CNO Software Developer

MANTECH seeks a highly technical and mission-focused CNO Software Developer to join our team in Columbia, MD.
 

In this role, you will develop advanced CNO capabilities that directly support national security. You’ll work in a collaborative environment focused on solving complex technical challenges in support of our customer’s most critical missions.
 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Technical Strategy & Leadership: Spearhead the architectural design and lifecycle management of CNO capabilities, establishing best practices for code quality, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing frameworks to ensure mission readiness and operational efficiency.
• Strategic Product Ownership: Act as the primary technical liaison between operational stakeholders and development teams, translating mission requirements into actionable, prioritized technical roadmaps that align with P.I. goals.
• Security Engineering Oversight: Serve as the Subject Matter Expert (SME) in defensive engineering and detection mechanics, guiding the integration of telemetry and validation environments to enhance offensive-cyber testing accuracy.
• Mentorship & Capability Development: Cultivate a culture of technical excellence by mentoring junior staff in low-level debugging, reverse engineering, and secure coding, while developing training curricula that bridge the gap between complex capability frameworks and end-user operational application.
• Operational Collaboration: Drive rapid triage and remediation efforts by collaborating across multi-disciplinary teams—including mission analysts and vulnerability researchers—to refine deployed capabilities and ensure strict alignment with evolving mission needs.
   

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field (e.g., Information Systems, Network Engineering) from an accredited college or university.

• 5+ years of technical work experience in cyber software engineering or specialized technical roles. A Master’s degree in a relevant discipline may be substituted for 2 years of experience.

• 2+ years of experience leading technical initiatives, engineering workflows, or serving as a Tech Lead across multiple simultaneous software development projects.

• Experience programming in C, C++, Go, Java, or Python.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with networking (TCP/IP) and socket-level programming

• Experience with containerization (Docker, Podman) and orchestration tools

• Hands-on experience with virtualization technologies (ESXi, QEMU/KVM, VirtualBox, Hyper-V) and infrastructure-as-code (Vagrant, Terraform, Ansible).

• Experience with automated testing and continuous integration (CI/CD) pipelines tailored for restricted software development environments 

• Ability to explain complex technical requirements, systems architecture, and operational mission requirements to technical teams and non-technical leadership alike

• Ability to translate highly technical capability frameworks into digestible, impactful training curricula for customers spanning a wide spectrum of technical expertise  

• Experience in low-level internals in one or more platforms (e.g., Windows, Unix, mobile, or network devices)

• Experience with reverse engineering tools (IDA/Ghidra)

• Atlassian Tools (Confluence, Jira, Crucible)

• Knowledge of CNO environment

• Strong problem-solving skills

• Software troubleshooting and debugging experience

Clearance Requirements:

• Active and current TS/SCI, polygraph eligible

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time