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Senior CI/SME Instructor (ICDC)

Prescient Edge
Quantico, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/25/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/24/2026
Job Title
Senior CI/SME Instructor (ICDC)
Location
Quantico, VA 22134 US (Primary)
Category
Intelligence
Job Type
Full-Time
Career Level
Staff
Education
Master's Degree
Travel
Security Clearance Required
TS/SCI with CI Polygraph
Job Description

Prescient Edge is seeking a Senior CI/SME Instructor (ICDC) to support a federal government client.

Benefits:

At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

  • A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
  • Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
  • A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule. Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
  • A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.

Senior CI/SME Instructor (ICDC)

Description:

  • Investigations in a Cyber Domain Course (ICDC) Instructor.
  • CI Investigations in a Cyber Domain Course (ICDC) provides investigators with the knowledge necessary to detect, identify, disrupt, and gather evidence of Foreign Intelligence Entity (FIE) espionage and foreign terrorism related activities within the cyber domain.
  • ICDC provides foundational knowledge in digital theory, Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) nation state sponsored actors, the Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTP) employed by FIE threat actors, acquisition and analysis of network logs and associated artifacts, proper internet search techniques, and physical and digital evidence collection.
  • ICDC involves both online and in-residence instruction and is intended as a follow-on to the Defense Cyber Crime Center (DC3) Cyber Training Academy’s (CTA) Cyber Incident Response Course (CIRC), Windows Forensic Examinations (WFE) and Forensic Intrusions in a Windows Environment.
  • This course consists of classroom and practical exercises that frequently exceed 8-hour days.
Job Requirements

Required experience:

  • 5 years demonstrated experience conducting or supervising CI Investigations in cyberspace.
  • Must have demonstrated expertise in CI Investigations in a cyber environment, verifiable through demonstrated knowledge attained through a combination of industry training, DoD training, or academia; demonstrated skills attained through verifiable assignments exercising increased levels of responsibility.
  • Experience with Wireshark, Splunk, cloud-based web services, VMWare, Python (or other scripting languages), mobile, vehicle or wireless forensics, computer forensics methodology and tools (e.g., EnCase, FTK, Magnet Axiom), and memory and/or malware analysis.

Required education:

  • Must be a graduate from an accredited CI Special Agent credentialing school.
  • Demonstrated abilities through attaining industry or DoD recognized cyber security and/or digital forensics certifications.
  • Must have one of the following certifications, or an equivalent certification: Digital Media Collector, Digital Forensic Examiner, Cyber Crime Investigator, Network , Security , or Certified Ethical Hacker. DoD Windows Forensics Examiner or DoD Certified Computer Crime Investigator.
  • MA/MS degree.

Security Clearance:

  • Active TS security clearance and be eligible for SCI clearance with a poly or the ability to take one.

Location:

  • Quantico, VA.

 

 

 

 

Prescient Edge is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) founded as a counterintelligence (CI) and Human Intelligence (HUMINT) company in 2008. We are a global operations and solutions integrator delivering full-spectrum intelligence analysis support, training, security, and RD&E support solutions to the Department of Defense and throughout the intelligence community. Prescient Edge is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by law. We strive to foster equity and inclusion throughout our organization because we believe that diversity of thought is critical for creating a safe and engaging work environment while also enabling the organization’s success.

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