Research Scientist

About Peraton

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 world's 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 solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face.

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 Lab's 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.

• 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)

• At least 2 years of experience with BS/BA; 0 years with MS/MA
• 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, and Windows operating systems, platforms and internals
• Working knowledge of modern development practices and toolsets (Git, subversion, CI/CD tool chains)
• Prior experience with prototype software development for RF spectrum planning and management applications
• Ability to obtain Secret Clearance
• US Citizenship

• Experience as a technical lead on software development projects or research teams
• Experience in one or more of the following areas:
• Experience with DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF), including requirements and implementation of cybersecurity controls
• Compute and network emulation, containerization, and virtualization
• Dev Ops and Agile development methodologies
• Experience with one or more of the following classes of tools and frameworks:
• Container and Orchestration solutions, including:
  Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, Terraform
• Cloud services experience (AWS, Azure, Open Stack)

Target Salary Range: $86,000 – $138,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

Peraton offers eligible employees a variety of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO) for vacation, and company paid holidays. A full listing of available benefits can be viewed at

The application period for the job is estimated to be 30 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.