Exploitation Analyst (EA) Level 1-4

Sentar•Annapolis Junction, MD

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Sentar is seeking Exploitation Analyst's in Ft. Meade. Role Description: Apply your deep understanding of adversary networks, network defenses, and cyber network operational capabilities to develop exploitation plans and make operational adjustments as plans are executed. 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.

Requirements

Active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance.
Degree in Network Engineering, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, or related field (e.g., General Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Forensics, Cyber Security, Software Engineering, Information Assurance, or Computer Security).
18 semester hours of military training/coursework in networking, computer science, or cyber topics is equivalent to an associates degree.
Relevant experience in computer or information systems design/development/analysis.
Experience may also include engineering hardware and/or software, programming, computer/network security, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, computer forensics, information assurance, systems engineering, and/or network and systems administration.
Completion of military training in a relevant area such as JCAC (Joint Cyber Analysis Course) will be considered towards the relevant experience/education requirement (i.e., 24-week JCAC course will count as 6 months of experience).
In some cases, foreign language proficiency may also be used to satisfy experience requirements; recent Interagency Language Roundtable (ILR) scores are required to substantiate your proficiency level.
Level 1: 2 years applicable experience with bachelor’s degree, OR 4 years applicable experience with associate degree, OR 6 years applicable experience without degree.
Level 2: 2 years applicable experience with a PhD, OR 3 years applicable experience with a master’s degree, OR 5 years applicable experience with a bachelor’s degree, OR 7 years applicable experience with an associate's degree, OR 9 years applicable experience without a degree.
Level 3: 4 years applicable experience with a PhD, OR 6 years applicable experience with a master’s degree, OR 8 years applicable experience with a bachelor’s degree, OR 10 years applicable experience with an associate's degree, OR 12 years applicable experience without a degree.
Level 4: 7 years applicable experience with a PhD, OR 9 years applicable experience with a master’s degree, OR 11 years applicable experience with a bachelor’s degree, OR 13 years applicable experience with an associate degree, OR 15 years applicable experience without a degree.

Responsibilities

Develop exploitation plans based on understanding of adversary networks, network defenses, and cyber network operational capabilities.
Make operational adjustments to exploitation plans as they are executed.
Collaborate with government, military, and contractor personnel to understand intelligence needs, mission relevance, and areas of expertise.
Form hypotheses, critically assess and choose analysis techniques.
Query, merge, enrich, evaluate, and pivot within data to attain and share insights.
Distill, document, contextualize, and share findings, including any new tradecraft developed, with teammates, stakeholders, and intelligence consumers.

Benefits

Voluntary Medical, Dental, Vision, with Health Savings or Flexible Spending Plan options
Voluntary Life, Critical Illness, Accident, and Long Term Care insurance options
Group Term Life, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability is provided by Sentar to all qualifying employees
Generous 401(k) match
Competitive PTO plan that graduates quickly with years of service
Other leave programs; holiday schedule along with bereavement, maternity, jury and military duty
Mental health awareness programs
Tuition reimbursement
Professional development reimbursement
Recognition and Awards programs