Senior CNO Developer - Wireless Systems
Two Six Technologies1 month ago
Arlington, VA, USASenior
Base Salary
$144k - $216k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and develop custom tools and software for embedded and telecommunications systems.
- Develop vulnerability-based proofs of concept and transition them into robust, maintainable codebases.
- Analyze firmware, software protections, operating system internals, and wireless protocols to identify exploitable security flaws.
- Conduct reverse engineering and vulnerability research against Linux-based and embedded systems.
- Analyze and manipulate software and firmware binaries using custom tools.
- Develop capabilities leveraging novel telecommunications access mechanisms.
- Collaborate with reverse engineers, vulnerability researchers, developers, hardware engineers, transition partners, and mission stakeholders.
- Solve complex technical challenges and contribute to technical discussions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience in security research, reverse engineering, vulnerability research, or exploit development.
- At least 5 years of experience designing or prototyping applications using software development processes.
- At least 2 years of experience with Python, C, or C++.
- At least 2 years of experience with operating system internals, including privilege models, user groups, and binary memory layout.
- At least 2 years of experience with network socket programming and expert packet-level understanding of IP, TCP, and related application-level protocols.
- At least 2 years of experience reverse engineering x86/ARM binaries or embedded systems.
- Experience tracing code execution with WinDbg, GDB, or an equivalent debugger.
- Expertise in firmware analysis, fuzzing and exploit development, wireless protocols, file system forensics, fault injection frameworks, Binary Ninja, or Ghidra.
- Active U.S. Top Secret security clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain SCI access.
- Preferred qualifications include complex application vulnerability analysis, memory protection mechanisms, CI/CD pipelines, virtualized test ranges, firmware or driver development, memory management, telecommunications systems, 5G, and a graduate degree.
Benefits
- Full-time, in-office work in Arlington, Virginia.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Life and disability insurance.
- Retirement benefits and paid leave.
- Tuition assistance and professional development.
About Two Six Technologies
Two Six Technologies builds cybersecurity, information operations, data science, and microelectronics software and hardware for U.S. national-security customers, delivering deployable products and applied R&D. Its portfolio spans secure communications, hardware security, and analytics, sold primarily through government contracts. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, the company’s customers have included DARPA, the Department of State, U.S. Cyber Command, and the Department of Homeland Security.