Target Digital Network Analyst (TDNA)

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Job Description:

Are you ready to be part of a cutting edge cybersecurity project that will make a huge impact on the security of DOD/Intel community? If you’re interested in leveraging and honing your intelligent / all-source analysis skills to gather, distill, and provide critical insights into cybersecurity vulnerability assessments of mission-critical government systems, we have the ideal role for you to start your new career path at Parsons!

As part of our team, you'll get to leverage your analysis skills and expertise (while continuing to learn and improve your skills alongside our subject matter experts) to perform all-source analysis to lead the team's focus in performing both cybersecurity vulnerability assessments and strategic cyber report analysis to help assess and improve the security of our nation's most critical systems. You'll be integrated into the team onsite at our customer's location. You may get to occasionally travel (CONUS or OCONUS) to support your analysis on-site for exercises / events with our end customers at their locations.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Your effort and expertise are crucial to the success and execution of this impactful mission. This opportunity supports a team of Target Analyst Reporters and Target Digital Network Analysts, responsible for improving, protecting, and defending our Nation’s Security.

• The Target Digital Network Analyst 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. The Target Digital Network Analyst has an understanding the principles and methods of exploiting foreign communications and communication systems to identify, collect, analyze process and disseminate information in accordance with established requirements and priorities; analyzes DNI data for reportable intelligence information and building target profiles; maintains appropriate databases for targeting, tasking, and analysis; performs sustained target analysis and enhancement through the use of DNI and DNR analytic techniques; analyzes DNI data to identify new access development opportunities for follow-on collection requirements; performs research using open source and classified sources to develop comprehensive baseline profiles of designated target sets; identifies intelligence gaps and evaluating the intelligence gathered in order to either tailor current collection or enable new collection to close the gaps.

What Required Skills You'll Bring:

• Experience in analyzing DNI and DNR information for intelligence reporting.

• Proficiency in conducting sustained target analysis and utilizing advanced analytic techniques.

• Ability to build and maintain target profiles and relevant databases for targeting, tasking, and analysis.

• Strong skills in evaluating intelligence to identify gaps and tailor collection efforts.

• Familiarity with open-source data and collection analysis.

• Knowledge of relevant databases and tools for targeting and analysis.

Minimum of five (5) years’ experience in two (2) or more of the following areas; Bachelor’s degree in a STEM field preferred; may substitute four (4) years of relevant experience:

• Computer Network Exploitation, Computer Network Attack

• Vulnerability Assessment

• Penetration Testing

• Incident Response

• Network and/or host forensics

• Cryptanalytic work in military or intelligence community organization

• Cryptology work in military or intelligence community organization

Minimum three (3) years’ experience in three (3) or more of the following areas:

• Analysis of host data at rest, including:

  • Microsoft Windows operating systems, system internals, file attributes
  • Executable file analysis (particularly PE files including dynamic linked libraries)
  • File Hashing and Fuzzy File Hashing (e.g., ssdeep, fciv, and md5deep)

• Forensic analysis of Windows systems, Linux systems, and/or mobile devices

• Commercial, open source of GOTS tools for intrusion detection (e.g., Snort, BroIDS)

• Packet capture/evaluation (e.g, tcpdump, ethereal/wireshark, NOSEHAIR)

• Network mapping/discovery (e.g., nmap, TRICKLER)

• Industry standard system/network tools (e.g., netcat, netstat, traceroute, rpcinfo, nbtscan, snmpwalk, Sysinternals suite)

• Exploit development of Microsoft Windows operating systems

• Exploit development of Linux operating systems

• Exploit development of personal computer device/mobile device operating systems (e.g., Android, Blackberry, iPhone, and iPad)

• Software Reverse Engineering to include use of code disassemblers (e.g., IDA Pro) and debugging unknown code (e.g., Ollydbg)

• Analysis of code in memory, including analysis of RAM snapshots, Windows crash dump files, and/or Linux kernel dumps

• SID(S2)/NTOC analysis and production working cyber adversary intrusion set/targets, foreign network intelligence analysis or the identification and extraction of digitally transported information.

• Active TS/SCI + Polygraph

Security Clearance Requirement: An active Top Secret SCI w/Polygraph security clearance is required for this position.

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.

The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.

Salary Range: $134,100.00 - $241,400.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

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