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Computer Network Defense (CND) Analyst

CTC Group
Fort Meade, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 11/7/2025 CLOSED ON 12/19/2025

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Computer Network Defense (CND) Analyst position at CTC Group?

Summary

CTC Group is seeking Computer Network Defense (CND) Analysts, 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.


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Why CTC Group?

As a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB), we recognize that successful partnerships are based on open and direct communication, mutual respect, and the ability to adapt to evolving capabilities. Our cleared employees bring decades of experience supporting customers in the Intelligence and Defense communities. We specialize in providing engineering, technical, operational support, and training services to Federal government, and Mission Operations.

CTC Group provides a comprehensive benefits package that includes, but is not limited to, Health/Dental/Vision, 401k, PTO and holiday pay, disability and life insurance. To learn more about our benefits, click here.

CTC Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, physical disability, genetic information, mental disability, age, military status or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran, marital status, registered domestic partner status, gender (including sex stereotyping), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer related or HIV/AIDS related) or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

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