Cyber Defense Software Research Engineer

Peraton Labs; Silver Spring (MD); On-site; USD 135,000 - 216,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental & Vision

Life insurance

Health savings account

Disability insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Parental leave

401(k)

Paid time off

Company holidays

Job summary

Peraton Labs delivers innovative cybersecurity research and mission-focused software solutions for government agencies and commercial customers. The role is onsite at least three days a week with occasional travel to customer sites.

You will design, test, code, and develop software to meet customer needs, document environments, and participate in code reviews and design reviews to ensure reliable releases.

Qualifications

• BS/BA with at least 5 years experience (MS with 3+ years acceptable) in relevant fields.
• Bachelor’s in CS/CE/EE/Applied Math/Physics or related discipline.
• Ability to quickly acquire knowledge of new subject matter areas.
• Expertise in one or more of: C, C++, Java, Python, or Go.
• Working knowledge of Linux, macOS, Windows, and mobile OS platforms and internals.
• Experience with DevOps and Agile development methodologies and toolsets (Git, Subversion, CI/CD).
• Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility; US Citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Design, test, code, and develop solutions to meet customer needs; ensuring software maintains functionality through maintenance and upgrades.
• Participate in design reviews, peer code reviews, and documentation for regular software releases.
• Connect with project developers to ensure data flow between sources, utilizing API development.
• Collaborate to prototype and operationalize mission tools.

Skills

C/C++

Java

Python

Go

Linux

DevOps

Git/CI-CD

Education

BS in CS/CE/EE/Applied Math/Physics

MS in CS/CE/EE (optional)

Tools

VPP

DPDK

ELK Stack

Flask API

Docker

Kubernetes

Ansible

Bash

HTML/CSS/JS

Scapy

CORE

Job description

Peraton Labs delivers innovative cybersecurity research and mission-focused software solutions for government agencies and commercial customers. The role is onsite at least three days a week with occasional travel to customer sites.

You will design, test, code, and develop software to meet customer needs, document environments, and participate in code reviews and design reviews to ensure reliable releases.