Staff Red Cell Analyst

The Staff Red Cell Analyst (CYBER) is responsible for the overall conduct and management of specific vulnerability assessments for the DoD Red Team, to include gathering information based on cyber program objectives, identifying gaps in information gathering, and prioritizing courses of action pertaining to the assessment. The Staff Red Cell Analyst is responsible for researching, reviewing, editing, planning, preparing, integrating and publishing all-source studies, plans, and/or products relating to specific programs. The Staff Red Cell Analyst will perform the duties as the core subject matter expert (SME) in intelligence analysis and production in a variety of complex data topics related to various threats to national security.

Responsibilities/Tasks - The Staff Red Cell Analyst (Cyber) shall:

• Research the structure, ideology, intentions, tactics, and capabilities of adversarial organizations to develop threat characterization
• Identify information requirements, develop assessment strategies and collection plans, identify information sources, and develop and conduct Open Source research, analysis, and fusion of relevant information to emulate adversarial planning capabilities
• Characterize systems and conduct nodal analysis, identify essential functions/tasks and critical assets necessary to perform them as determined by the assessment program plan
• Facilitate timely information management flow from DoD Red Team partners and other entities supporting DoD Red Team operations
• Develop courses of action an adversary may employ against customer personnel, equipment, facilities, networks, information and information systems, infrastructure, and supply chains. Identify critical nodes/links or other targets and the effects of other environmental characteristics on course of action development
• Support field assessments from an adversary perspective
• Synthesize findings to support vulnerability identification, course of action development, protection studies, trend analyses, risk analysis, and mitigation strategies
• Develop a comprehensive understanding of the implications of vulnerabilities discovered by the other specialists and fuse those findings with the systems analysis and determine impacts to the national and military missions they support
• Prepare activity reports including out briefs, Senior Leader briefs, Interim progress reports and briefs, white papers, After Action Reviews, Final Reports, Risk Analysis reports, and other documents necessary to convey assessment findings to customers, partners, and other stakeholders

Staff Red Cell Analyst Required Clearance:

• A Top Secret clearance with current SCI eligibility

Staff Red Cell Analyst Required Skills/Qualifications:

• Proficient in understanding, analyzing and summarizing comprehensive and complex technical, contractual, and research information/data
• Demonstrated expertise performing information/data collection, analysis, and fusion
• Excellent analytical, communications-both oral and written, and project management experience

Staff Red Cell Analyst Desired Skills/Qualifications:

• 8-10 years of experience in lieu of a degree
• Subject matter expertise in one or more of the following areas: Cyber Threat analyst; cyber planner experience; IAT II/III; All Source Analyst; Information Operations/CI Analyst; Geo-Spatial Analyst; Network Analyst (Physical); Threat/Target Analysis; Cyber Analyst (Logical); Insider Threat Analyst; Social Media/Big Data/Deep (Dark) Web Analyst
•  Experience analyzing cyber threats targeting critical infrastructure systems and services, including communications, navigation systems, and supporting ground infrastructure
• Demonstrated ability to assess risks and identify emerging trends associated with threats to mission-critical assets and their supporting networks
•  Proven track record preparing and delivering cyber threat intelligence briefings to senior leadership, technical teams, and cross-functional committees
•  Strong background in developing and recommending practical mitigations to address identified cyber threats to essential systems and operations
• Experience providing analytical support to one or more special operations forces (SOF) units or commands is strongly desired
• Tactical or operational level experience operating in a deployed environment is strongly desired

Who is ARA?

Do you want to work for a purpose? Applied Research Associates, Inc. (aka ARA) is an employee-owned international research and engineering company. We have been providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences since 1979. ARA has over 2,265 employee-owners and continues to grow rapidly. Together, our offices throughout the U.S. and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense, civil, and health technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement.

ARA also prides itself, on having a challenging culture where innovation & experimentation are the norm. The motto, “Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit” sums up the ARA experience. Employee ownership ensures you have a voice in what happens in the company.

To find out more about what the Intelligence, Surveillance & Reconnaissance Division has to offer, visit our website at: https://www.ara.com/benefits/