Cyber Security Analyst

Role: Senior Sensor Analyst

Location: Linthicum Heights, MD

Duration: 12 Months

Job Description:

This Senior Sensor Analyst position is pivotal in supporting the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) and serves as a Senior Intelligence Specialist. The role involves applying intelligence analysis and operational planning skills to monitor, assess, and report on cyberspace operations. This includes identifying potential threats to Department of Defense (DoD) critical assets, the DoD Information Network (DoDIN), Defense Industrial Base (DIB) networks, and supporting US Intelligence Community and Interagency grid network sensor portfolios. The Senior Sensor Analyst plays a significant role in shaping cyber defense strategies, conducting reviews, identifying gaps, recommending solutions, and evaluating large datasets from a myriad of sources. The position also entails developing reports, briefing artifacts, and mentoring mid- and junior-level staff.

As an expert in the field, you will be responsible for researching and evaluating technical and all-source intelligence with specific emphasis on network operations and cyber warfare tactics, techniques, and procedures focused on the threat to networked weapons platforms and US and DoD information networks. Your role will involve analyzing sensor data and network events to determine the impact on current operations and conducting all-source research to determine advisory capability and intent. You will be expected to prepare intelligence assessments, technical information papers, and cyber threat profiles of current events based on the sophisticated collection, research, and analysis of classified and Open-Source information and net flow data. Additionally, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining analytical procedures to meet changing requirements, ensure unhindered operations, and produce high-quality papers, presentations, recommendations, and findings for senior US government intelligence and network operations officials.

Qualifications:

• Must be familiar with Cloud Security Architecture with all related aspects of cybersecurity operations/analysis (e.g., incident response & management, forensic media analysis, malware analysis/reverse-engineering, cyber threat intelligence analysis, etc.) and security architecture and engineering.
• Must possess an in-depth knowledge of network and application protocols, cyber vulnerabilities and exploitation techniques, and cyber threat/adversary methodologies (TTPs).
• Must be proficient in working with various types of network data (e.g., Netflow, PCAP, custom application logs) and employment of virtual and physical grid network sensors supporting defensive cyber operations and support to investigations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Possess current IAM Level II & III, CSSP Analyst (Security , CySA , GICSP, GSEC, CND, CISSP, CASP , GCIA, GCIH, GCFA, CEH), or GIAC Certification.
• Experience with Law Enforcement/Counterintelligence (LE/CI) Operations and/or Cyberspace Operations.
• Skilled in building extended cyber security analytics.
• Demonstrated experience briefing Senior Executive Service (SES) and General Officer/Flag Officer (GO/FO) leadership.
• Experience in intelligence-driven defense and/or cyber Kill Chain methodologies.