Cyber Software Engineer or Principal Cyber Software Engineer (Security Clearance Required)

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Job Description
The Engineering & Sciences (E&S) organization pushes the boundaries of innovation, redefines engineering capabilities, and drives advances in various sciences. Our team is chartered with providing the skills, innovative technologies to develop, design, produce and sustain optimized product lines across the sector while providing a decisive advantage to the warfighter. Come be a part of our mission!
Northrop Grumman is seeking a Cyber Software Engineer or Principal Cyber Software Engineer to join our team in San Antonio, TX.
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.

This position can be filled as a Cyber Software Engineer or Principal Cyber Software Engineer

Basic Qualifications for Cyber Software Engineer:

• Bachelor's degree in related field with 2 years of experience. Or, 0 years with a Master's degree. An additional 4 years of demonstrated ability is required in lieu of a degree.
• US Citizenship with active DoD Secret Clearance and ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance
• Demonstrated software programming experience in C/C
• Experience in software development to include any of the following: kernel mode, embedded, command and control, web applications, network applications

Basic Qualifications for Principal Cyber Software Engineer:

• Bachelor's degree in related field with 5 years of experience. Or, 3 years with a Master's degree. Or, 0 years with a PhD. An additional 4 years of demonstrated ability is required in lieu of a degree.
• US Citizenship with active DoD Secret Clearance and ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret clearance
• Demonstrated software programming experience in C/C
• Experience in software development to include any of the following: kernel mode, embedded, command and control, web applications, network applications

Preferred Qualifications:

• Familiarity with Assembly Languages (x86, x64, MIPS, PPC, or ARM)
• Experience using a debugging or system analysis tool (i.e. Wireshark, IDAPro, OllyDebug, WinDBG, JTAG debuggers)
• Development of lower level networking protocols such as TCP/IP and UDP
• Ability to understand secure / insecure programming concepts (format string vulnerabilities, heap overflows, etc.)

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Salary Range: $85,000 USD - $127,600 USD
Salary Range 2: $104,700 USD - $157,100 USD

Employees may be eligible for a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results. Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives. In addition, Northrop Grumman provides a variety of benefits including health insurance coverage, life and disability insurance, savings plan, Company paid holidays and paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business.

The health and safety of our employees and their families is a top priority. The company encourages employees to remain up-to-date on their COVID-19 vaccinations. U.S. Northrop Grumman employees may be required, in the future, to be vaccinated or have an approved disability/medical or religious accommodation, pursuant to future court decisions and/or government action on the currently stayed federal contractor vaccine mandate under Executive Order 14042 https://www.saferfederalworkforce.gov/contractors/ .

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.