Senior Cybersecurity Software Engineer - DoD Research

Peraton; Basking Ridge (NJ); On-site; USD 112,000 - 179,000; Full time

Job summary

PeratonLabs delivers innovative cybersecurity research and capabilities to government, utilities, and commercial clients. The team addresses national cyber infrastructure through secure-by-design techniques, malware analysis, and software-defined networking for defense.

Candidates should have strong programming skills (C/C++/Java/Python/Go), Linux/Windows experience, and readiness to work in a DoD/IC context with an active clearance or ability to obtain TS/SCI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant science or engineering field.
• 5 years with BS/BA; 3 years with MS/MA; 0 years with PhD.
• Ability and desire to quickly acquire knowledge of new subject matter areas.
• Expertise in one or more of: C, C++, Java, Python, Go, or similar languages.
• Working knowledge of Linux, MacOS, Windows, and mobile operating systems, platforms and internals.
• Working knowledge of modern computer networking technologies.
• Working knowledge of modern development practices and toolsets (Git, subversion, CI/CD toolchains).
• US citizenship
• Active Secret clearance with ability to obtain TS/SCI

Responsibilities

• Program analysis, including program understanding, vulnerability identification, and remediation.
• Malware analysis and reverse engineering.
• Resilient networking in support of cyber mission goals.
• Software-defined networking for cyber defense and deception.
• Artificial intelligence (reasoning, probabilistic inference, machine learning)

Skills

C

C++

Java

Python

Go

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or related scientific/engineering discipline

Tools

GHIDRA

IDA

Binary Ninja

Angr

Cuckoo sandbox

OllyDbg

WinDbg

Metasploit

Cobalt Strike

CORE

EMANE

MiniNet

Docker

Docker Swarm

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS

Azure

OpenStack

Job description

PeratonLabs delivers innovative cybersecurity research and capabilities to government, utilities, and commercial clients. The team addresses national cyber infrastructure through secure-by-design techniques, malware analysis, and software-defined networking for defense.

Candidates should have strong programming skills (C/C++/Java/Python/Go), Linux/Windows experience, and readiness to work in a DoD/IC context with an active clearance or ability to obtain TS/SCI.