Cybersecurity Research Engineer
Peraton
- Silver Spring, MD
- $86,000-138,000 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- 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)
- 2 years with BS/BA; 0 years with MS/MA; 6 years with no degree
- Bachelor’s 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)
- 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 protocal 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