Job Duties

• Identify vulnerabilities of and attacks to the design and operation of a system (H/W, S/W, personnel, procedures, logistics, and physical security) by relating vulnerabilities and attacks to effects on the operations and missions supported by those systems
• Compare and contrast various system attack techniques and develop operationally effective countermeasures
• Produce formal and informal reports, briefings, and perspectives of actual and potential attacks against the technologies being studied

Required Skills:

• US Citizens Only
• Active TS/SCI Clearance and Polygraph required
• Information Assurance Certification may be required
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience and a Doctoral degree or three (3) years of relevant experience and a Master’s degree or five (5) years of relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree or seven (7) years of relevant experience and an Associate’s degree required.
• Degree must be in Computer Science or related field (e.g., General Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Forensics, Cyber Security, Information Technology, Information Assurance, and Information Security)
• 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
• Network and system administration may account for some, but not all, of the experience
• Completion of military training in a relevant area such as Joint Cyber Analysis Course (JCAC), Undergraduate Cyber Training (UCT), Network Warfare Bridge Course (NWBC)/Intermediate Network Warfare Training (INWT), Cyber Defense Operations will be considered towards the relevant experience requirement