Senior Threat Cyber Analyst - CASS

Celestar Corporation is seeking a Senior Threat Cyber Analyst to support The U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) Cyber Analysis Support Services (CASS) Contract. The primary place of performance will be in Charlottesville, VA. If interested and meet the qualifications, we encourage you to apply for this rewarding and impactful opportunity.

ANTICIPATED AWARD: February/March 2026
ANTICIPATED START: March 2026
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 Base Year + 4 Option Years
LOCATION: Charlottesville, VA

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT: Active TS/SCI

About Us:

Celestar, a proud Veteran-Owned company, offers highly competitive salaries and benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes company-paid employee and family dental insurance, employee health insurance, life insurance, and disability coverage. Additionally, we provide a 401(k)-retirement plan with company matching, paid holidays, and personal time off.

Responsibilities:

·         The Senior Threat Cyber Analyst will produce written all-source assessments based on science and technology analysis of cyber threats to US systems.

·         Provide tailored cyber threat assessments of US Army systems based on the most current intelligence available specific to the technologies utilized in current and future systems.

·         Provide tailored assessments of specific foreign threat cyber capabilities including

forecasts for future capabilities.

·         Drive collection to provide the specific technical data required to assess threat cyber capabilities.

·         Continually interface with and provide briefings to customers needing threat cyber science and technology analysis and discussion about their specific technical issues.

Required qualifications/skills:

·         Minimum 12 years of experience related to the specific labor category with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years with a master’s degree.

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·         A minimum of 17 years of experience related to the specific labor category with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years with a bachelor’s degree.

·         Must be certified in at least one of the following: Security+, Network+, or CompTIA.

·         Must be certified in any of the following certifications: CSSLP, CISSP, ISSEP, CASP, CAP, GSLC, CISM, or DOD/DHS/NSA approved equivalent training.

·         Experience in applying knowledge of the principles, concepts, and techniques of cybersecurity to produce targeted S&TI products to describe foreign cyber capabilities to target US computer networks and weapon systems.

·         Specifically includes ability to apply knowledge of people, processes, and technology to understand cyber threats to US systems. Identifies customer

requirements, Intelligence Community (IC) priorities, intelligence gaps, collection opportunities, and new technology or system developments to plan analytical products.

·         This analysis requires a strong working knowledge of the cyber-kill chain, cyber-threat vectors and typical malware and threat actor behavior (TTPs) and ability to identify cybersecurity issues, configurations and incidents across a wide range of systems, devices, and computing environments.

·         The contracted team as a whole, shall need to provide subject matter expertise with high degree of experience in the following:

o    Network device and configuration technology

o    Protocols

o    Cloud

o    Risk management

o    Technical threats (malware, zero day, application, wireless)

o    Vulnerabilities (penetration testing, fuzzing, secure coding, device encryption, physical and logical layers)

o    Secure software development Operating systems (including Windows, Linux, QNX, and RTOS)

o    Virtualization

o    Data protection

o    Intrusion detection

o    Signature detection

o    Incident response/recovery

o    Access control

o    Authentication

o    Cryptography

o    Penetration testing

o    Digital forensics

o    Embedded system design

Come on board with a company that Values its Employees!

Celestar Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The Celestar Corporation prohibits discrimination, harassment, and retaliation in employment based on race; color; religion; genetic information; national origin; sex (including same-sex); sexual orientation; gender identity; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; age; disability or handicap; citizenship status; marital status; service member/protected veteran status; or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.