Senior Software Developer w/ Reverse Engineer experience - San Antonio

Job Description

Job Description

Senior Software Developer w/ Reverse Engineer experience – San Antonio

Position Description

In this position you will work as a technical expert in the design, development, assessment, and fielding of advanced cyber capabilities and software solutions supporting offensive, defensive, and command and control (C2) cyberspace operations. Operating within a complex and dynamic mission environment, this position is integral to supporting Air Force Cyberspace Command and U.S. Cyber Command objectives. The incumbent develops, modifies, and maintains mission-critical software and cyber tools, and manages high-impact projects to enable operational readiness and capability advancement.

MINIMUM/GENERAL EXPERIENCE:

Candidate must be capable of working in a fast-paced. The successful candidate must have 5+ years of recent system/software engineering experience with a strong understanding of reverse engineering methodologies and techniques. The candidate will possess and maintain required skills to include, but not limited to:

· Full stack development (i.e., front-end and back-end)

· Strong knowledge of databases

· Data serialization techniques

· RESTful APIs

· Virtualization/containerization (VMware and Docker)

· Ansible experience

· CI/CD pipeline methodologies

· Documentation as Code

· Packers

· Terraform/Infrastructure as code

· Experience in working on large software platforms/systems of systems/ and microservices

· Code optimization techniques

· Familiarization with malware analysis techniques

· Perform in a DevOps environment

· Ida Pro and/or Ghidra experience

· Malware Analysis

· Understanding of application internals and security strengths and weaknesses

· Static and dynamic binary analysis

· Network protocols/packet analysis

· Binary modification methods

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

· Python, JavaScript, Bash, Powershell, familiarity with compiled languages, such as .NET, C, Golang, Rust

· Assembly (x86, ARM)

Nice to Have EXPERIENCE:

• Familiarity with DoD, Air Force, and national-level cyber policies, procedures, and security protocols for handling classified materials.
• Experience with DoD networks.
• Strong coding proficiency in supported languages and secure software development frameworks.
• Advanced project management skills, including planning, scheduling, and risk assessment for complex, multi-agency projects.
• Excellent communication abilities, capable of preparing and presenting technical reports, briefings, and decision papers for senior leadership.
• Ability to adapt to evolving technologies, foresee technological impacts, and tailor tools and practices to specific mission sets.
• Binary Manipulation (i.e. Hex Editors, File headers, file types)
• Wireshark (or similar) network analysis tools

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY:

In this role you will:

• Perform malware reverse engineering analysis
• Extract critical information/techniques from binaries
• Repurpose existing binaries
• Develop Python (or similar) plugins
• Repurpose existing software applications
• Identify communication protocols
• Test and validate plugins
• Generate requisite documentation describing functionality and usage
• Participate in code reviews
• Integrate tools with command-and-control (C2) frameworks, ensuring reliability, encryption, and secure communications across various operational environments.
• Provide technical mentorship to junior developers; enforce secure coding practices and development standards.
• Develop automated testing, CI/CD pipelines, and operational deployment scripts to support rapid capability integration.

· Design, document, and implement end-to-end features from database to UI

REQUIREMENTS:

· Must have or obtain a security clearance (TS/SCI)

LOCATION:

• On-site - San Antonio, TX