Cyber Security Engineer (Red Team)
Scientific Research Corporation · Patuxent River, MD
$111,100–$185,100from the description
Jun 30, 2026
Patuxent River, MD
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
An on-site Red Team role supporting U.S. Navy cyber warfare engineering, focused on vulnerability research and exploitation. Day-to-day work spans static and dynamic analysis, reverse engineering of compiled binaries, proof-of-concept exploit development, and triage of crash reports, alongside collaborating with developers on patches and producing technical risk reports for stakeholders. Suits experienced offensive security practitioners with reverse engineering tool proficiency and an active TS/SCI clearance.
Senior level · 5+ years · Patuxent River, MD · Bachelor's required · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
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Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $152,225 (middle half $125,286–$177,673). This posting is about at that midpoint.
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Why we read it this way (10)
The posting is tied to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD), which is located at Patuxent River, MD; the CBSA used (47900, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV) is the closest standard CBSA encompassing that area — the role is explicitly on-site.
The 5-year experience requirement can be substituted by a master's degree and/or advanced certifications per the JD; the overall years minimum is set to 5 as the stated baseline.
Ghidra and IDA Pro are listed as interchangeable reverse-engineering tool options ('GHIDRA, IDA Pro, or other reverse engineering tools'); Ghidra is used as the primary name with IDA Pro in alternatives.
Active TS/SCI clearance is a hard gate — explicitly required in both the Requirements section and the Clearance Information section.
DoD Cyber Workforce Framework (DCWF) qualification is required but must be obtained within 60 days of onboarding if not already held; treated as a process/compliance requirement rather than a named technology skill.
Microsoft/Linux certification appears under 'Desired Skills' and is listed as preferred.
Knowledge of naval aviation acquisition programs and aviation platforms appear under 'Desired Skills' — domain knowledge rather than named technologies, so omitted from the skills list.
The alternative occupation code 15-1299 is noted because the role's red-team/offensive security focus (exploit development, PoC creation) sits at the boundary between information security analysis and a more specialized offensive research occupation not cleanly captured by a single SOC code.
Ignored 5 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): static analysis, dynamic analysis, reverse engineering, binary analysis, exploit development.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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