Target Digital Network Analyst (TDNA), Lead Associate

Peraton • Fort Meade, MD

46d • $104,000 - $166,000

About The Position

Peraton's Cyber Mission supplies the Intel community with mission essential Next Generation SIGINT Analysts and Cyber professionals that support and defend our nation's security. Be part of a team of SIGINT, Intelligence and Cyber professionals that are supplying our nation with leading Next Generation cybersecurity solutions. We deliver unique intelligence, analytics, and data management solutions to address the world's most difficult challenges. We are seeking Next Generation, Target Digital Network Analysts (TDNA2) to support our mission to defend and protect our national security. Duties may include: Conduct advanced analysis of collection and open-source data to generate insights and leads Ensure target continuity, profile targets and their activities, and develop techniques to gain additional target information Maintain appropriate databases for targeting, tasking, and analysis Identify intelligence gaps to tailor current collection or enable new collection to close the gaps Employ multiple analysis disciplines such as pattern recognition against targets' communications, network usage and digital footprints Apply your knowledge and understanding of IC needs and missions Work as part of a team, 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 #AJ

Requirements

• 9 years' experience without a degree OR 7 years' experience with an associate degree OR 5 years' experience with a bachelor's degree OR 3 years' experience with a master's degree OR 1 years' experience with a PhD
• Relevant experience must be in conducting cyber intelligence analysis, next generation analysis, digital network analysis, or SIGINT analysis to include target development, social network analysis, metadata analysis, knowledge of customer tool sets and databases
• Foreign language proficiency and Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT) scores may be considered as relevant experience.
• Active TS/SCI security clearance with a current polygraph is required

Nice To Haves

• Ability to analyze and produce intelligence information through adding, updating, or enhancing information in mission relevant databases
• Ability to conduct target research and analysis and analysis of metadata
• Ability to identify target communications within the global network
• Ability to create and maintain documentation of analysis, tradecraft, research, and knowledge
• Ability to provide formal/informal analysis training in all forms including on-the-job training, creation of video training artifacts, and physical/virtual classroom training
• Ability to work with others across analysis disciplines to produce the best possible results and follow oversight and compliance requirements

Responsibilities

• Conduct advanced analysis of collection and open-source data to generate insights and leads
• Ensure target continuity, profile targets and their activities, and develop techniques to gain additional target information
• Maintain appropriate databases for targeting, tasking, and analysis
• Identify intelligence gaps to tailor current collection or enable new collection to close the gaps
• Employ multiple analysis disciplines such as pattern recognition against targets' communications, network usage and digital footprints
• Apply your knowledge and understanding of IC needs and missions
• Work as part of a team, 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

Benefits

• Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and participation in an attractive bonus plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees