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Peraton

Software Research Engineer

basking ridge, NJ

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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.

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Worksite address

basking ridge, NJ, 07920, US

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