Staff Red Cell Analyst

ARA Career•Fort Belvoir, VA

17d

About The Position

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

Requirements

A Top Secret clearance with current SCI eligibility
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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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