Principal Cyber Software Engineer

Join Northrop Grumman – Xetron, part of Mission Systems sector, focused on the development of new capabilities for our military and intelligence customers around the globe. Remember when you were eager about getting to work because of the excitement of the challenge, the importance of the solution, and the fun you had with your team? Xetron is that kind of place!

As a small Operating Unit of the larger Northrop Grumman Corporation located in Cincinnati Ohio, Xetron is a rare example of a company with a small business culture operating collaboratively with its larger business entity. This unique relationship offers employees the ability to literally know everyone at the site at a personal level while still working on technologies and products that are beyond state-of-the-art. You’ll get the opportunity to wrestle with the next big problems in an atmosphere of collaboration and cooperation, sharing your expertise with team members at all levels.

We are seeking cleared or clearable Cyber Software Engineers in a variety technical disciplines who are self-motivated and energetic with a background in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.

Essential Functions:

The successful candidates will participate in a broad range of technologies with exposure to a variety of technical disciplines (as described below) that provide critical solutions to U.S. government agencies and the Department of Defense. Many of the problem-sets our customer expect us to solve do not have known solutions, so ingenuity is essential. We are pushing the boundaries and defining what is possible in cyber space. Reverse Engineering and Communications

This position involves developing solutions to national security threats with products that may involve kernel development, reverse engineering or vulnerability research of network and communication systems. The position requires solid software development skills including a familiarity with scripting lan guages. Knowledge of computer networking, modern software development environments, embedded programming, and software configuration management tools is a plus.

This technical discipline includes:

• Kernel Mode (Windows, Linux) programming (C/C++, Assembly)

• Reverse Engineering (x86, x64, MIPS, PPC, or ARM)

• Vulnerability Analysis • Communications Engineer:

• Network Programming (C/C++)

• Network protocols TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, SSL, etc.

Basic Qualifications :

• B.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and 5 years of relevant work experience OR M.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and 3 years of relevant work experience. NOTE: 4 years of relevant work experience can be substituted for the degree.

• US Citizenship is required

• An active Top Secret clearance is required

• Demonstrated software programming experience in C/C++

• Experience with a debugging or system analysis tool (i.e. Wireshark, IDAPro, OllyDebug, WinDBG, JTAG debuggers)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active Top Secret security clearance

• Advanced degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field

• Experience in software development to include any of the following: kernel mode, embedded, command and control, web applications, network applications

• Experience with SDLC (software development life cycle)

• Familiarity with Assembly Languages (x86, x64, MIPS, PPC, or ARM )

• Experience developing software for multiple operating system environments

• Experience with virtual machine technology

• OS Internals experience

• Development of lower level networking protocols such as TCP/IP and UDP

• Understanding of return oriented programming (ROP) concepts and execution

• Ability to develop and implement shell code

• Ability to understand secure / insecure programming concepts (format string vulnerabilities, heap overflows, etc.)

• Familiarity with common source control tools (git, Mercurial, etc.) and automated build system workflows (Jenkins, Go, etc.)

• Experience with the Agile methodology

This position offers the option of a 9/80 work schedule. The 9/80 schedule allows employees who work a nine-hour day Monday through Thursday to take every other Friday off.