Research Scientist - Network Systems

Peraton•Basking Ridge, NJ

79d•$135,000 - $216,000

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, 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).

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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)