Target Digital Network Analyst (TDNA):

Percival Engineering

Target Digital Network Analyst (TDNA):

Columbia, MD
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    Are you excited to help defend US defense platforms from cyber threats? Does staying one step ahead of the latest cyber threat actors thrill you?

    We are seeking a Target Digital Network Analyst (TDNA) familiar with network-based adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures, network protocols, and common cyber vulnerabilities. This position will combine expert level research with analyzed intelligence community assessments and reports (SIGINT) and open-source intelligence (OSINT) to support vulnerability discovery and mitigation efforts of United States National Defense platforms and Critical Infrastructure. This support includes writing intelligence reports, briefing and informing senior leadership, and traveling to cyber tabletop exercises (CTTXs).

    Job Type:

    • Junior/Mid/Senior Levels, Full Time
    • Non-Remote

    Clearance & Citizenship Requirements:

    • TS/SCI with polygraph is required
    • Due to these clearance requirements, US citizenship is also required

    Responsibilities Include:

    • Conducting advanced analysis of SIGINT collection, open-source (OSINT) data, network data and host data to ensure target community, to profile targets and their activities and develop techniques to gain more target information.
    • Providing expert analytic support at both network and host level to identify and characterize anomalies on USG networks. Possesses knowledge of target technologies and applies skills and knowledge of digital networks and the applications on them to determine how targets communicate, move, operate, and live.
    • Applying geospatial analysis techniques against network packet information, computer OS system data, executable file data, host data, and metadata collected from tasked communication system to identify anomalies, locate and track targets, and to accurately report the intelligence gained from the analysis to characterize anomalies on USG networks.
    • Applying experience with contributing to intelligence community reports to include strong written and presentation skills.

    Required Skills & Qualifications:

    • Minimum of 5 years of experience in 2 or more of the following:
      • Cryptanalytic work in military or intelligence community organization
      • Vulnerability assessment
      • Penetration testing
      • Incident response
      • Networks and /or host forensics experience
      • Computer Network Exploitation/Computer Network Attack analytic or planning support
    • Minimum of at least 3 years of experience in 3 or more of the following:
      • Microsoft windows operating systems, systems internals, file attributes; Executable file analysis; File Hasting and fuzzy file hashing
      • Forensic analysis of Windows systems, Linux systems or mobile devices
      • Commercial / GOTS tools for Intrusion detection
      • Packet capture / evaluation, Network mapping / discovery
      • Industry standard system/network tools
      • Experience with NTOC/SID(S2) analysis and production working cyber adversary intrusion set/targets

    Desired Skills & Qualifications:

    • BS degree in Electrical / Computer / Software Engineering, Mathematics, Information Systems or Stem Related