Undersea Cable Infrastructure Analyst

Organizational-Development-Resource-Group; Arlington (VA); On-site; USD 115,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

ASET Partners LLC dba ASET Partners, an ODRG Company, seeks an Undersea Cable Infrastructure Analyst to assess resilience of national communications infrastructure in Arlington, VA. On-site work is required and Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility at hire is expected.

You will analyze undersea cables and terrestrial networks using the IMT and ArcGIS suite to determine fragility, routing changes, and outage implications for government and national security communications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 6 years of specialized experience or Master's plus 4 years or 10 years in lieu of degree.
• Performs geospatial data collection, analysis, interpretation, and management, and prepares presentations of the results.
• Provides analysis for homeland security mission areas including critical infrastructure protection using classified and open-source data.
• Leads technical demonstrations, exchanges, and presentations on the analysis produced.
• Provides guidance and work leadership to junior team members and stays current on geospatial technologies.
• Strong background in telecommunications with hands-on analysis of undersea cable systems, Internet routing, PSTN, or wireless networks.
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity and IT security.
• Intermediate or better proficiency with Esri ArcGIS for infrastructure mapping/analysis.
• Specialized experience in public switched network modeling and analysis methods, tools, data.
• Proven research, analysis, and technical writing; capable of briefing senior Government staff.

Responsibilities

• Plan and run studies of national and international communications infrastructure, with emphasis on undersea cables and backhaul.
• Assess availability, resilience, and performance of systems supporting NS/EP requirements.
• Study Internet/network architecture and evaluate datasets, tools, routing, and technologies.
• Analyze route diversity, COOP, and impacts to Government communications using data.
• Provide IMT-based analyses before/during/after NS/EP events; deliver analysis products weekly.

Skills

Geospatial analysis

Team leadership

Client-facing

Education

Bachelor's degree plus 6 years of specialized experience

Master's degree plus 4 years

Tools

Esri ArcGIS

Infrastructure Mapping Tool (IMT)

Job description

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Undersea Cable Infrastructure Analyst

Arlington, VA, US

2 days ago Requisition ID: 1027

Salary Range: $115,000.00 To $128,000.00 Annually

Position: Undersea Cable Infrastructure Analyst

Location: Classified (TS/SCI) work on-site in Arlington, VA and the NRCC as directed

Clearance: Active Top Secret clearance and eligible for SCI access at time of hire.

ASET Partners LLC dba ASET Partners, an ODRG Company, is hiring a full-time Undersea Cable Infrastructure Analyst to assess the resilience of the nation's undersea and terrestrial communications infrastructure for CISA's UCI/NDAC program.

About the role

You will analyze the undersea cables and connected terrestrial networks that carry U.S. and international communications, using CISA's Infrastructure Mapping Tool (IMT) and the Esri ArcGIS suite. Your work tells CISA where the network is fragile, how traffic would reroute, and what an outage would mean for government and national security communications.

You will triage questions from sectors and other DHS components, run infrastructure and Internet architecture studies, and brief findings to Government leads. During National Security and Emergency Preparedness (NS/EP) events, you will support analysis before, during, and after the event.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and run studies of the physical and logical characteristics of national and international communications infrastructure, with emphasis on undersea cables, landing stations, and their terrestrial backhaul.
• Assess availability, resilience, and performance of systems supporting NS/EP requirements, and quantify the benefit of proposed enhancements or mitigations.
• Study Internet and network architecture relevant to UCI, including next-generation networks that converge packet- and circuit-switched technologies; evaluate industry and academic datasets and tools, routing and performance metrics, and emerging network technologies.
• Analyze route diversity, COOP, and potential impacts to Government communications using Federal Government telecommunications usage and capacity data.
• Provide IMT-based analyses before, during, and after NS/EP events at Government direction, including surge support.
• Prepare an Analysis Decision Briefing for each assigned analysis and begin work only after COR and task-lead approval; deliver infrastructure and network analysis products weekly or as required.
• Monitor IMT accounts in accordance with clearance level, interface with sector representatives, respond to initial requests from sectors and DHS components, and do preliminary research before elevating to Government leads.
• Validate infrastructure data used in analyses.
• Attend meetings with industry and external agencies for note-taking, assessment, and information gathering.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree plus 6 years of specialized experience, or Master's degree plus 4 years, or 10 years of specialized experience in lieu of a degree (GTSS BPA Geospatial Analyst (Sr) minimums).
• Performs geospatial data collection, analysis, interpretation, and management, and prepares presentations of the results.
• Provides analysis and research for homeland security mission areas such as critical infrastructure protection, including assessments of current threats and trends drawn from classified and open-source information.
• Leads technical demonstrations, exchanges, and presentations on the analysis produced.
• Provides guidance and work leadership to junior team members and keeps current on emerging geospatial technologies and best practices.
• Strong background in a telecommunications discipline, with hands-on analysis of undersea cable systems, Internet routing, PSTN, or wireless networks.
• Working knowledge of cybersecurity and IT security.
• Intermediate or better proficiency with the Esri ArcGIS product suite for infrastructure mapping and analysis.
• Specialized experience in public switched network (Internet, PSTN, wireless) modeling and analysis methods, tools, and data.
• Proven research, analysis, and technical writing; able to triage questions about critical communications infrastructure quickly and brief senior Government staff.
• Familiarity with the National Response Framework, Emergency Support Function #2 (Communications), and related cyber initiatives.
• Personable and client-facing builds rapport with Government customers and teammates, communicates clearly, and works well on a small team.
• An active Top Secret clearance and eligible for SCI access at time of hire.