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Software Engineer

Owl Cyber Defense
Carolina, NC Full Time
POSTED ON 1/7/2026
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/5/2026
Job Title: Software Engineer Department: Engineering Reports to: Sr. Director of Software Engineering Office: Morrisville, NC Work Environment: (On-site, hybrid, or remote within Eastern or Central time zones)

Owl Cyber Defense is a leader and trusted partner in cyber security. We deliver solutions that protect and connect the world’s most critical networks. Owl’s product lines of cross domain, data diode, and portable media solutions provide the strongest available security checkpoints for threat prevention and secure data availability. Our in-depth expertise in security engineering at the operating system level enables us to help government and commercial customers meet ever-evolving cyber security threats.

Job Summary

The Software Engineer will be responsible for performing analysis, design, development, and testing of Linux based secure communications systems. Your talents will be challenged by applications in a field that include voice, video and text messaging. Additionally, you will learn security processes to harden complex systems. This is an opportunity to deepen your system security knowledge with a recognized leader in the industry. This position is based in our Morrisville, North Carolina office. The candidate will be a key member of an experienced technical team with a high degree of autonomy and significant responsibility.

Requirements/Qualifications

  • Education
    • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or Mathematics
  • Experience
    • Two to seven years of experience in software development with Java.
  • Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
    • Java software development experience.
    • Linux/Unix Operating System platform.
    • Experience in networking and chat protocols such as IRC, XMPP, and/or Sametime.
    • Troubleshooting network protocols with Wireshark.
    • Experience developing multithreaded applications.
    • Software testing experience.
    • C and Rust. (preferred)
    • Spring Boot and Spring Security. (preferred)
    • Experienced in web technologies including Apache Tomcat, SOAP, REST, XML-RPC, WebRTC. (preferred)
    • Automated test frameworks. (preferred)
    • Experience with SELinux. (preferred)


  • Additional Competencies/Requirements
    • Minimal travel required
    • Candidates must be eligible to acquire a US Government security clearance.
About Owl Cyber Defense Solutions, LLC

Owl Cyber Defense Solutions, LLC is a fast-growing cybersecurity solutions company, holding a firm leadership position in network security and secure information transfer. It is a privately-owned US company with offices in Columbia, MD, Danbury, CT and Morrisville, NC. For more information, see http://www.owlcyberdefense.com.

Owl Cyber Defense is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment.

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