Target Digital Network Analyst (TDNA)

Planet Works, Inc; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Planet Works, Inc. seeks a Target Digital Network Analyst (TDNA) with active TS clearance and polygraph, plus eight years of relevant experience. JCAC completion may offset degree requirements. Expertise in Ghidra/IDA Pro is helpful for advanced analysis tasks.

Responsibilities include conducting open-source data analysis to generate insights, maintaining targeting databases, and using multiple analytical disciplines to identify gaps and improve collection effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Active TS clearance with polygraph.
• AMOD tools experience.
• Bachelor’s degree plus eight (8) years of relevant experience.
• JCAC completion may offset lack of a degree.

Responsibilities

• Expertise with Ghidra and/or IDA Pro is helpful.
• Analyze collection and open-source data to generate insights and leads.
• Maintain databases for targeting, tasking, and analysis.
• Employ multiple analysis disciplines such as pattern recognition against targets’ communications, network usage and digital footprints.
• Identify intelligence gaps to tailor current collection or enable new collection to close the gaps.

Skills

Ghidra/IDA Pro

Open-source data analysis

Targeting databases

Analysis disciplines

Pattern recognition

Network usage analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

JCAC completion offset degree

8 years relevant experience

Tools

AMOD tools

Job description

Target Digital Network Analyst (TDNA)

The ideal candidate for this position must possess the following:

• Active TS clearance with polygraph.
• AMOD tools experience.
• A bachelor’s degree plus eight (8) years of relevant experience.
• Additional work experience or completion of JCAC (Joint Cyber Analysis Course) may be utilized to offset a lack of a degree.

The ideal candidate for this position should possess the following skills:

• Expertise with Ghidra and/or IDA Pro is helpful.
• Conduct advanced analysis of collection and open-source data to generate insights and leads, ensure target continuity, profile targets and their activities and develop techniques to gain additional target information.
• Maintain appropriate databases for targeting, tasking, and analysis.
• Employ multiple analysis disciplines such as pattern recognition against targets’ communications, network usage and digital footprints.
• Identify intelligence gaps to tailor current collection or enable new collection to close the gaps.