Target Digital Network Analyst

Reflexive Concepts; Linthicum (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Reflexive Concepts seeks a Target Digital Network Analyst in Maryland to join our team. You will analyze SIGINT, network, and host data to profile target activities and support vulnerability discovery for US national defense platforms and critical infrastructure.

Expect travel to cyber tabletop exercises and briefings to senior leadership from FANX. The ideal candidate has multi-year experience across network/host forensics, intrusion detection, and toolkits for cyber analysis; TS/SCI with

Qualifications

• Five+ years in two or more of: cryptanalytic work, vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, or host/network forensics.
• Three+ years in three or more: Windows OS, forensics, intrusion detection, packet capture, network mapping, or SID analysis.
• Active TS/SCI with Full-Scope Polygraph (with MPO).

Responsibilities

• Conduct advanced analysis of SIGINT data, open source data, network data, and host data to profile targets and develop techniques for information gathering.
• Provide expert analytic support at network and host levels to identify anomalies on USG networks and characterize adversary activity.
• Apply geospatial analysis to network data and host data to locate and track targets and report insights to leadership.

Skills

SIGINT analysis

Network analysis

Open source intelligence

Geospatial analysis

Education

BS in Electrical / Computer / Software Engineering, Mathematics, Information Systems, or STEM

Tools

NTOC/SID(S2) analysis

Intrusion detection tools (Commercial / GOTS)

Packet capture tools

Job description

This is a projected vacancy expected to become available in October 2026.

Reflexive Concepts is seeking a skilled Target Digital Network Analyst to join our team!

We are seeking a Target Digital Network Analyst (TDNA) familiar with network-based adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures, network protocols, and common cyber vulnerabilities. This position will combine expert level research with analyzed intelligence community assessments and reports and open-source intelligence to support vulnerability discovery and mitigation efforts of United States National Defense platforms and Critical Infrastructure. This support includes writing intelligence reports, briefing and informing senior leadership, and traveling to cyber tabletop exercises (CTTXs). This position is located at FANX.

The Ideal Candidate Will Be Responsible For

• Conducting advanced analysis of SIGINT collection, open source data, network data, and host data to ensure target community, profile targets and their activities, and develop techniques to gain more target information.
• Providing expert analytic support at both the network and host level to identify and characterize anomalies on USG networks. Possesses knowledge of target technologies and applies skills and knowledge of digital networks and the applications on them to determine how targets communicate, move, operate, and live.
• Applying geospatial analysis techniques against network packet information, computer OS system data, executable file data, host data, and metadata collected from tasked communication systems to identify anomalies, locate and track targets, and accurately report the intelligence gained from the analysis to characterize anomalies on USG networks.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in two (2) or more of the following:
  • Cryptanalytic work in military or intelligence community organization
  • Vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, incident response, network and/or host forensics
  • Computer Network Exploitation, Computer Network Attack
• Minimum of at least three (3) years of experience in three (3) or more of the following:
  • Microsoft Windows operating systems, systems internals, file attributes; Executable file analysis; File Hashing and fuzzy file hashing
  • Forensic analysis of Windows systems, Linux systems, or mobile devices
  • Commercial / GOTS tools for intrusion detection
  • Packet capture / evaluation, Network mapping / discovery
  • Industry standard system/network tools
  • Experience with NTOC/SID(S2) analysis and production working cyber adversary intrusion set/targets
• Active TS/SCI with Full-Scope Polygraph (with MPO)

Preferred Qualifications:

• BS degree in Electrical / Computer / Software Engineering, Mathematics, Information Systems, or STEM related