Linguist Technical Research Scientist

Peraton Labs delivers world-class cybersecurity, natural language processing, and machine learning research and engineering to government agencies, telecom carriers, utilities and commercial enterprises.  Drawing on its Bell Labs heritage, Peraton Labs excels at creating innovative technologies and services to solve challenging and complex problems. 

We are looking for candidates that have a dual background in software engineering and Chinese language studies with research experience for full-time positions.  Candidates will work as part of a team to research, conceive, and develop solutions by applying innovative approaches to solving problems.

The Linguist Technical Research Scientist will be expected to:

• Work under the direction of project managers and senior scientists to design, develop and test software modules related to emerging cyber, data mining, or big data analytics topics.
• Design, test, and execute web scrapers to collect publicly available information (PAI)
• Collaborate with teams to ingest, process, and structure collected PAI data, ensuring that any Chinese character encoded data is normalized and searchable
• Explore, enrich and analyze Chinese data and/or source documents using commercial, academic, open source and custom software tools
• Develop technical reports, briefings, analytical findings, and other finished project deliverables.
• Participate in progress briefings and technical exchange meetings; present analytical findings to industry subject matter experts.

Skills and Experience You Should Possess:

• 5 years with BS/BA, 3 years with MS/MA, 0 years with PhD
• Additonal years of significant relevant experience will be considered in lieu of formal education.
• Ability to solve problems designing and implementing complex systems independently, as well as lead specific technical development efforts.
• Intermediate Chinese language reading ability
• Demonstrated software development ability in Python
• Experience with source control tools such as “git”
• Proficient at querying databases. SQL and Cypher are a plus
• Experience in one or more of the following: advanced software programs, natural language processing (NLP), machine learning (ML), querying, automated processes, integration, and evaluation of datasets, software or malware reverse engineering.
• Experience working with Chinese character encoded data
• US Citizenship
• Active Top Secret Clearance

Desired Experience:

• IC Targeter background

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 do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.