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January 14, 2026
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CNO Software Engineer - Early Career

Virginia
Full-time
Onsite
$71K/yr - $124K/yr
New Grad, Entry Level
Lockheed Martin is a leading technology innovation company that focuses on solving the world's most complex challenges. They are seeking a full-time Early Career Cyber Network Operations Software Engineer to develop specialized cyber tools and techniques for mission-critical programs, emphasizing offensive cyber solutions for national security.
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Responsibilities

  • As a CNO Developer, you will have the opportunity to work on a variety of mission-critical programs developing specialized cyber tools, techniques and integrated effects
  • The work our team performs requires a much higher level of engagement and ingenuity than your average Cyber Security role
  • We are composing creative offensive cyber solutions to real-world problems, all in the name of national security
  • From Day One, you will be launched into a realm of thrilling new challenges where you’ll be able to leverage your knowledge of OS security features, reverse engineering, vulnerability analysis, networking, firmware, kernel-level development, OS platform internals, etc

Qualification

Required

  • Bachelor's degree majoring Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related technical field
  • Experience performing Software Development and writing in software languages such as: C, C++, Python, Assembly
  • Experience/knowledge developing, testing and debugging code (operating system kernel development experience is desired)
  • Experience/knowledge of network protocols and data flows or similar concepts
  • Must be a US Citizen; this position will require a government security clearance

Preferred

  • Demonstrated experience with memory management and threading
  • Demonstrated in-depth experience in tool development and kernel architecture in operating systems such as: Windows, Linux, MacOS, iOS and Android
  • Software development experience including design, implementation, testing, analysis and debugging supporting CNO/CNE
  • Experience in vulnerability research and applying various analysis techniques
  • Experience in reverse engineering in various architectures (i.e. x86, ARM)
  • Demonstrated in-depth understanding of low level operating systems development and API(s)
  • Experience with writing effective OS level code and extensions (such as device drivers for networking, storage, audio, video, etc.)
  • Demonstrated experience performing Software Configuration Management
  • Demonstrated experience writing unit test when developing new software and fixing bugs

Benefits

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life Insurance
  • Short-Term Disability
  • Long-Term Disability
  • 401(k) match
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • EAP
  • Education Assistance
  • Parental Leave
  • Paid time off
  • Holidays
Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that specializes in advanced technology systems, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Lockheed Martin.
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Lockheed Martin is a global security and aerospace company that specializes in advanced technology systems, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Lockheed Martin.
Glassdoor
4.1
Founded in 1912
Bethesda, Maryland, USA
10001+ employees
https://www.lockheedmartin.com