Cybersecurity Software Research Engineer

Peraton•Silver Spring, MD

1d•$86,000 - $138,000

About The Position

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, DHPC, and Telcordia, we are a self-sustaining research center within Peraton that provides applied research and engineering to enable government agencies, utilities and commercial enterprises to fully exploit the future of communications, analytics and cyber security. Peraton Labs’ cybersecurity research protects mission-critical systems and national cyber infrastructure through a broad range of initiatives in computer network defense, cyber operations, secure-by-design techniques, and experimentation platforms. Role and responsibility for this position:The Cyber Security Research Engineer will work on cyber security research projects, working as part of a team of highly skilled engineers collaborating to develop, and test innovative prototypes. You will perform one or more of the following tasks: Designing, developing, and testing software modules related to emerging embedded cyber capabilities, high-availability network protocols, cyber mission planning and reasoning systems, data analytics, processing and analysis of high-volume network data. Hardware and software reverse engineering activities against bespoke targets. Development of CI/CD-based testing strategies for developed software modules. Analysis and assessment of multi-dimensional network data to

Requirements

U.S. Citizenship
Ability to obtain TS/SCI clearance
Demonstrated software development expertise
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 modern development practices and toolsets (Git, subversion, CI/CD toolchains)

Nice To Haves

Experience developing in and administering Linux
A passion to learn something new every day and to stay up to date with developments in your field
Adept at independent problem-solving and comfortable with a general approach of taking initiative to find and develop solutions
Ability and desire to quickly acquire knowledge of new subject matter areas
Working knowledge of modern computer networking technologies
Familiarity with modern agile development practices (Scrum and similar)
Familiarity with container and orchestration solutions, including Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, Terraform
Experience with Networking Protocols
Experience with configuring Network appliances
Ability to grasp the “big picture” and see beyond specific problems
Program analysis, including program understanding, vulnerability identification, and remediation

Responsibilities

Designing, developing, and testing software modules related to emerging embedded cyber capabilities, high-availability network protocols, cyber mission planning and reasoning systems, data analytics, processing and analysis of high-volume network data.
Hardware and software reverse engineering activities against bespoke targets.
Development of CI/CD-based testing strategies for developed software modules.
Analysis and assessment of multi-dimensional network data to

Benefits

Variety: You will work on multiple programs. You and your manager will have discussions to ensure your assignments are on track with your growth goals and interest areas.
Flexibility: You will have the opportunity for a flexible work schedule. Subject to program requirements, you can set your hours while fulfilling 80 hours every two weeks. Additionally, while classified work requires onsite work, most staff can schedule about 20% of their time as work from home.
Value: You will support interesting and challenging projects that are not repetitive or monotonous but rather have novelty and innovation; and great people to learn from and work with – collegial, smart, inspiring.

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