Target Network Analyst Jobs

LOCATION: National Capital Region - Washington, DC or Northern Virginia

EXPERIENCE LEVEL: Intermediate

CLEARANCE: TOP SECRET/SCI

WORK ROLE DESCRIPTION:

Conducts advanced analysis of collection and open-source data to ensure target continuity; to profile targets and their activities; and develop techniques to gain more target information. Determines how targets communicate, move, operate and live based on knowledge of target technologies, digital networks and the applications on them.

TASKS:

• Gather information about networks through traditional and alternative techniques, (e.g., social network analysis, call-chaining, traffic analysis.)
• Provide subject matter expertise to development of exercises.
• Perform content and/or metadata analysis to meet organization objectives.
• Classify documents in accordance with classification guidelines.
• Research communications trends in emerging technologies (in computer and telephony networks, satellite, cable, and wireless) in both open and classified sources.
• Conduct nodal analysis.
• Make recommendations to guide collection in support of customer requirements.
• Collaborate with other customer, Intelligence and targeting organizations involved in related cyber areas.
• Reconstruct networks in diagram or report format.
• Provide target recommendations which meet leadership objectives.
• Review appropriate information sources to determine validity and relevance of information gathered.
• Generate requests for information.
• Identify and conduct analysis of target communications to identify information essential to support operations.
• Identify collection gaps and potential collection strategies against targets.
• Conduct target research and analysis.
• Profile targets and their activities.
• Identify network components and their functionality to enable analysis and target development.
• Generate and evaluate the effectiveness of network analysis strategies.
• Compile, integrate, and/or interpret all-source data for intelligence or vulnerability value with respect to specific targets.
• Provide expertise to course of action development.
• Conduct quality control to determine validity and relevance of information gathered about networks.
• Determine what technologies are used by a given target.
• Identify and evaluate threat critical capabilities, requirements, and vulnerabilities.
• Apply analytic techniques to gain more target information.

ABILITIES:

• Ability to utilize multiple intelligence sources across all intelligence disciplines.
• Ability to function in a collaborative environment, seeking continuous consultation with other analysts and experts—both internal and external to the organization—to leverage analytical and technical expertise.
• Ability to clearly articulate intelligence requirements into well formulated research questions and requests for information.
• Ability to think critically.
• Ability to recognize and mitigate cognitive biases which may affect analysis.
• Ability to develop or recommend analytic approaches or solutions to problems and situations for which information is incomplete or for which no precedent exists.
• Ability to communicate complex information, concepts, or ideas in a confident and well-organized manner through verbal, written, and/or visual means.
• Ability to identify intelligence gaps.
• Ability to focus research efforts to meet the customer’s decision making needs.
• Ability to accurately and completely source all data used in intelligence, assessment and/or planning products.
• Ability to function effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to exercise judgment when policies are not well-defined.
• Ability to recognize and mitigate deception in reporting and analysis.
• Ability to evaluate, analyze, and synthesize large quantities of data (which may be fragmented and contradictory) into high quality, fused targeting/intelligence products.

EDUCATION:

Bachelor degree or higher from an accredited college or university

Prefer an accredited Computer Science, Cyber Security, Information Technology, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or Computer Engineering degree; or a degree in a Mathematics or Engineering field.

CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT(S) (e.g., DoD 8570.01-M):

IAT Level 2 and Two Penetration Testing Certifications (e.g., GPEN, GWAT, GCIH, CEH, GPYC, LPT, CPT)