Cyber Systems Analyst (Jr/Mid) - TS/SCI

Wiser Imagery; Quantico (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Wiser Imagery Services, based in Quantico, VA, seeks a TS/SCI-cleared cybersecurity analyst to advance USMC program defense through rigorous threat analysis, COA development, and cross-network assessment. You will leverage JWICS/SIPRNet experience to identify vulnerabilities and gaps, coordinating with open-source intel while operating onsite on a 1st shift schedule.

Salary ranges reflect market norms for this role.

Qualifications

• Active Top-Secret SCI clearance at time of application.
• 3–5 years of combined relevant experience.
• Hands-on experience working in JWICS and SIPRNet environments.

Responsibilities

• Assess the cybersecurity posture of a USMC defense program, prioritizing cyber threats based on analysis.
• Analyze foreign capabilities to detect, disrupt, and deny USMC emissions and signals across the cyber kill chain.
• Identify emerging technologies and vulnerabilities affecting USMC network infrastructure.
• Characterize network limits, baselines, and architecture; evaluate security controls.
• Evaluate databases and intelligence gaps; use open source to gather PA I.
• Explore the physical battlespace and define battlespace effects on information systems and networks.
• Analyze information security requirements (confidentiality, integrity, availability) and protect, detect, respond, restore.
• Evaluate ROE for IA/CND/CNA and determine adversary COAs; prioritize most likely and dangerous.
• Continually refine COAs as new information becomes available.
• Assess foreign CND/CNA capabilities, limitations and vulnerabilities.
• Assess potential vulnerabilities of USMC tactical systems to CNA (targeting, ISR, navigation).

Skills

Active Top-Secret SCI clearance

JWICS/SIPRNet experience

Tools

JWICS

SIPRNet

Job description

TS/SCI Security Clearance

Wiser offers innovative solutions to clients in the public, private, and government sectors. We combine technology and expertise to develop inventive solutions that deliver quality results and aid in critical decision making. With the flexibility and efficiency of a small business, we provide nimble responsiveness with the low risk and strong performance experience of an established GEOINT and Geospatial service provider.

Quantico, VA

TS/SCI Security Clearance

Wiser offers innovative solutions to clients in the public, private, and government sectors. We combine technology and expertise to develop inventive solutions that deliver quality results and aid in critical decision making. With the flexibility and efficiency of a small business, we provide nimble responsiveness with the low risk and strong performance experience of an established GEOINT and Geospatial service provider.

Responsibilities

• Assess the cybersecurity posture of a USMC defense program, ensuring the program is evolving with the best cybersecurity practices, prioritizing cyber threats based on factual cyber analysis.
• Analyze foreign capabilities to detect, disrupt, and deny USMC emissions and signals throughout the cyber kill chain, to include, but not limited to emissions from targeting, communications, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) assets, reversible and non-reversible attacks.
• Identify, monitor, and assess advancements in emerging and commercial technologies that could be employed by state and non-state actors to detect, disrupt, and deny USMC acquisition programs' network infrastructure.
• Identify significant risk characteristics of the environment such as classification of network, baseline activity, architecture, operating system, services, connectivity and bandwidth.
• Identify the limits of the network to be collected against.
• Establish limits of the supporting or connected networks that may need to be collected against.
• Evaluate existing databases and identify intelligence gaps.
• Use open source to gather Publicly Available Information (PAI).
• Explore the physical battlespace; how could the environment affect tactical operations.
• Define the battlespace effects.
• Analyze the battlespace environment for information, services and networks, such as confidentiality, integrity, availability; and protect, detect, respond, restore and conduct reviews.
• Analyze other characteristics of the battlespace such as security, auditing procedures, and backup systems. Evaluate the adversary on physical location of all assets, architecture and automation skills, security and policies, baseline activity, peculiarities and vulnerabilities, capabilities, and conclusions that address: Rules of Engagement (ROE) for Information Assurance (IA), Computer Network Defense (CND) and Computer Network Attack (CNA)
• Determine adversary's Courses of Action (COA).
• Identify the adversary's likely objectives and desired end state.
• Identify the full set of COA's available to the adversary, at a minimum the most likely and most dangerous should be developed.
• Develop COA's based on enemy perception of friendly information architecture (reverse cyber IPB).
• Evaluate and prioritize each adversary COA.
• Continue to refine COA's as time and new information allow.
• Evaluate foreign Computer Network Defense (CND) and Computer Network Attack (CNA) capabilities, limitations, and vulnerabilities.
• Assess potential vulnerabilities of USMC tactical systems to CNA to include systems related to targeting, ISR, and navigation assets.

Minimum Qualifications

• Active Top-Secret SCI security clearance at time of application
• Early to mid-level professional with a combination of relevant education, military service, and/or work experience that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the responsibilities of the role.
• Qualified candidates will have a portion of relevant experience within the last 2 years. Combined experience should result in 3-5 experience points.
• Must possess hands-on experience working in JWICS and SIPRNet environments.

Work Environment

• Schedule is onsite Monday-Friday, 1st shift, 40 hours a week.
• Candidates are encouraged to submit a resume that explicitly addresses each of the requirements listed above.

Wiser Imagery Services employs personnel within the states of Alabama, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, North Dakota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Individuals with Disabilities / Protected Veterans

To comply with Federal law, Wiser Imagery Services participates in E-Verify. Successful candidates must pass the E-Verify process upon hire.

Wiser Imagery Services is a drug-free workplace.

Salary: $65000 - $95000 per year