Target Analyst Reporter

Talon Defense, Inc.; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 165,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Federal holidays

Life insurance

Professional development reimbursement

Annual performance bonus

Employee referral bonuses

Job summary

Talon Defense, Inc. in Columbia, MD seeks a senior Target Analyst Reporter to apply deep cyber expertise—exploitation, reverse engineering, and network analysis—to target analysis and reporting.

The role emphasizes advanced threat work with a TS/SCI clearance and comprehensive compensation.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in two areas: exploitation, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, or incident response.
• Bachelor's degree may substitute for up to four years of experience.
• 1+ years in two: file hashing, intrusion detection tools, packet capture, network mapping, or standard tools.
• 2+ years in at least one: exploit development for Windows/UNIX/mobile, reverse engineering, or IPv6 networking.

Responsibilities

• Apply exploitation, vulnerability assessment, and forensics to target analysis.
• Use hashing, IDS, packet capture, network mapping, and standard tools.
• Develop exploits for Windows, UNIX, and mobile OS.
• Reverse engineer software; analyze memory and dumps.
• Implement and analyze networks with IPv6.

Skills

Cybersecurity expertise

Target analysis

Network analysis

Reverse engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Computer/Software Engineering

Tools

Snort

Zeek/Bro

Wireshark

tcpdump

Nmap

IDA Pro

Job description

Columbia, MD Full-time $165,000 - $225,000 per year Posted October 29, 2026

Overview

Talon Defense seeks a senior Target Analyst Reporter to apply deep technical cyber expertise, including exploitation, reverse engineering, and network analysis, to target analysis and reporting.

Key Responsibilities

• Apply computer network exploitation, vulnerability assessment, and forensics expertise to target analysis
• Use file hashing, intrusion detection, packet capture, network mapping, and standard system and network tools
• Develop exploits for Windows, UNIX, and mobile device operating systems
• Reverse engineer software and analyze code in memory, including RAM snapshots and crash or kernel dumps
• Implement and analyze networks using IPv6 protocols

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in at least two of the following: computer network exploitation, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, incident response, network and/or server forensics, cryptanalytic work in a military or intelligence community organization, or cryptology in a military or intelligence community organization
• A Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Computer, or Software Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or Information Systems may substitute for up to four (4) years of the experience above
• 1+ years of experience in at least two of the following: file hashing and fuzzy file hashing (e.g., ssdeep, fciv, md5deep); commercial, open source, or GOTS intrusion detection tools (e.g., Snort, Zeek/Bro); packet capture and evaluation (e.g., tcpdump, Wireshark); network mapping and discovery (e.g., nmap); or industry standard system and network tools (e.g., netcat, netstat, traceroute, rpcinfo, nbtscan, snmpwalk, Sysinternals suite)
• 2+ years of experience in at least one of the following: exploit development for Microsoft Windows operating systems; exploit development for UNIX operating systems; exploit development for personal computer and mobile device operating systems (e.g., Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, iPad); software reverse engineering, including use of code disassemblers (e.g., IDA Pro) and debugging unknown code (e.g., OllyDbg); analysis of code in memory, including RAM snapshots, Windows crash dump files, and/or UNIX kernel dumps; or implementing networks with IPv6 protocols

Compensation

$165,000 - $225,000 per year

Medical, dental, and vision coverage; 401(k) with company match; paid time off and federal holidays; life insurance; professional development and certification reimbursement.

Annual performance bonus; employee referral bonuses.

Salary offered will depend on numerous qualifying factors such as clearance, degree and the years and depth of applicable experience.

Security Clearance

TS/SCI with Full Scope Polygraph

Talon Defense, Inc. provides equal opportunities to qualified employees and prospective employees without regard to age, race, color, religion, pregnancy, sex, national origin, veteran status, uniformed status, physical or mental disability, or other protected characteristics.