Research Scientist Network Systems

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 and network research protects mission-critical systems and national cyber infrastructure and efficiently utilizes spectrum and system resources by employing technologies in the areas of computer network defense secure-by-design AI/ML and deterministic and stochastic optimization.

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

• Networking and wireless research including 5G and non-terrestrial networks
• Cyber Security including formal methods side channel analysis high-fidelity emulation of cyber physical systems (CPS)
• Resilient networking in support of cyber mission goals
• Software-defined networking for cyber defense and deception
• Artificial intelligence (reasoning probabilistic inference machine learning)

Required Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years of experience with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with a PhD in Computer Science Computer Engineering Electrical Engineering Applied Mathematics Physics or related scientific/engineering disciplines
• Ability and desire to quickly acquire knowledge of new subject matter areas
• Expertise in one or more of: C C Java Python Go Rust or similar languages
• Experience with Statisfiability Modulo Theories (SMT)
• Experience utilizing tools such as Z3 MiniZinc and CVC5
• Working knowledge of Linux 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 is required for this position

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

• Experience as a technical lead on software development projects or research teams
• Experience as a Principal Investigator on DoD/IC research projects
• Experience in business development including technical marketing idea generation and authoring whitepapers and proposals for new work
• Experience in one or more of the following areas:
  • Computer networking protocol design and/or analysis
  • Compute and network emulation containerization and virtualization
• Experience with one or more of the following classes of tools and frameworks:
  • AI/ML tools such as TensorFlow PyTorch
  • Network emulation frameworks including CORE EMANE MiniNet
  • Container and Orchestration solutions including: Docker Docker Swarm Kubernetes Terraform
  • Cloud services experience (AWS Azure OpenStack)
  • DevOps and Agile development methodologies

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 worlds 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 cant be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit to learn how were keeping people around the world safe and secure.