Forensic Software Developer: All Experience Levels (No Clearance Required to Apply)
Description:
Provide support in the form of application development, scripting, debugging, and value-added software development expertise to a digital forensic lab and malware reverse engineering section. Maintain existing software and develop new software to customer specifications.
Developers work with a variety of technologies including .NET (typically C#), Python, & SQL.
Location:
Linthicum, MD (Baltimore/Washington Area)
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Electrical Computer Engineering
- Must be a US Citizen (no exceptions)
- Minimum graduating GPA 3.25
- Key qualities: Self-motivated, Detail-oriented, Strong work ethic
- Familiarity with high and low level programming languages
- Proficiency in at least one of the following programming languages:
- C, C++, C#, Java, or Python
- Capable of debugging software applications
- Able to gather testable software requirements
- Able to participate in the design of new software applications
- Familiarity with maintainable software processes including:
- Software documentation
- Source code versioning
- Unit testing
- Able to quickly adapt to new situations and problems
- Able to operate in a mission-critical and time-sensitive environments
Education Requirements:
Entry Level:
- Relevant Bachelor's Degree, with some programming experience outside of the classroom
- No formal experience necessary, but some development experience is suggested; it does not need to be in a professional setting. We usually like to see that candidates have written a few substantial programs to give us confidence that they know what they are doing
Mid Level:
- Relevant Bachelor's Degree plus minimum 5 years experience OR
- Relevant Master's Degree plus minimum 3 years experience
Senior Level:
- Relevant Bachelor's Degree plus minimum 10 years experience OR
- Relevant Master's Degree plus minimum 8 years experience
Desirable:
- Familiarity with or proficiency in more than one of the following: C, C++, C#, Java, Python
- Familiarity with assembly languages
- Familiarity with digital forensics
- Familiarity with hex editors and working at the byte-level
- Familiarity with the Windows API
- Familiarity with IDA Pro
- For entry-level candidates: Programming experience outside of a classroom, such as an internships, clubs, contributions to open source projects or other side projects
Important:
Be aware that you are applying for a job that requires a U.S. Government Security Clearance.
The U.S. government will not issue security clearances to recent users of illegal drugs. On your application to us, you must acknowledge that you have not engaged in any illegal drug use within the past twelve months (illegal drug use includes, but is not limited to, the use of illegal substances, the misuse of prescriptions, the misuse of over-the-counter substances, and the use of medical or recreational marijuana that may be deemed legal at the state level but is still considered illegal by the federal government).
NOTE: CIPHER TECH WILL NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WITH A DISABILITY, INCLUDING ILLEGAL DRUG USERS WHO HAVE RECENTLY SOUGHT PROFESSIONAL TREATMENT FOR A DRUG PROBLEM.
ABOUT US
At Cipher Tech Solutions, Inc. (Cipher Tech), we take great pride in supporting some of the most mission critical work in the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. The majority of our company is comprised of extremely talented software developers who write production tools which directly support one of two missions: digital forensics and malware reverse engineering.
Digital forensics is the practice of extracting and processing evidence from computers, phones, tablets, cameras, flash-drives, and just about any other form of digital media. The results of our work are then used to support federal and military law enforcement, counter intelligence, and counter terrorist activities.
Malware reverse engineering is the practice of analyzing extremely advanced malicious code. The goal of a reverse engineer is to understand how the malicious code works and determine facts such as:
*How did it infect the victim's computer *What kind of information it is seeking to steal *How is it communicating with the author (actor) *Who that actor might be.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.