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# Senior Application Developer

- **Company:** Belay Technologies, Inc
- **Location:** Fort Meade, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $164,000.0 - $200,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Java (Programming Language), JavaScript (Programming Language), Microsoft Windows, Confluence, JIRA, Bash Shell, C Sharp (Programming Language), C++ (Programming Language), Signals Intelligence, Linux, Perl (Programming Language), Systems Analysis, Python (Programming Language), Windows PowerShell, Reverse Engineering, Software Systems, Subversion, Rust (Programming Language), Git, Atlassian Tools, Vulnerability Analysis, Golang
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/us30e784e4180344cce34cbc3e35d2d666

## About the Role

* Experience with developing CNO specific software in Linux/Windows/Embedded
 * Applications, with a demonstrated expert proficiency in reverse engineering.
 * Experience with Reverse Engineering, especially with Ghidra.
 * Produce and modify software systems in C, C++, Python, Rust, and Go.
 * Provide support for fielded software systems.
 * Familiarity with Git and Subversion.
 * Atlassian Tools (Jira, Confluence).
 * Deep experience with Vulnerability Research and Exploit development.
 * Knowledge of end-to-end SIGINT collection and analysis systems.
 * Experience with production CNO capabilities and operations.
 * Be willing to learn new technologies and systems to meet mission objectives

Candidates are desired to have the following skills:

 * Experience with any of the following: Java, JavaScript, Go, Bash, Assembly (both x86 and x64), PowerShell, Perl, C#.
 * Cryptologic development experience.

## Description

Belay Technologies has been voted Baltimore Business Journal's (BBJ) Best Places to Work 2019, runner up in 2020 and a finalist in 2021!
Belay Technologies is seeking an Applications Developer to join our intel team. You will act as an embedded developer/general-purpose CNO software engineer for up-and-
coming projects where you will design, develop, prototype, modify, and integrate solutions to provide mission-centric results. You will work closely with analysts, operators, data scientists and other software engineers to provide mission tactical support. this fast-paced and dynamic environment demands a flexible, highly motivated engineer with strong desire to learn new skills and tackle evolving challenges that are critical to national security.
Responsibilities:

 * Augment existing toolsets.
 * Derive, document, and analyze requirements.
 * Build prototypes to demonstrate understanding of mission requirements.
 * Produce end toolsets that can operate within mission constraints.
 * Be able to work with customer leadership to build relationships to help enable and improve mission success.

Must Haves:

 * TS/SCI Clearance with polygraph
 * 12 yrs., B.S. or 10 yrs. w/ M.S., 4 yrs. of additional SWE experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree.


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