Journeyman Cyber Intelligence Analyst

Peraton; Linthicum (MD); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a Journeyman Cyber Intelligence Analyst to support the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center. This role involves monitoring and analyzing threats, particularly in cryptocurrency transactions, and requires strong analytical skills and experience in cybersecurity operations.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years with BS/BA, 3 years with MS/MA, 0 years with PhD.
• Active TS/SCI with CI Poly eligibility.
• Experience with Law Enforcement/Counterintelligence Operations.

Responsibilities

• Monitor, assess, and report on threats to USG, DoD, and US Intelligence Community.
• Develop reports and briefing artifacts for LE/CI and the IC.
• Evaluate large datasets from various sources.

Skills

Cybersecurity

Data Analysis

Blockchain Analysis

Intelligence Analysis

Research

Education

BS/BA

MS/MA

PhD

Tools

Chainalysis

TRM Labs

Intelligence Community Databases

Job description

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years with BS/BA, 3 years with MS/MA, 0 years with PhD.
• Active TS/SCI with CI Poly eligibility.
• Experience providing integrated cyber, financial, virtual asset/virtual currency, and business analysis with analytics and data science to support national security, criminal, cyber, and/or counterintelligence investigations and operations.
• Experience with virtual currency transaction tracing utilizing blockchain analytical tools/explorers offered through Chainalysis, TRM labs, and other digital asset analysis tool suite providers.
• Expertise in using Intelligence Community databases, analytical tool suites, and commercial applications to analyze illicit financial flows and cryptocurrency exchanges.
• Experience gathering, analyzing, correlating, or evaluating information from various resources, such as law enforcement databases.
• Experience with Law Enforcement/Counterintelligence (LE/CI) Operations and/or Cyberspace Operations.
• Familiarity with all-source analytical tool suites common to the Intelligence Community.
• Working knowledge of blockchain analytical techniques.
• Experience briefing Senior Executive Service (SES) and General Officer/Flag Officer (GO/FO) leadership.
• Drive to learn and be mentored.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Possess current IAM Level II & III, CSSP Analyst certifications (Security+, CySA+, GICSP, GSEC, CND, CISSP, CASP+, GCIA, GCIH, GCFA, CEH), GIAC Open Source Intelligence (GOSI) Certification, or SANS SEC487 Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Gathering and Analysis course.
• Understanding of cybersecurity operations/analysis (e.g., incident response & management, forensic media analysis, malware analysis/reverse-engineering, cyber threat intelligence analysis, etc.) and security architecture.
• Understanding of financial money flows.

This Journeyman Cyber Intelligence Analyst position supports the Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Crime Center (DC3) and offers a unique opportunity for growth. As a Journeyman Cyber Intelligence Analyst, you will apply your intelligence analysis skills to monitor, assess, and report on actors, capabilities, vulnerabilities, and personalities that could pose a threat to USG, DoD, and the US Intelligence Community. In addition to your core responsibilities, you will conduct reviews, identify gaps, recommend solutions, and evaluate large datasets from various sources. You will develop reports and briefing artifacts to LE/CI and the IC.

Your focus will be on researching and evaluating technical and all-source intelligence, with specific emphasis on cryptocurrency transactions and counter-threat finance. Your analyses of threat data from various sources and network events will directly impact current operations, and your all-source research will determine advisory capability and intent. You will prepare assessments and threat profiles of current events based on the collection, research, and analysis of classified and Open-Source information. Your role will also involve developing and maintaining analytical procedures to meet evolving requirements and ensure maximum operational effectiveness, emphasizing the urgency and importance of your work.