
Software Reverse Engineer
Charlottesville, VAFull-time$87–198K/yrPosted 1mo agoStill listed today
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The Software Reverse Engineer supports a DoD client by evaluating computer and network technologies, identifying software capabilities and vulnerabilities through code disassembly and reverse engineering, and producing S&TI assessments for DoD and IC partners. The role also analyzes weapon systems and C4 networks, including hardware design, firmware extraction, and software and firmware performance. Candidates need a Secret clearance and qualifying education or experience.
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Software Reverse EngineerThe Opportunity: Work as part of a varied contract team supporting a DoD client. Apply the expertise required to perform in-depth technical evaluations of computer and network technologies through the analysis and identification of software capabilities and vulnerabilities of specified subsystems, using software program code disassembly and reverse engineering. Author concise Scientific and Technical Intelligence (S&TI) assessments in conformance with intelligence community (IC) analytic standards that convey the results of that analysis to the client's DoD and IC partners and clients. Apply your working knowledge of the cyber-kill chain and offensive techniques to identify and describe potential cybersecurity issues. Provide technical intelligence analysis of weapon systems and C4 networks, including analyzing printed circuit boards, hardware devices, including microprocessors, digital signal processors (DSP), and field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) design, extraction of firmware, and analysis of software and firmware to understand the capabilities and performance of the system based on software analysis.
You Have:
- Experience with C++, Python, Java, or GO programming language
- Experience with software disassemblers, de-buggers, or reverse engineering applications
- Experience with network traffic analysis and proxying tools such as Wireshark or BurpSuite
- Experience performing in-depth technical evaluations of computer and network technologies
- Ability to conduct all-source S&TI research, analysis, and engineering
- Secret clearance
- Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field and 5+ years of experience with software design and development or reverse engineering, Master’s degree in a STEM field and 3+ years of experience with software design and development or reverse engineering, or 10+ years of experience with software design and development or reverse engineering in lieu of a degree
Nice If You Have:
- 2+ years of experience with software and firmware code assembly, disassembly, software de-buggers, and diagnostic tools, including IDA Pro, OllyDbg, Kali Linux, and Metasploit
- Experience in programming with FPGAs
- Experience with DSP design or modeling
- Experience with the analysis of Software Defined Radios (SDRs)
- Knowledge of military systems and computer network technologies, designs, and programs
- Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills
Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; Secret clearance is required.
Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.
Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
Candidate AI Usage Policy AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.
Work Model Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration, whether it occurs in person or virtually. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.
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Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
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Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.
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Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.
Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.
How this job compares
Set against the 41,554 open Software Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$87–198K/yr
- Virginia median$129–205K/yr1,548 salary ranges
- US median$135–219K/yr33,110 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $142K, is 16% below the Virginia median midpoint ($169K) — in the middle half of Software Engineer salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 1,834 open Software Engineer jobs in Virginia and 41,554 across the US. 8% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Capital One200 open
- Amazon138 open
- Deloitte101 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Software Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 34,072 postings).
- Education
- 13,032 of the 41,554 open Software Engineer jobs (31%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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