly enhance national security and protect critical systems.
What Skills You'll Bring:
TS/SCI w/ Polygraph is required
15+ years of software engineering (C, Python) / reverse engineering / vulnerability research experience (or 3 years' experience with a Master's Degree)
Experience with Reverse Engineering
Experience with Vulnerability Research
What Desired Skills You'll Bring:
Experience with vulnerability research (e.g., exploit development, fuzzing, or security analysis of embedded systems)
Familiarity with common RE tools and environments (e.g., IDA Pro, Ghidra, binary analysis platforms)
Experience in CNO or related cybersecurity operations
Security Clearance Requirement:
An active Top Secret SCI w/Polygraph security clearance is required for this position.This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.Salary Range: $176,900.00 - $332,400.00We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.
Skills Required
- Active TS/SCI with Polygraph
- 15+ years software engineering, reverse engineering, and vulnerability research experience (or 3 years with a Master’s degree)
- Proficiency in C and Python
- Experience reverse engineering embedded systems, binaries, and firmware
- Experience in vulnerability research (vulnerability discovery, analysis)
- Embedded C development and prototype implementation
- Work on-site at a contractor/customer facility
Parsons Corporation Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Parsons Corporation and has not been reviewed or approved by Parsons Corporation.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs are framed as a major value driver, with an ESOP alongside a 401(k) match and additional stock-purchase options contributing meaningfully to total rewards. This structure is positioned as especially attractive for employees who value long-term wealth-building over immediate cash.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as broad and choice-rich, with multiple plan types (PPO, HDHP, and some HMO networks) plus dental, vision, EAP, and wellness resources. The availability of different plan designs and national-carrier coverage supports varied employee needs.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are portrayed as competitive, including PTO, holidays, flexible schedules such as a 9/80 option for eligible roles, and floating holidays in the U.S. Paid parental leave of 160 hours is also highlighted as a meaningful component of the overall package.
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What We Do
Parsons is a digitally enabled solutions provider with a focus on making the world safer, smarter, healthier, more sustainable, and more connected. Founded in 1944, Parsons primarily serves the defense, security, and infrastructure markets. Uniquely qualified to deliver cyber/converged security, technology-based intellectual property, and other innovative services, the corporation delivers state-of-the-art solutions to federal, regional, and local government agencies as well as to private industrial customers worldwide. Parsons has a reputation for inclusion and diversity and has been named to the Ethisphere Institute’s list of World’s Most Ethical Companies for 10 consecutive years. Parsons facilitates a culture of innovation by encouraging collaboration among its employees and providing opportunities for career growth. With offices around the globe, people of varied talents and backgrounds, and a wide range of exciting projects, the possibilities at Parsons are endless. For more about Parsons, visit www.parsons.com. Mission: Delivering innovative infrastructure, defense, and security solutions to enable a more sustainable, safer, smarter, and more connected world.
