Android Developer

Bigbear.ai - Reston, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Reston, VA

About the position

BigBear.ai is seeking an experienced Android Developer to join a mission-focused team dedicated to solving real-time cyber challenges. The role involves designing and developing advanced applications for the Android platform, with a strong emphasis on collaboration with end users. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of the Android ecosystem and a passion for pushing mobile technologies to their limits.

Responsibilities

• Design custom software tools and techniques for the Android platform
• Responsible for end-to-end design and development of custom software
• Diagnose and debug issues using both COTS and GOTS tools
• Develop documentation pertinent to operating and supporting developed software and techniques
• Mentor and lead junior-level developers to accomplish mission objectives
• Solve real-time cyber challenges

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree and 0 to 2 years of experience; 6 to 8 years with no degree
• Must have a TS clearance and be eligible for a polygraph
• Development, testing and debugging in Python and C
• Experience in UNIX applications using make files or comparable build environments
• Programming CNO tools and techniques
• Network sockets programming and expert packet-level understanding of IP, TCP, and application-level protocols
• Tracing code execution in a debugger (WinDbg/gdb/IDA Pro)
• Reverse engineering native binaries
• Developing proof-of-concept exploit software
• Knowledge of Unix kernel internals, including the OS runtime linker/loader, object file formats (e.g., ELF), file system internals (e.g., NTFS, ext2, btrfs)
• Understanding of security protection mechanisms (ASLR, DEP, NX), how to defeat them, and how to detect a defeat
• Working with version control software such as git, Gitlab, etc.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with native-level mobile development
• Experience with vulnerability analysis
• Experience with assembly, preferably ARM
• Understanding of mobile security protection mechanisms, such as SELinux and application sandboxing
• Objective-C, Swift or C++ programming
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced environment with ever-changing requirements.