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Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU)

Cyber Software Engineer (early career 2-5 years)

Northrop Grumman Corp. (AU), Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45208


At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way.

Join

Northrop Grumman - Cincinnati (aka Xetron),

part of Mission Systems sector, focused on the development of new capabilities for our military and intelligence customers around the globe. Our

Northrop Grumman Cincinnati, Ohio

small business culture operates collaboratively within a larger corporation providing the benefits of both.

We are seeking

cleared or clearable Cyber Software Engineers

who are self-motivated and energetic with a background in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.

Essential Functions:

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 languages. 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

Network Programming (C/C++)

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

This position can be filled at the Engineer or Principal Engineer Level.

Basic Qualifications for Software Engineer Level:

B.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and 2 years of programming experience OR M.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and 0 years of experience. NOTE: 4 years of relevant work experience can be substituted for the degree.

US Citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance to start.

Demonstrated software programming experience in C/C++ Experience with a debugging or system analysis tool (i.e. Wireshark, IDAPro, OllyDebug, WinDBG, JTAG debuggers)

Basic Qualifications for Principal Software Engineer Level:

B.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and 4 years of programming experience OR M.S. degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or related field and 2 years of programming experience OR Ph.D and 0 years of relevant work experience. NOTE: 4 years of relevant work experience can be substituted for the degree.

US Citizenship and ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance to start.

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.

Salary Range:

$87,200 - $130,800

Salary Range 2:

$107,300 - $160,900

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO/AA and Pay Transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO. U.S. Citizenship is required for most positions.

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