Software Research Engineer

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

Job summary

Peraton Labs is seeking a Software Research Engineer in the United States (MD-Silver Spring) for onsite work three days a week, with occasional travel to customer sites. You will contribute to cybersecurity research, develop and maintain software, and collaborate with a high-performing team to protect mission-critical systems.

Responsibilities include designing, testing, coding, and deploying solutions, participating in reviews, and ensuring robust data flow across components.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or related field.
• Ability to quickly acquire knowledge of new subject matter areas.
• Expertise in one or more of: C, C++, Java, Python, Go, or similar languages.

Responsibilities

• Work in a dynamic environment, requiring professional and effective interactions and communications.
• Be a developer on the front line of the research, development, design, and deployment of an existing application.
• Responsible for designing, testing, coding, and developing solutions to meet customer needs; ensuring software continues to function normally through maintenance, upgrades and testing; documenting the application and environment for future operations.
• Participate in design reviews, peer code reviews, and documentation for regular software releases.

Skills

C/C++/Java/Python/Go

Education

Bachelor's Degree in CS/CE/EE/Math/Physics

Tools

Git

Subversion

CI/CD

Job description

Software Research Engineer

Job Locations

US-MD-Silver Spring | US-NJ-Basking Ridge

Responsibilities

Peraton Labs delivers innovative solutions and revolutionary new capabilities to solve the most difficult and complex challenges for government agencies, utilities, and commercial customers. With a distinguished heritage tracing back to Bell Labs, Bellcore, and Telcordia, our experts pave the way. Peraton Labs' cybersecurity research protects mission-critical systems and national cyber infrastructure through a broad range of initiatives in computer network defense, secure-by-design techniques and cyber operations and experimentation platforms.

Our projects span several areas of interest. Our core competencies include (but are not limited to):

• 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)

Peraton Labs is seeking a talented Software Research Engineer to join our high performing team. This position is onsite (at least three days a week) and may include occasional travel to customer sites.

What You'll Do:

• Work in a dynamic environment, requiring professional and effective interactions and communications
• Be a developer on the front line of the research, development, design, and deployment of an existing application
• Responsible for designing, testing, coding, and developing solutions to meet customer needs; ensuring software continues to function normally through software maintenance, upgrade, and testing; documenting the application, service, and environment as a reference for future operations and maintenance, including version and platform upgrades
• Participate in design reviews, peer code reviews, and documentation for regular software releases
• Connect with other project developers to ensure efficient data flow between supporting/supported data sources, utilizing API development
• Collaborate to prototype and operationalize mission tools

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 3 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 0 years with Ph.D.
• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Physics, or related scientific/engineering discipline.
• 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
• Experience with DevOps and Agile development methodologies and toolsets (Git, subversion, CI/CD)
• Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility
• US Citizenship

Desired Relevant Skills (not required, but any are a plus):

• Experience in one or more of the following areas:
  • Data Science and Data-driven Analytics
  • Threat analysis and research
  • Computer networking protocol design and/or analysis
  • Compute and network emulation, containerization, and virtualization
  • Security controls and authorization
• Experience with one or more of the following classes of tools and frameworks:
  • Vector Packet Processor (VPP) platform
  • Data Plan Development Kit (DPDK)
  • ELK Stack implementation (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana)
  • Flask API or similar API architectures; REST, GraphQL, gRPC, etc.
  • Container and Orchestration solutions, including Docker and Kubernetes
  • Automation tools, including Ansible playbooks
  • Linux/Command Line Terminal familiarity with scripting (Bash/Python)
  • HTML/CSS/JavaScript and related technologies
  • Network traffic generation tools, including Scapy
  • Network emulation frameworks, including CORE
• Cloud Data Work:
  • ETL pipeline development
  • Automation tools
  • Containerization and Orchestration
  • Databases, including PostgreSQL, MongoDB
  • Experience with platforms such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform
• Networking Skills:
  • Knowledge and skills in the fundamentals of IP and core IP technologies
  • Knowledge in basic networking and application protocols (e.g., routing, VLANs, VPNs, switching, multicast, etc.)
  • Experience in IPv4/IPv6, TCP/UDP, routing, encapsulation, packet analysis tools such as Wireshark, tcpdump, and tshark
  • Ability to read and understand a network infrastructure diagram and troubleshoot network issues
  • Experience supporting production or enterprise network environments
• Experience in the U.S. DoD/IC research community
• Experience with CNO (offensive/defensive), including red teaming, network tactics, and tradecraft
• Experience in business development, including technical marketing, idea generation, and authoring whitepapers and proposals for new work
• Willingness to travel to operational sites (CONUS/OCONUS) to support operations, troubleshooting, test events, and training work.

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$135,000 - $216,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.