Mid Cyber Analyst

Cherokee Federal; Quantico (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K

Job summary

Cherokee Insights, part of Cherokee Federal, seeks a Cyber Analyst (Mid) in Quantico, VA to identify, assess, and disrupt threats to cleared environments. Must hold an active TS/SCI clearance and provide documentation as required by government contracts.

The role focuses on mid-level cyber analysis, threat indicators, and collaboration with USG and defense partners. Full-time with benefits and competitive salary. On-site at Quantico with potential for mission-specific travel.

Qualifications

• Active Top Secret / SCI clearance required.
• Typically 8+ years of cyber analysis experience.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop cyber capabilities to illuminate threats and enable customer response.
• Operationalize an enterprise security risk management methodology.
• Provide CI cyber analytic support via IOC validation and ingestion.
• Prepare threat products and briefings for stakeholders.
• Distribute MIRs and produce IIR evaluations as required.
• Collaborate with customers and CI community to share threat information.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

8+ years experience

Strong communication

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Cyber Analyst - Mid

This position requires an active TS/Sensitive Compartmental Information (SCI) clearance.

A government contract requires that this position be restricted to U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. You must provide documentation that you are a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident to qualify.

Cherokee Insights is seeking a Cyber Analyst to provide mid-level cyber analysis to identify, assess, and disrupt threats to cleared industry, cleared personnel, DOD, and Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA). The Cyber Analyst will facilitate USG responses to adversary action and insider threats by sharing threat indicators and enabling responsive measures from other agencies and services.

Compensation & Benefits:

Estimated Starting Salary Range forCyber Analyst - Mid: $90,000.00 - $100,000.00

Pay commensurate with experience.

Full time benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, and other possible benefits as provided.Benefits are subject to change with or without notice.

Cyber Analyst - Mid Responsibilities Include:

• Develop cyber capabilities and processes that illuminate threats, enhance awareness, and enable customer response.
• Operationalize an enterprise security risk management methodology across Government and industry stakeholders.
• Provide CI Cyber analytic support to the Joint Cyber Intelligence Tool Suite (JCITS) via validation and ingest of indicators of compromise (IOC).
• Author and/or support cyber threat products and briefings that illuminate threats and enhance awareness.
• Produce Activity Reports from Mandatory Incident Reports (MIR) with analytic assessments in DCSA system of record.
• Author Shared Indicator Bulletins that adhere to IC standards and reveal emerging trends in FIE targeting, issues of strategic significance, and/or actionable information against FIE threats.
• Support analytic production on classified CI Cyber threat products that highlight emerging trends in FIE targeting, issues of strategic, and/or actionable information against FIE threats.
• Collaborate, coordinate, and engage with customers, stakeholders, and the CI cyber community to share threat information, promote integration, enhance awareness, and enable customer response.
• Support CI cyber engagements or working groups.
• Distribute Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) Mandatory Incident Reports (MIR) to DCSA Field Personnel.
• Publish mission area related IIR evaluations/Source Directed Requirements (SDR) for all finished CI cyber analytic products.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Cyber Analyst - Mid Experience, Education, Skills, Abilities requested:

• Must have an active Top Secret / SCI level security clearance.
• Desired to have a minimum 8 years of experience related to the Cyber Analyst role with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Preferred to have a Bachelor's degree
• Comprehensive mission knowledge and skills that affirms completion of all developmental training and experiences for the labor category.
• Ability to communicate understanding from information that may be incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and / or technically advanced.
• Able to structure analysis based on trends in reporting and a range of analytic perspectives from other analysts, organizations, and intelligence disciplines.
• Able to work independently with minimal oversight and direction.
• Collaborate and work with other IC members on information Sharing, driving collection, and addressing analytic disputes and conflict resolution.
• Develop concise, insightful. and comprehensive products for defense intelligence.
• Demonstrates ability to lead teams in researching multifaceted or critical problems.
• Provides guidance in selecting, designing, and applying analytic methodologies.
• Uses argument evaluation and validated analytic methodologies to challenge differing perspectives.
• Working knowledge of the concepts involved in the specific functions outlined in the specified labor category description.
• Knowledgeable of and demonstrates ability to apply Intelligence Community (IC) and DoD classification guidelines and procedures.
• Able to work semi-independently with oversight and direction.
• Demonstrates ability to use logic when evaluating and synthesizing multiple sources of information.
• Has understanding of interpreting analysis to include, but not limited to, its meaning, importance, and implications.
• Able to defend analytic judgements with sound, logical conclusions and adapt analytic judgments when presented with new information, evolving conditions, or unexpected developments.
• Demonstrates ability to produce timely, logical, and concise analytic reports, documents, assessments, studies, and briefing materials in formats including Microsoft Office tools (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.), electronic/ soft copy matrices and/ or web-enabled formats.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate complex issues clearly in a concise and organized manner both verbally and non-verbally, with strong grammar skills.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Office tools.
• Develop structured research including, but not limited to, obtaining, evaluating, organizing, and maintaining information within security and data protocols.
• Able to recognize nuances and resolve contradictions and inconsistencies in information.
• Has working knowledge using complex analytic methodologies, such as structured analytic techniques or alternative approaches, to examine biases, assumptions, and theories to eliminate uncertainty, strengthen analytic arguments, and mitigate surprise.
• Structured analytic techniques include, but not limited to, Analysis of Competing Hypotheses, Devil's Advocacy, High-Impact/ Low-Impact Analysis, Red Team Analysis and Alternative Futures Analysis.
• Understanding of intelligence collection capabilities and limitations, to include but not limited to, technical sensors/ platforms and human intelligence sources related to the labor category.
• Demonstrates understanding of evaluating collected intelligence reporting, engaging with collection managers, and developing collection requirements.
• Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal

Company Information:

Cherokee Insights (Insights) is a part of Cherokee Federal – the division of tribally owned federal contracting companies owned by Cherokee Nation Businesses. As a trusted partner for more than 60 federal clients, Cherokee Federal LLCs are focused on building a brighter future, solving complex challenges, and serving the government’s mission with compassion and heart. To learn more about Insights, visit cherokee-federal.com.

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Cherokee Federal is a military friendly employer. Veterans and active military transitioning to civilian status are encouraged to apply.

Legal Disclaimer:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability or any other status protected under applicable federal, state or local law. Many of our job openings require access to government buildings or military installations. Candidates must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal.

Many of our job openings require access to government buildings or military installations. Candidates must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal.

As required by our governmental client, this position requires being a US Citizen AND an active TS/Sensitive Compartmental Information (SCI) clearance.