Senior Technical Operations (Tech Ops) Support - USACIC

Celestar Corporation is seeking a Senior Technical Operations (Tech Ops) Support to support The U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) under the United States Army Counterintelligence Command (USACIC) Analytical Support Contract. The primary place of performance will be Fort Meade, MD. If interested and meet the qualifications, we encourage you to apply for this rewarding and impactful opportunity.

ANTICIPATED AWARD: April/May 2026

ANTICIPATED START: May 14, 2026

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 Base Year 4 Option Years

LOCATION: Fort Meade, MD

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT: Active TS/SCI

About Us

Celestar, a proud Veteran-Owned company, offers highly competitive salaries and benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes company-paid employee and family dental insurance, employee health insurance, life insurance, and disability coverage. Additionally, we provide a 401(k)-retirement plan with company matching, paid holidays, and personal time off.

Responsibilities

• The Technical Operations (Tech Ops) Support shall provide multi-level CCA team support, by providing technical analysis relating to computer systems, networking and non-standard technical solutions.
• Identifies, monitors, and assesses foreign intelligence efforts attempting collection of sensitive national security information on U.S. persons, activities and interests, including threats posed by emerging technologies to U.S. operations and interests.
• Applies understanding of foreign intelligence capabilities / activities and U.S. and foreign partner CI capabilities and TTPs for in-depth analytic research and production of all-source CI studies and contributes to developing CI strategies.
• Conducts, develops, produces, and presents programs of instruction in specified collection operations TTPs, and related or supporting processes, relevant to the various human intelligence and technical intelligence operations under DoD authorities.
• Graduate of in-residence Fundamentals of Intelligence Analysis course or Military Service equivalent.
• Conducts data analytics, data engineering, data mining, exploratory analysis, predictive analysis, and statistical analysis, and uses scientific techniques to correlate data into graphical written, visual and verbal narrative products, enabling more informed analytic decisions.
• Proactively retrieves information from various sources, analyzes it for better understanding about the data set, and builds AI tools that automate certain processes.
• Duties typically include: creating various ML-based tools or processes, such as recommendation engines or automated lead scoring systems. Performs statistical analysis, applies data mining techniques, and builds high quality prediction systems. Should be skilled in data visualization and use of graphical applications, including Microsoft Office (Power BI) and Tableau; major data science languages, such as R and Python; managing and merging of disparate data sources, preferably through R, Python, or SQL; statistical analysis; and data mining algorithms.
• Should have prior experience with large data Multi-INT analytics, ML, and automated predictive analytics.
• Support solutions in sister organizations. The Tech Ops section provides all manner of design and construction of tailor-made networks, tradecraft solutions, the support and maintenance of those products, as well as the support and maintenance of operational networks and systems.
• Support CI and CT investigations by providing research, design, and training personnel on internally designed technologies. The contractor shall evaluate emerging forensic technologies and provide operational security assessments.
• Monitor and maintain a misattribution network, utilize technical analysis to maintain the organization’s capabilities, establish internal capabilities to support forensic investigations and operations through data repositories to promote transparency and visibility across the organization, conduct technical analysis to validate operational loads.
  
  

Required Qualifications/skills

• Minimum education and years of experience requirements for the following:
• High School Diploma: 20 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
  
  

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• Associates Degree: 16 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
  
  

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• Bachelors Degree: 14 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years
  
  

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• Masters Degree or higher: 12 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years
• Must possess Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) or Cisco-based Networking Certifications such as Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) or security exploitation certifications such as Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) or EC-Council Certified Security Analyst (ECSA).
• DoD Risk Management Framework (RMF) equivalent qualifications are acceptable.
• Must possess a DoD 8570 Information Assurance Technician Level II Certification and
• 3 years of experience in programing language. Programming languages desired, C , PHP, JavaScript, Java, Python, Perl.
• Graduate of in-residence Fundamentals of Intelligence Analysis course or Military Service equivalent.
  
  

Come on board with a company that Values its Employees!

Celestar Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Celestar Corporation prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in employment based on race; color; religion; genetic information; national origin; sex (including same-sex); sexual orientation; gender identity; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; age; disability or handicap; citizenship status; marital status; service member/protected veteran status; or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.