Digital Network Exploitation Analyst - Maryland, United States - Acclaim Technical Services, Inc.

Description

Acclaim Technical Services, founded in 2000, is a leading language and intelligence services company supporting a wide range of U.S.

Federal agencies. We are an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) company, which is uncommon within our business sector.

We see this as a significant strength, and it shows:
ATS is consistently ranked as a top workplace among DC area firms and continues to grow.
We are actively hiring a

Digital Network Exploitation Analyst

to join our Defense & Homeland Security Division working in Annapolis Junction, MD.

We are hiring Digital Network Exploitation Analysts (DNEAs) of all skill levels for a variety of roles to support core Intelligence Community (IC) missions through our Next Generation Analysts portfolio.

Our national security depends on technology as never before, and this dependence is growing at an ever-increasing rate.

As a cyber professional in the intelligence community, you will work as part of a team on the frontlines against our cyber adversaries.

ATS is hiring cyber professionals with technical expertise and a driving desire to remain at the forefront of their field.

These opportunities will give you the chance to showcase your talent and expertise while working on the cutting edge of national cybersecurity missions.

Join us in helping advance our national security interests as part of the world's most advanced team of cyber professionals.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Evaluate target opportunities using all source data to understand and map target networks, and to assist in developing detailed exploitation and operations plans.

Analyze SIGINT and cybersecurity data at multiple levels up and down the OSI network stack and bring a solid understanding of logical/physical IP core infrastructure, communication devices and how they connect to networks, and the traffic movements in a network.

Be involved in developing new tradecraft needed to perform this analysis as technologies evolve.

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
Distill, document, contextualize and share your findingsincluding any new tradecraft that you developwith teammates, stakeholders, and intelligence consumers.
REQUIRED EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
Must possess an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph

Education:
Degree in Computer Science. Degree in related fields (e.g.

, Engineering, Mathematics) may be considered relevant if programs contain a concentration of courses in the following foundational CS areas:

algorithms, computer architecture (not network architecture), programming methodologies and languages, data structures, logic and computation, and advanced mathematics (for example, calculus, discrete mathematics).

Information Technology (IT) and Information Security (IS) degrees may be considered relevant if the programs contain the amount and type of coursework equivalent to a Computer Science (CS) major

Relevant Experience:
Relevant experience must be in computer or information systems design/development/analysis roles.

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) may be considered towards the relevant experience requirement (i.e., 24-week JCAC course may count as 6 months of experience).

Specific labor category determined by years of experience + educational degrees:

Level 1

2 years' applicable experience with a bachelor's degree, OR
4 years' applicable experience with associate degree

Level 2

2 years' applicable experience with a PhD, OR
3 years' applicable experience with a master's degree, OR
5 years' applicable experience with a bachelor's degree, OR
7 years' applicable experience with an associate degree

Level 3

4 years' applicable experience with a PhD, OR
6 years' applicable experience with a master's degree, OR
8 years' applicable experience with a bachelor's degree, OR
10 years' applicable experience with an associate degree

Level 4

7 years' applicable experience with a PhD, OR
9 years' applicable experience with a master's degree, OR
11 years' applicable experience with a bachelor's degree, OR
13 years' applicable experience with an associate degree

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