Digital Network Exploitation Analysts (DNEAs) TS SCI + Polygraph

Aperio Global; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 95,000 - 243,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Plan

Retirement Plan (401k) with match

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Disability insurance

Professional Development

Job summary

Aperio Global is seeking Digital Network Exploitation Analysts (DNEAs) to support our IC program in Fort Meade, Maryland. The role requires analyzing SIGINT and cybersecurity data, mapping target networks, and developing exploitation plans with a team of experts.

Current TS/SCI with Polygraph is required. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and may hold Sec+, Net+, CEH certifications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science is required.
• Certifications preferred: Sec+, Net+, CEH.
• Combination of experience and education may be considered.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate target opportunities, understand and map target networks, and develop detailed exploitation and operations plans.
• Analyze SIGINT and cybersecurity data across OSI levels and understand IP core infrastructure and network traffic patterns.
• Collaborate with a team to align intelligence needs, mission relevance, and areas of expertise.
• Document, contextualize, and share findings with teammates, stakeholders, and intelligence consumers.

Skills

Security clearance TS/SCI with Polygr

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Job description

How We’re Different

We believe the highest-impact work in national security and technology is a team sport. At Aperio Global, we operate as a single, cohesive force aligned on a handful of mission-critical efforts where our work truly moves the needle. We don’t chase small wins. We solve for next.

We view the intersection of cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and data analytics as an empirical discipline as rigorous and consequential as any field in science or engineering. That means we bring intellectual honesty, accountability, and transparency to every problem we take on. Our team includes tech innovators, Intelligence Community veterans, and security professionals who know that the best solutions come from diverse minds working toward a common mission. We value our people, those working quietly behind the scenes, doing the hard work that keeps our nation secure.

The best way to understand how we think is to see what we’ve built. From full-spectrum cyber operations and de-biased AI platforms to quantum networking and cloud-native software systems, our work speaks for itself.

Come solve with us

We offer competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package — including medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, generous paid time off, short and long-term disability, professional development, and much more. We invest in our people because they are our most important asset — and because the mission demands the best.

Aperio Global is seeking Digital Network Exploitation Analysts (DNEAs) to support our IC program in Fort Meade, Maryland. The DNEA role involves evaluating target opportunities, understanding and mapping target networks, and developing detailed exploitation and operations plans, using various sources of data.

Current TS/SCI with Polygraph required

The role requires analyzing SIGINT and cybersecurity data at different OSI network levels and possessing knowledge of logical/physical IP core infrastructure, communication devices, and network traffic patterns. The candidate should actively contribute to the development of new tradecraft for analysis as technology evolves. Collaboration with a team to understand intelligence needs, mission relevance, and areas of expertise is essential. Additionally, the job involves using analytical skills and curiosity to form hypotheses, choose appropriate analysis techniques, and derive insights from data, which will be documented, contextualized, and shared with teammates, stakeholders, and intelligence consumers.

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

• Participate in developing new tradecraft needed to perform this analysis as technologies evolve.
• Collaborates with a team to develop shared understandings of intelligence needs, mission relevance, and areas of expertise.

• Apply 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 findings—including any new tradecraft that you develop, with teammates, stakeholders, and intelligence consumers.

Clearance : Current and Active TS/SCI with Polygraph required

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science
• Level may vary based on years of relevant work experience:
• Level 1: Two (2) or more years of experience
• Level 2: Five (5) or more years of experience
• Level 3: Eight (8) or more years of experience
• Level 4: Eleven (11) or more years of experience
• Combination of experience and education may be considered.
• 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.
• Certifications preferred: Sec+, Net+, CEH

Must have experience in computer or information systems design/development/analysis roles, which may include:

• Engineering hardware and/or software
• Programming
• Computer/network security
• Vulnerability analysis
• Penetration testing
• Computer forensics
• Information assurance
• Systems engineering
• Network and systems administration
• Completion of military training in a relevant area such as JCAC (Joint Cyber Analysis Course) may be considered toward the relevant experience requirement (e.g., a 24-week JCAC course may count as 6 months of experience).

Anticipated Annual Salary Range for Levels 1- 4: 95k- 243k

The salary range for this role represents Aperio’s good-faith estimate of compensation at the time of posting. Placement within the range is based on multiple factors, including but not limited to an individual’s qualifications, relevant experience, education, certifications, technical skills, contract labor categories and/or rates, work location, market conditions, and business needs.

Benefits

At Aperio Global, we understand the value of investing in our most important asset—our employees. That’s why we have crafted a comprehensive benefits package designed to help you make the best decision for yourself, your family and your lifestyle. For additional details, contact our talent acquisition team.

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA) with 100% employer match up to 6%
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Short Term & Long Term Disability
• Professional Development
• (and much more)

Aperio Global is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building an inclusive workforce where all employees and applicants are treated with respect and fairness. Employment decisions are based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs — never on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, pregnancy/childbirth, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, ethnicity, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.