Senior Platform & Tradecraft Engineer

Job Description

ACTIVE SECURITY CLEARANCE AT THE TS/SCI POLYGRAPH LEVEL IS REQUIRED

As a Platform Development Engineer on Team Nyla, you will bring your technical creativity and operational expertise to drive platform development and identify novel mission opportunities through the platform. Working alongside a team of brilliant, ever-curious engineers and operations specialists, you will leverage your deep knowledge of tools and operational tradecraft to engineer tailored, high-performance solutions. If you are passionate about continuous learning, rapid impact, and engineering elegance, you'll fit right in.

The annual base salary range for this role is $160,000-$190,000 (USD) , which does not include discretionary bonus compensation or our comprehensive benefits package. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things.

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Required Skills

Platform Development: Proven experience supporting and advancing platform development, including identifying and creating new operational opportunities through the platform architecture.

Tooling & Operational Tradecraft: Practical expertise leveraging tools, frameworks, and domain-specific tradecraft to engineer tailored software and technical solutions.

Custom Solution Engineering: Ability to design, prototype, and deploy custom tools, capabilities, and scripts tailored to specific mission environments.

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Cyber Security, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline, PLUS 10+ years of professional experience in cyber operations, network analysis, or data engineering OR High School Diploma / GED, PLUS 14+ years of specialized technical experience in lieu of a degree.

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Desired Skills

Prior operational background as an Exploitation Analyst (EA) and/or Target Development Network Analyst (TDNA).

Experience with low-level platform development, microplugins, or specialized fingerprinting tools.

Active involvement in continuous learning, prototype development, or emerging tech exploration.

Outstanding communication skills with a team-first, collaborative mindset.

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About Nyla Technology Solutions

Nyla Technology Solutions delivers exceptional Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, and Software Engineering services for the U.S. Government. Nyla embraces a forward-thinking and bold approach at every turn, earning us a solid reputation of technical trendsetters within the industry. We have a passion for developing solutions that have a quick and immediate impact on mission. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, our customers love how we tackle their most challenging problems and get things done.

If you have the unique experience and expertise we are seeking, along with the desire and determination to invest your time and energy as a part of Nyla’s team,

Taking Care of All of You

Nyla provides a top-of-market compensation and benefits package. And through our unique Nyla FLEX program, we custom tailor these benefits to best fit your lifestyle.

The Nyla FLEX benefit program is designed to offer you flexibility in the 3 biggest areas of your life: your pay, your leave, and your schedule.

PAY - Nyla starts with 4 weeks of Annual Leave plus 11 holidays and an additional day of Annual Leave for each year you’re at the company. You have the flexibility to cash out your annual leave hours, opt out of other Nyla benefits, and/or arrange for additional hours on contract* (over 40 hrs/week). There’s even an option to earn 1.3 times your hourly rate once you work over 1880 hours on contract!

LEAVE - Want to spend more time with the family? Want more time to travel the world? You can BUY additional annual leave for a total of 6 weeks of annual leave. That’s up to 240 hours of leave plus 11 holidays! That’s not even including paid anniversary leave!

SCHEDULE - Does the traditional 40-hour workweek no longer fit your lifestyle? With Nyla FLEX, you have the freedom to scale down to 30-32 hours while still enjoying the top-notch Nyla benefits you know and love. It's flexibility that works for you without compromising the perks!

WHAT ABOUT OTHER BENEFITS? Nyla’s health care (medical, dental, and vision) is 100% covered by the company. We provide 10% 401k matching - with full vesting day 1! Our Professional Development offers $5,000 per year to be used towards fees, tuition, or time off for your continued growth. We even have a student loan repayment program and we provide 8 hours of volunteering annually so you can support your community, making your world a better place.

To learn more about Nyla's culture and our exceptional benefit packages click here.

Nyla is an equal opportunity employer.