About the role
Summary
CTC Group is seeking Computer Network Defense Analysts (CNDA), levels 1-4, to use information collected from a variety of computer network defense resources (including, but not limited to, intrusion detection system alerts, firewall and network traffic logs, and host system logs) to identify, analyze, and report events that occur or might occur within their environment.
Responsibilities
* Help develop mitigations to strengthen network defenses and protect against attacks on network infrastructure devices or systems. * Support a wide range of data transport possibilities, such as traditional wired networks, wireless transport (including Wi-Fi and cellular), collaborative platforms such as video teleconferencing, and the hardware and software that enable it all. * Advance your career as you develop increasing expertise in networking protocols and architectures, cloud security, Internet of Things protocols, and advanced network security. * Be part of a team, working together with government, military, and contractor personnel to develop shared understandings of intelligence needs, mission relevance, and areas of expertise. * Apply your innate curiosity and analytical talent to form hypotheses, critically assess and choose analysis techniques, then query, merge, enrich, evaluate, and pivot within data to attain and share insights. * Distill, document, contextualize and share your findings--including any new tradecraft that you develop--with teammates, stakeholders, and intelligence consumers.
Qualifications
* Active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance * STEM degree in Network Engineering, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, or related field. * 18 semester hours of military training/ coursework in networking, computer science, or cyber topics is equivalent to an Associate's degree. * Relevant experience must be in computer or information systems design/development, programming, information/cyber/network security, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, computer forensics, information assurance, and/or systems engineering. Additionally, must have experience in network or system administration. * If not credited toward education requirements, completion of military training in a relevant area such as JCAC (Joint Cyber Analysis Course), Undergraduate Cyber Training (UCT), Network Warfare Bridge Course (NWBC)/Intermediate Network Warfare Training (INWT), Cyber Defense Operations will be considered towards relevant experience requirement (i.e., 20-24 week courses will count as 6 months of experience, 10-14 weeks will count as 3 months of experience). * Documented foreign language proficiency may count toward experience requirements.
Level 1 Requirements
Associate's degree plus 4 years of relevant experience. OR: Bachelor's degree or 2 years of relevant experience.
Level 2 Requirements
Associate's degree plus 7 years of relevant experience. OR: Bachelor's degree plus 5 years of relevant experience. OR: Master's degree plus 3 years of relevant experience. OR: Doctorate degree plus 2 years of relevant experience.
Level 3 Requirements
Associate's degree plus 10 years of relevant experience. OR: Bachelor's degree plus 8 years of relevant experience. OR: Master's degree plus 6 years of relevant experience. OR: Doctorate degree plus 4 years of relevant experience.
Level 4 Requirements
Associate's degree plus 13 years of relevant experience. OR: Bachelor's degree plus 11 years of relevant experience. OR: Master's degree plus 9 years of relevant experience. OR: Doctorate degree plus 7 years of relevant experience.
#CJ