Digital Network Exploitation Analyst**up to $20k sign-on bonus after six-months on contract**

Digital Network Exploitation Analyst  

Clearance: Must have active Top Secret SCI with Full-Scope Poly 

Location: Annapolis Junction, MD  

As cyber threats evolve and proliferate at a rapid pace, Altamira Technologies are very involved in cyber network operations (CNO) and enabling information superiority. We help our customers prepare, defend, and sustain their cyber missions and protect their enterprises against cyber threats.  Altamira is seeking Digital Network Exploitation Analysts (DNEAs) of all skill levels for a variety of roles to support core Intelligence Community (IC) missions. Our national security depends on technology as never before, and this dependence is growing at an ever-increasing rate. As a cyber professional in the intelligence community, you will work as part of a team on the frontlines against our cyber adversaries. Altamira needs cyber professionals with technical expertise and a driving desire to remain at the forefront of their field. These opportunities will give you the chance to showcase your talent and expertise while working on the cutting edge of national cybersecurity missions. Join us in helping advance our national security interests as part of the worlds most advanced team of cyber professionals.  As a Digital Network Exploitation Analyst, you will:  

• Evaluate target opportunities using all source data to understand and map target networks, and to assist in developing detailed exploitation and operations plans.
• Analyze SIGINT and cybersecurity data at multiple levels up and down the OSI network stack and bring a solid understanding of logical/physical IP core infrastructure, communication devices and how they connect to networks, and the traffic movements in a network.
• Develop new tradecraft needed to perform this analysis as technologies evolve.
• Work 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.

Qualifications  Education:  Degree in Computer Science. Degree in related fields (e.g., Engineering, Mathematics) may be considered relevant if programs contain a concentration of courses in the following foundational CS areas: algorithms, computer architecture (not network architecture), programming methodologies and languages, data structures, logic and computation, and advanced mathematics (for example, calculus, discrete mathematics). Information Technology (IT) and Information Security (IS) degrees may be considered relevant if the programs contain the amount and type of coursework equivalent to a Computer Science (CS) major.   Relevant Experience   Relevant experience must be in computer or information systems design/development/analysis roles. In addition, it 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) may be considered towards the relevant experience requirement (i.e., 24-week JCAC course may count as 6 months of experience).  

• Active TS/SCI with polygraph
• Specific labor category determined by years of experience + educational degrees:

Level 1  

• 2 years applicable experience with a bachelor’s degree, OR
• 4 years applicable experience with associate 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 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 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