Salary Range: 158000 to 177000 (Currency: USD) (Pay period: per-year-salary)

Responsibilities

• Support a team’s overall goal in designing, developing, testing, and maintaining CNO capabilities in support of the Annapolis Junction, MD’s mission requirements.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor degree and four (4) years’ experience or minimum eight (8) years’ experience in relevant field,
• Minimum six (6) years’ experience programming in Assembly, C, C++, Java, Perl, and/or Python,
• Minimum five (5) years’ experience developing in one (1) or more of the following: Windows applications using Visual Studio or .NET environments; UNIX applications using make files or comparable build environments; mission-applicable platforms,
• Minimum four (4) years of experience with programming CNO tools and techniques,
• Minimum two (2) years of experience programming CNO tools for the US Government,
• Minimum two (2) years of experience programming techniques to evade host and or network-based IDS,
• Minimum two (2) years of experience developing packet-level programs, and
• Minimum two (2) years of experience in network sockets programming.
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• Specialized Qualifications: 
• Experience with designing and writing code in C, C++, or similar with a focus on implementing SSL/TLS protocols,
• Expertise in analyzing and securing SSL/TLS protocols,
• Proficiency in analyzing network traffic using tools like Wireshark, tcpdump, or custom scripts,
• Understanding of advanced cryptographic attacks and knowledge of secure coding practices to prevent vulnerabilities (e.g., SSL stripping, man-in-the-middle attacks),
• Solid understanding of network security concepts, including firewalls, VPNs, IDSs, IPSs, and protocols like HTTPS, SSH, and TCP/IP,
• Experience with project management best practices such as Scrum and Kanban methodologies, and
• Experience with version control systems (e.g., Git) along with understanding of basic configuration management principles.
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• Labor Category Requirements: CNO Analyst/Programmer II
• Minimum eight (8) years experience in computer science, information systems, or network engineering
• Minimum six (6) years of experience programming in Assembly, C, C#, C++, Java, Perl, and Python
• Minimum five (5) years experience developing Windows applications using Visual Studio or .NET environments OR minimum five (5) years experience developing UNIX applications using make files or comparable build environments.