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# Sr. CNO Developer

- **Company:** Shadowgate Partners, Inc.
- **Location:** Annapolis Junction, MD, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $69,308.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** C (Programming Language), Java (Programming Language), .NET Framework, 4G (Telecommunication), Microsoft Windows, Unix, C++ (Programming Language), Software Debugging, Perl (Programming Language), Python (Programming Language), Microsoft Visual Studio, Network Protocols, OllyDBg, Reverse Engineering, Software Engineering, System Programming, Computer Network Operations, Build Management, IDA Pro
- **Published:** October 26, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9247675/sr-cno-developer

## About the Role

The ideal candidate is a senior CNO developer with deep systems programming and telecom experience
who naturally takes the technical lead and brings others along.

Required:

 - Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of experience, master's degree plus 6 years, or 12 years of relevant
experience in the field.

 - 6+ years programming in Assembly, C, C++, Java, Perl, and/or Python.
 - 5+ years developing Windows applications (Visual Studio or .NET) and/or UNIX applications (make files
or comparable build environments).

 - 4+ years programming CNO tools and techniques.
 - Experience with 3GPP specifications and 4G/5G infrastructure.
 - Understanding of network protocols and sockets, common CNO techniques, exploit mitigations such as
DEP and ASLR, and modern software engineering concepts.

 - Experience with reverse engineering frameworks (e.g., IDA Pro, Ghidra, OllyDbg) and disassemblers/debuggers.
 - TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph.

## Description

Our client is seeking a Sr. CNO Developer to take a leading role in designing, developing, testing, and maintaining advanced computer network operations (CNO) capabilities for high-priority mission requirements. The developer sets the technical direction on their work, mentors junior team members, and makes sure tools are ready for operational success., Capability development:

 - Take a leading role in designing, developing, testing, and maintaining advanced CNO capabilities for
high-priority mission requirements.

 - Build in Windows (Visual Studio/.NET) and UNIX build environments.
 - Make sure tools are ready for operational success before they are delivered.

Technical leadership:

 - Bring senior technical expertise to design and implementation decisions.
 - Mentor junior team members.