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Principal Cyber Engineer

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Be Challenged and Make a Difference

In a world of technology, people make the difference. We believe if we invest in great people, then great things will happen. At AnaVation, we provide unmatched value to our customers and employees through innovative solutions and an engaging culture.

Description of Task to be Performed:

Come join our growing team and make a difference every day! As part of a high-performing team, the selected candidate will be part of a software research and development team focusing on mobile device forensic analysis including mobile device reverse engineering and vulnerability research efforts. A successful candidate will have a broad but strong skillset with numerous programming languages and experience collaborating with other developers. The candidate is responsible for designing, developing, testing, and integrating software features as a member of a geographically dispersed team, either independently or with limited supervision. They will apply robust software engineering and database practices to address complex technical challenges, ensuring the delivery of reliable, scalable, and maintainable solutions. The strongest of software developers will thrive and take advantage of the opportunity to learn and further develop their advanced skillsets.

This position is mostly remote work with up to three days per week on-site in Lorton, VA, but is subject to change at the customer’s direction. There will also be several workshops throughout the year where engineers will collaborate on site for 1 to 2 weeks.

This position requires a Top Secret clearance and the ability to obtain an SCI clearance with a polygraph.

Required Qualifications

  • Education: Bachelor’s Degree required, with a preference in the areas of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineer, or related discipline.
  • Minimum of eight (8) years of experience as a Software Developer.
  • Experience during career with:
  • Relational databases such as SQL Server, PostgreSQL, or SQLite.
  • Experience with Python, C and other languages.
  • Source control management with Git.
  • Android internals RE skills.
  • Mobile application decompiling.
  • Comfortable viewing, analyzing, and understanding raw binary data.
  • Excellent sills with developer documentation.
  • Excellent skills with collaborative coding and ability to adopt shared coding practices.
  • Excellent skills developing quality code using best practices such as unit testing.
  • Experience collaborating closely in Agile development teams for the development of software tools, including the ability to manage workloads through issue tracking software.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Desirable Qualifications

  • C, C++ programming language.
  • Rust programming language.
  • Knowledge of common mobile architectures and their associated instructions, including x86 and ARM.
  • Experience with GNU Debugger (GDB).
  • Experience using industry standard RE tools (IDA Pro, Ghidra, JEB, Hopper) to determine the function of closed-source software.
  • Experience identifying and exploiting vulnerabilities, such as memory corruption through stack overflows, heap overflows, integer overflows, and logical flaws.
  • Software release management experience.
  • Experience with Atlassian suite and software project management.
  • Computer Network Operations (CNO) experience.
  • Additional Information

    Benefits

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    Generous cost sharing for medical insurance for the employee and dependents

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    100% company paid dental insurance for employees and dependents

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    100% company paid long-term and short term disability insurance

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    100% company paid vision insurance for employees and dependents

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    401k plan with generous match and 100% immediate vesting

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    Competitive Pay

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    Generous paid leave and holiday package

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    Tuition and training reimbursement

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    Life and AD&D Insurance

    About AnaVation

    AnaVation is the leader in solving the most complex technical challenges for collection and processing in the U.S. Federal Intelligence Community. We are a US owned company headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia. We deliver groundbreaking research with advanced software and systems engineering that provides an information advantage to contribute to the mission and operational success of our customers. We offer complex challenges, a top-notch work environment, and a world-class, collaborative team.

    If you want to grow your career and make a difference while doing it, AnaVation is the perfect fit for you!

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