Target Analyst Reporter (Skill Level 1)

Strategic Analysis Incorporated; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Strategic Analytix seeks an experienced Target Analyst Reporter to research, analyze, and report intelligence for IC requirements. You will synthesize findings from passive/active collection, open sources and collateral data, producing products that indicate trends and countermeasures for specific targets.

You will collaborate with other analysts, develop target databases, and tailor reporting to customer needs while supporting Signals Intelligence, Information Assurance and CNO missions.

Qualifications

• TS/SCI level clearance with a Full Scope Polygraph.
• Relevant Degree: Electrical/Computer/Software Engineering, Computer Science, Math or Information Systems.
• At least seven (7) years experience in two or more of the listed areas (CNE, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, incident response, forensics, cryptanalytic/cryptology).
• At least one (1) year of experience in two or more of the listed categories (hashing, IDS tools, packet capture, network mapping, standard net tools).
• At least two (2) years of experience in one or more of: exploits development for Windows/UNIX/mobile OS, reverse engineering, memory analysis.

Responsibilities

• Research, analyze and report intelligence to IC requirements.
• Synthesize product and provide targeted reporting via appropriate vehicles.
• Collaborate with other analysts to refine collection and reporting requirements.
• Develop databases or working aids to enhance target knowledge and support missions.
• Produce products that relay developments, trends, and indications to inform countermeasures and actions.

Skills

Computer Network Exploitation

Vulnerability Assessment

Penetration Testing

Incident Response

Network Forensics

Cryptanalysis

Cryptology

File Hashing

Snort

Packet Capture

Network Mapping

Netstat

Sysinternals

Windows Exploits

UNIX Exploits

Mobile OS Exploits

Reverse Engineering

Memory Analysis

Education

Electrical/Computer/Software Engineering, Computer Science, Math or Information Systems

Tools

IDA Pro

OllyDbg

tcpdump

wireshark

nmap

TRICKLER

netcat

traceroute

Job description

About the role

Job Description

Strategic Analytix is looking for a skilled Target Analyst Reporter (TAR). The TAR will provide synthesized product to customers by researching, analyzing and reporting intelligence via appropriate reporting vehicles, in response to Intelligence Community (IC) requirements and in accordance with agency missions of Signals Intelligence, Information Assurance and Computer Network Operations. Prioritize, assess, evaluate and report information obtained from passive and active collection, network evaluation and analysis, and from related collateral sources (for example IMINT, MASINT, HUMINT, open source and others as needed). The employee will maintain awareness of internal and external customer needs. Collaborate with other collectors and analysts to refine collection and reporting requirements. Share target-related information and provide feedback to customers as appropriate. Issue appropriate products that relay developments, trends, indications, warnings and/or situational awareness regarding specific targets, as well as countermeasures and courses of action, if applicable. Lastly, the TAR will assist in the development of databases or working aids on target activity to enhance and build target knowledge and improve collection to execute agency and the Intelligence Community’s missions.

What you’ll do

TAR Requirements

At least seven (7) years experience in two (2) or more of the following:

• a. Computer Network Exploitation,
• b. Vulnerability Assessment,
• c. Penetration Testing,
• d. Incident Response,
• e. Network and/or server forensics,
• f. Cryptanalytic work in military or intelligence community organization,
• g. Cryptology work in military or intelligence community organization.

At least one (1) years of experience in two (2) or more of the following:

• a. File Hashing and Fuzzy File Hashing (e.g., ssdeep, fciv, and md5deep)
• b. Commercial, open source or GOTS tools for intrusion detection (e.g., Snort, BroIDS).
• c. Packet capture/evaluation (e.g., tcpdump, ethereal/wireshark, NOSEHAIR).
• d. Network mapping/discovery (e.g., nmap, TRICKLER).
• e. Industry standard system/network tools (e.g., netcat, netstat, traceroute, rpcinfo, nbtscan, snmpwalk, Sysinternals suite)

At least two (2) years of experience in one (1) or more of the following:

• a. Development of exploits for Microsoft Windows operating systems
• b. Development of exploits for UNIX operating systems
• c. Development of exploits for personal computer device/mobile device operating systems (e.g., Android, Blackberry, iPhone, and iPad.)
• d. Software Reverse Engineering to include use of code disassemblers (e.g., IDA Pro) and debugging unknown code (e.g. Ollydbg)
• e. Analysis of of code in memory, including analysis of RAM snapshots, Windows crash dump files, and/or UNIX kernel dumps

Qualifications

Clearance Level

• TS/SCI level clearance with a Full Scope Polygraph.

Education:

• Relevant Degree: Electrical/Computer/Software Engineering, Computer Science, Math or Information Systems