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STR · 3 hours ago

Senior Cyber Software Engineer

Woburn, MA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$134K/yr - $184K/yr

5+ years exp

STR is hiring a Senior Cyber Software Engineer who has a passion for developing tools and techniques to enhance the security and resiliency of national defense software systems. The role involves applying software engineering principles to develop robust software solutions and conducting security assessments to ensure the integrity of operational software systems.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)Machine Learning

Growth Opportunities

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Apply software engineering principles to develop robust and resilient software solutions for critical national security missions

Develop static analysis tools to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in software systems

Implement and refine fuzzing techniques to discover potential security weaknesses

Conduct thorough security assessments to ensure the integrity and security of operational (or soon-to-be operational) software systems

Qualification

C/C++Static analysis toolsSoftware engineering principlesFuzzing techniquesAssembly languageBuild automation toolsDependency management toolsContainerizationRustCI/CD DevOps toolsDynamic analysis tools

Required

Active Secret security clearance, for which U.S. citizenship is needed by U.S. Government

BS, MS, or PhD in Computer Science, or related field with 5+ years of relevant professional experience

Strong background in C/C++ and ability to rapidly pick up other languages

Experience with static analysis tools and techniques

Solid understanding of software engineering principles and practices

Ability to develop engineering solutions to first-of-its-kind problems

Familiarity with assembly language, operating systems internals (memory/process/thread management), threading, compiler technologies (e.g., GCC, LLVM)

Experience with software scripting and build automation tools (e.g. bash, make)

Experience with build tools and dependency management (e.g., LLVM+Clang, GNU Make/CMake/pip/Gradle/Cargo)

General understanding of reverse engineering fundamentals: memory layout, calling conventions, etc