Senior Software Developer

ARA's ISR division is looking to hire Senior Software Developer! Must have 3+ years as a software developer.

Proficient in C and C# and BOFs.

Should have 1+ years’ experience in offensive capability development for Windows environments.

Should have 1+ years’ experience working in an agile/scrum environment.

Offer is contingent upon contract award.


* Must be a US citizen with an active TS security clearance


* Special requirements:
+ Must pass the DCART senior developer aptitude test before joining DCART as an Operator


* In addition, desired skills/certifications are:
+ Experience with C2 frameworks, especially Cobalt Strike
+ Experience with host-based computer forensics, network-based forensics, cyber incident response, cyber-criminal investigation, intrusion detection/analysis, designing countermeasures and mitigations against potential exploitations of programming language weaknesses and vulnerabilities, cyber red teaming, network penetration testing, security operations center analysis, defensive cyber operations, or offensive cyber operations
+ Malware development, analysis, binary disassembly, binary decomplication, network/communication protocol analysis, software vulnerability research, or software exploit development
+ 3-5 years development industry experience
+ Experience in the development of Windows kernel modules. 
+ Strong familiarity with Windows Active Directory
+ Experience developing exploits, shellcode, and bypassing mitigations such as nonexecutable stack (NX) and ASLR as well as more advanced exploit mitigations
+ Strong familiarity with the Windows API/Win32 modules for tool development 
+ Ability to conduct dynamic analysis as needed via debuggers
+ Expertise in AV/EDR evasion techniques
+ 8 total years of experience (or BS degree with 2 total years of experience)

Who is ARA?

Do you want to work for a purpose? Applied Research Associates, Inc.

(aka ARA) is an employee-owned international research and engineering company.

We have been providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences since 1979.

ARA has over 2,279 employee-owners and continues to grow rapidly.

Together, our offices throughout the U.S.

and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense, civil, and health technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement.

ARA also prides itself, on having a challenging culture where innovation & experimentation are the norm.

The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience.

Employee ownership ensures you have a voice with what happens in the company.

We are also very proud of our Women’s Initiative Network (WIN), whose purpose is to motivate, support, and encourage professional career development for women...