Target Digital Network Analyst

Talon Defense, Inc.; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 140,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401(k) with company match

Paid time off and federal holidays

Life insurance

Professional development reimbursement

Annual performance bonus

Employee referral bonuses

Job summary

Talon Defense, Inc. seeks a Target Digital Network Analyst to analyze digital network activity, host data, and adversary infrastructure in support of national security cyber missions.

The role emphasizes rigorous forensics, incident analysis, and reverse engineering, with the use of enterprise-grade tools to monitor, map, and evaluate threats across Windows, Linux, and mobile environments.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in at least two of the following domains: cyber operations, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, incident response, forensics, cryptology.
• Bachelor's degree may substitute for up to four years of experience.

Responsibilities

• Analyze host data at rest, including Windows OS, system internals, and file attributes.
• Analyze executable files, including PE files and DLLs.
• Perform forensic analysis of Windows, Linux, and mobile devices.
• Apply intrusion detection, packet capture, network mapping, and standard system and network tools.
• Reverse engineer software and analyze code in memory, including RAM dumps.
• Analyze cyber adversary intrusion sets and foreign network intelligence.

Skills

Cybersecurity experience (multi-domain

Network forensics

Memory analysis

Packet capture

PE file analysis

Intrusion detection tools

Education

Bachelors degree in Engineering/CS/Math/IS

Tools

Snort

Zeek/Bro

tcpdump

Wireshark

IDA Pro

OllyDbg

Job description

Columbia, MD Full-time $140,000 - $195,000 per year Posted October 29, 2026

Overview

Talon Defense seeks a Target Digital Network Analyst to analyze digital network activity, host data, and adversary infrastructure in support of national security cyber missions.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze host data at rest, including Windows operating systems, system internals, and file attributes
• Analyze executable files, including PE files and dynamic link libraries
• Perform forensic analysis of Windows systems, Linux systems, and/or mobile devices
• Apply intrusion detection, packet capture, network mapping, and standard system and network tools
• Reverse engineer software and analyze code in memory, including RAM snapshots and crash or kernel dumps
• Conduct analysis and production on cyber adversary intrusion sets and targets, foreign network intelligence, or digitally transported information

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in at least two of the following: computer network exploitation or computer network attack, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, incident response, network and/or host forensics, cryptanalytic work in a military or intelligence community organization, or cryptology work 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
• 3+ years of experience in at least three of the following: analysis of host data at rest, including Windows operating systems, system internals, and file attributes; executable file analysis, particularly PE files including dynamic link libraries; file hashing and fuzzy file hashing (e.g., ssdeep, fciv, md5deep); forensic analysis of Windows systems, Linux systems, and/or mobile devices; 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); industry standard system and network tools (e.g., netcat, netstat, traceroute, rpcinfo, nbtscan, snmpwalk, Sysinternals suite); exploit development for Windows, Linux, or personal computer and mobile device operating systems; 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 Linux kernel dumps; or analysis and production on cyber adversary intrusion sets and targets, foreign network intelligence analysis, or the identification and extraction of digitally transported information

Compensation

$140,000 - $195,000 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.