Senior Principal Cyber Engineer (Cybersecurity)

Location: Onsite at a customer site in Sterling, Virginia, United States. This position is not relocation eligible.

Salary: $122,000–$253,000 per year

Company

hirify.global provides cyber, data operations, systems integration, intelligence mission support, and software modernization services for intelligence, defense, civil, and commercial customers.

What you will do

• Build high-impact native applications for mobile devices.
• Integrate reverse-engineering results into development products.
• Expand mobile platform expertise to meet development objectives and customer requirements.
• Work with end users onsite to solve critical cyber challenges.
• Contribute to cyber offense and defense, vulnerability research, reverse engineering, and related mission-focused engineering.

Requirements

• Current TS/SCI security clearance is required.
• At least 10 years of experience developing cyber tools with C/C++ on Unix/Linux platforms using Make/CMake.
• Experience developing for Android or another mobile platform.
• Familiarity with static decompilers such as Hex-Rays and disassemblers such as Ghidra.
• Experience working with large open-source projects such as AOSP.
• A degree in a technical discipline.

Nice to have

• Team or task leadership experience.
• Knowledge of CNE techniques and methodologies on Android and Linux.
• ARM64/ARM32 architecture experience and ARM binary reverse engineering.
• Experience developing proof-of-concept exploit software.
• Experience with AI agent task delegation and output evaluation.
• Familiarity with Atlassian products and Git.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work with cybersecurity and intelligence professionals.
• Mentorship, training, and exposure to a broad technical portfolio.
• Medical, vision, and dental insurance.
• 401(k) plan, paid time off, holidays, and additional insurance coverage.
• Potential signing bonus for a sufficiently qualified candidate.