Intelligence and Protection Technical Threat Analyst

Deloitte France; Virginia (MN); On-site; USD 81,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

Deloitte is seeking a Security Engineer II on a DoD-focused project to conduct targeted materiel and software risk research for Army systems and assess vulnerabilities within proposed technologies. The role involves analyzing BOMs, translating technical findings into operational risk, and collaborating with government engineers to ensure alignment with system requirements.

The team works within Deloitte’s GPS practice, delivering security solutions and threat intelligence to federal clients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required.
• Active TS/SCI clearance required.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship.
• 4+ years of professional experience in DoD/cyber threat research or technical/cyber analysis in a classified environment.

Responsibilities

• Conduct targeted research on materiel, hardware, and software used in Army systems.
• Identify vulnerabilities within proposed technologies and analyze adversarial attack vectors.
• Deconstruct and analyze Bills of Materials (BOMs) for complex systems to identify risky components.
• Contextualize vulnerabilities using Army weapons platforms and tactical systems.
• Collaborate with analysts and government engineers to align threat data with system requirements.

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Our Deloitte Cyber team understands the unique challenges and opportunities businesses face in cybersecurity. Join our team to deliver powerful solutions to help our clients navigate the ever-changing threat landscape. Through powerful solutions and managed services that simplify complexity, we enable our clients to operate with resilience, grow with confidence, and proactively manage to secure success.

Our Deloitte Cyber team understands the unique challenges and opportunities businesses face in cybersecurity. Join our team to deliver powerful solutions to help our clients navigate the ever-changing threat landscape. Through powerful solutions and managed services that simplify complexity, we enable our clients to operate with resilience, grow with confidence, and proactively manage to secure success.

Work You’ll Do

As a Project Delivery PROJECT - Security Engineer II on the project, you will:

• Technology Risk Research: Conduct targeted research on materiel, hardware components, and software utilized in Army systems. Evaluate the overarching risk to critical technologies.
• Vulnerability & Threat Analysis: Identify specific vulnerabilities within proposed technologies. Analyze adversarial attack vectors and assess how foreign threats target DoD systems.
• BOM Analysis: Deconstruct and analyze Bills of Materials (BOMs) for complex systems. Identify risky, compromised, or counterfeit components within the technical supply chain.
• Systems Contextualization: Apply a deep understanding of Army weapons platforms and tactical systems. Translate abstract technical vulnerabilities into concrete operational risks.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Entity analysts to fuse technical vulnerabilities with corporate risk. Work closely with government engineers to align threat data with system requirements.

The Team

Deloitte’s Government & Public Services (GPS) practice – our people, ideas, technology and outcomes – is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.

Our Cyber Defense & Resilience offering assists clients in defending against advanced threats by transforming security operations, monitoring technology, data analytics, and threat intelligence. Helps manage and protect dynamic attack surfaces and provides rapid crisis and cyber incident response, ensuring clients can be ready for, respond to, and recover from business disruptions.

The Project Delivery Talent Model is designed for professionals with specialized skills that align to a current client need. Team members focus on delivering services to clients, without additional expectations related to business development or promotion. Their employment is tied to their role on a project, and they are eligible for a benefits package that is competitive for project delivery-focused professionals.

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
• Active TS/SCI clearance
• Ability to work onsite up to four days a week in Arlington, VA.
• 4+ years of professional experience within the following:
• In classified intelligence analysis, DoD or IC cyber threat research, or technical/cyber analysis in a classified environment.
• Technical Acumen: Strong background in evaluating hardware, software, and critical technologies with a strong preference for intelligence systems or weapons experience. Candidates must understand technical supply chains, BOMs, and cyber-physical attack vectors.
• Domain Knowledge: Solid familiarity with DoD systems, weapons platforms, and the defense acquisition lifecycle. Experience with the IC is highly desirable.
• Tradecraft: Proven ability to apply Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) and All-Source methodologies to technical problem sets. Experience with Technical Intelligence or classified Cyber Threat Intelligence is highly desired.

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training; licensure and certifications; and other business and organizational needs. The disclosed range estimate has not been adjusted for the applicable geographic differential associated with the location at which the position may be filled. At Deloitte, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. A reasonable estimate of the current range is $80,600- $147,600.

You may also be eligible to participate in a discretionary annual incentive program, subject to the rules governing the program, whereby an award, if any, depends on various factors, including, without limitation, individual and organizational performance.