About the position
Peraton is seeking Summer 2025 Cyber Research Interns in various locations including Basking Ridge, NJ, Silver Spring, MD, Bedford, NH, and West Lafayette, IN. Peraton Labs is a self-sustaining research center that delivers innovative solutions and revolutionary capabilities to address complex challenges faced by government agencies, utilities, and commercial customers. With a rich heritage from Bell Labs, Bellcore, DHPC, and Telcordia, Peraton Labs focuses on applied research and engineering to enhance communications, analytics, and cybersecurity. The cybersecurity research conducted at Peraton Labs is crucial for protecting mission-critical systems and national cyber infrastructure through initiatives in computer network defense, cyber operations, secure-by-design techniques, and experimentation platforms. Interns will engage in applied research and development in key areas such as designing and implementing advanced Deep Learning models to detect cybersecurity threats, developing cyber deception technologies to deter adversaries, and conducting literature surveys on state-of-the-art cyber deception technologies and adversarial attacks against Deep Learning architectures. Interns will also be responsible for rapidly developing Proof-of-Concepts (PoCs) to demonstrate research findings, preparing documentation and presentations summarizing these findings, and collaborating with team members to integrate PoCs and prototypes into a unified technology. The role will also involve creating implementation plans for transferring technology to government customers and engaging in full-spectrum cyber operations, including both offensive and defensive strategies. Additionally, interns will work on software reverse engineering, vulnerability research, exploit development, and applying machine learning methods to cybersecurity problems.
Responsibilities
- Design and implement state-of-the-art Deep Learning models to detect cyber security threats.
- Design and implement cyber deception technologies to deter adversaries.
- Conduct literature survey on state-of-the-art cyber deception technologies.
- Conduct literature survey on adversarial attacks against Deep Learning architectures.
- Rapidly develop Proof-of-Concepts (PoCs) demonstrating research findings.
- Prepare documentation and presentations summarizing research findings.
- Collaborate with team members and integrate PoCs/prototypes into a unified technology.
- Create a broader impact by developing implementation plans for transferring the technology to Government customers.
- Engage in full-spectrum cyber operations, including offensive and defensive cyber operations.
- Conduct software reverse engineering, vulnerability research, and exploit development.
- Apply machine learning methods to cyber security problems.
Requirements
- High school diploma and some advanced level training.
- US Citizenship required.
- Current student actively pursuing a BS/BA, or preferably a MS or PhD, degree majoring in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, Information Science, or related field.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience building systems in Python (PyTorch and Tensorflow) or C/C++; additional languages (Java, Rust, Go, etc) is a plus.
- Knowledge of Linux and Windows platforms.
- Ability to integrate, build, and test high-quality technical solutions.
- Effective communication and writing skills.
Nice-to-haves
- Familiarity with the principles and technologies used in modern TCP/IP networks is a plus.
- Experience working with cyber datasets is a plus.
- 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.
Benefits
- Competitive hourly wage of $30.00/hour or more based on experience.
