Target Digital Network Analyst
US$100,000 – US$250,000 / yr base salary
Posted 14 Mar 2025
Advertised as “Target Digital Network Analyst (TDNA) - multiple levels - CLEARANCE and POLYGRAPH REQUIRED”
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- Expected experience
- 6–15 yrs
- Management level
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- On-Site
Compensation
| Base salary | US$100,000 – US$250,000 / yr |
|---|
Role speciality
CybersecurityDigital Network AnalysisIntelligence Analysis
Useful technologies
81408570AWSDXJCACRed Hat Enterprise LinuxWiresharkXKS
Preferred qualifications
CertificationsNetwork+, Security+, Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Computer Network Administrator (CNA), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Information Systems Security Engineering Professional (ISSEP), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA)
JCAC, XKS, Dx, 8140, 8570, OSI, WireShark, port, protocol, packets, exploitation Due to federal contract requirements, United States citizenship and an active TS/SCI security clearance and polygraph are required for the position.
Required:
- Must be a US Citizen
- Must have TS/SCI clearance w/ active polygraph
- This position is open to multiple levels of years of experience; two (02) years within the last five (05) years must be directly related to the job you are applying for:
- Level 04 requires a minimum fifteen (15) years of applicable / relevant experience.
- Level 03 requires a minimum twelve (12) years of applicable / relevant experience.
- Level 02 requires a minimum nine (09) years of applicable / relevant experience.
- Level 01 requires a minimum six (06) years of applicable / relevant experience.
- Relevant experience requires aspects of Intelligence Analysis (e.g., target development, social network analysis, metadata analysis, knowledge of customer tool sets and databases).
- In some cases, foreign language proficiency may also be used to satisfy experience requirements.
- Relevant experience could also be in computer or information systems design/development/analysis. In addition, it may also include engineering hardware and/or software, programming, computer/network security, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, computer forensics, information assurance, systems engineering, and/or network and systems administration. Completion of military training in a relevant area such as JCAC (Joint Cyber Analysis Course) will be considered towards the relevant experience.
- Conduct advanced analysis of collection and open-source data to generate insights and leads
- Ensure target continuity, profile targets and their activities, and develop techniques to gain additional target information
- Maintain appropriate databases for targeting, tasking, and analysis
- Identify intelligence gaps to tailor current collection or enable new collection to close the gaps
- Employ multiple analysis disciplines such as pattern recognition against targets' communications, network usage and digital footprints
- Apply your knowledge and understanding of IC needs and missions
- Be part of a team, working together with government, military, and contractor personnel to develop shared understandings of intelligence needs, mission relevance, and areas of expertise
- Apply your innate curiosity and analytical talent to form hypotheses, critically assess and choose analysis techniques, then query, merge, enrich, evaluate, and pivot within data to attain and share insights