Target Digital Network Analyst (TDNA)

This is a full-time opportunity at Petterson Space Force Base (PSFB) CO.

****Contingent Upon Contract Award****

• Conduct analytical collaboration and cross training with other SIGINT analysts or organizations to cross-team and cross-level information to increase target continuity and facilitate information sharing and analyst collaboration.
• Understand Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) model ports and protocols associated with telecommunications technologies IPv4 and IPv6 networks Classless Interdomain Routing (CIDR) and common internet protocols.
• Document analytical tradecraft and target knowledge and create working aids to increase target continuity and facilitate information sharing and analyst collaboration. prepare briefings & reports on analytical methodology and results.
• Collaborate with Data Scientist to automate analytical workflow and enrich data.
• Solve complex intelligence analysis challenges with a combination of analytical judgment critical thinking and proven analytical practices.
• Evaluate technical information on targets of interest and identify changes to technology or alternative means of communication.
• Perform scientific and/or technical intelligence analysis to include but not limited to reporting on trends and implications of military force structure or doctrinal changes or technical analysis of military systems.
• Complete required NSA Courses NETA2402/NETA2108 (TDNA Analysis II) & any of the following: RPTG2238 RPTG2235 RPTG3225 RPTG3222 (Basic Analytical Reporting) or equivalent curriculum; RPTG4397 (Analytic Report Editing) or RPTG4398 (Report Releasers Course).

MinimumExperience:

Citizenship:Must be a US citizen
Clearance: Must have and be able to maintain a Top Secret (TS) with Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) adjudication
Education: Bachelors Degree
Years of Experience: 7 cyber/NSA-IC analytic experience includingTarget Digital Network Analysis (TDNA)and/orDigital Network Intelligence (DNI)production.

Additional Experience:

• Demonstrated experience mapping and assessingtarget digital networks(nodes identifiers infrastructure services communications paths) to support collection access and operational planning.
• Proficient in interpreting network and host artifacts (e.g. IPs domains URLs certificates email/handles user-agent strings ports/protocols) and correlating data across multiple sources.
• Strong working knowledge of networking fundamentals:OSI/TCP-IPTCP/UDP common protocols/services ( DNS SMTP SSH VPNs)IPv4/IPv6 subnetting andCIDR.
• Experience producing customer-ready analytic products (target packages network diagrams technical assessments and briefings) with clear sourcing and defensible judgments.
• Ability to work independently in a time-sensitive mission production environment and coordinate with collection exploitation and reporting teams.

Preferred Qualifications:
Additional Experience:

• Experience supportingNSAproduction organizations Service Cryptologic Components and/or joint/IC mission centers.
• Familiarity withmalware/C2 traffic analysis and infrastructure attribution techniques (to include pivoting across identifiers and services).
• Experience with analytic tooling/workflows commonly used for network analysis (e.g. link analysis packet/flow analysis log analysis graphing/visualization).
• Relevant training/certifications (or equivalent experience) such as NSA DNI/TDNA tradecraft courses and/or industry certs ( briefing technical findings to non-technical audiences and operational decision-makers.

Additional Information
Location:Petterson Space Force Base (PSFB) CO
On-site
Travel: 10%