Cybersecurity Research Engineer

PeratonLabsdelivers 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 LabsBellcore 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)

Required:

• 0 years of experience with BS/BA; 4 years with no degree
• 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
• Working knowledge of modern development practices and toolsets (Git subversion CI/CD toolchains)
• Ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance
• US Citizenship

Other 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:

• Program Analysis
• Computer networking protocol design and/or analysis
• Compute and network emulation containerization and virtualization
• Reverse Engineering
• Real-Time Operation Systems (RTOS)
• Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)

• Experience with one or more of the following classes of tools and frameworks:

• • Binary Analysis Tools such as GHIDRA Hex-Rays IDA Binary Ninja Angr
  • Debugging and Sandboxing tools such as Cuckoo sandbox OllyDBG WinDbg
  • CNO toolsets including Metasploit Cobalt Strike
  • Network emulation frameworks including CORE EMANE MiniNet
  • Container and Orchestration solutions including: Docker Docker Swarm Kubernetes Terraform
  • Cloud services experience (AWS Azure OpenStack)

• Experience with DevOps and Agile development methodologies
• Experience in the U.S. DoD/IC research community
• CNO operational experience

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.