Intelligence Specialist - Digital Network Exploitation Analyst

About the role

The Air Force Civilian Service (AFCS) is looking for two full-time Intelligence Specialists to perform as Digital Network Exploitation Analysts, working at the 375th Cyberspace Operations Squadron (COS), Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas. This position is a Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) position aligned under authorities of Section 1601, Chapter 83 of Title 10, United States Code and DoD Instruction 1400.25-V2007.

Responsibilities

In this position, you will serve as a senior technical and analytic authority for US Cyber Command’s (USCYBERCOM) Cyber Mission Forces analysis and reporting of foreign computer exploitation capabilities directed against the United States. You will conduct advanced analysis of collection and open-source data to ensure target continuity, to profile targets and their activities, and develop techniques to gain more target information. You will produce formal and informal reports, briefings, and perspectives of the behavior of adversaries against target systems, technologies, operations, and missions to reflect accurate and timely information that provides the situational awareness necessary to combatant commanders to successfully plan and conduct future operations.

Requirements

• Must be a U.S. Citizen
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a current “Top Secret” Security clearance with eligibility to gain access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)
• Must be able to meet NSA personnel security requirements as outlined in current policy
• Must be able to obtain and maintain access to NSA/CSS Texas facilities
• Must have at least a bachelor’s degree OR equivalent experience in an intelligence-related or professional/scientific related field

Qualifications

• Highly Desired: Advanced Intelligence related, or Professional Scientific degree
• Previous work experience in cyber and/or intelligence operations
• Completion of the Joint Cyber Analysis Course (JCAC)
• Extensive knowledge of the full range of USCYBERCOM, NSA/CSS, and allied military DNI and CNO disciplines, methodologies, exploitation methods, techniques, and practices
• Extensive knowledge of technology related to computers and digital networks, computer networking
• Ability to train others in this technology
• Skill in conducting unbiased complex research, identifying appropriate available systems/data sources, and producing processing and exploitation requirement assessments
• Skill in communicating effectively with others both orally and in writing

Skills

• Ability to maintain control of classified material, quickly assimilate disparate data, render knowledgeable and accurate assessments of the implication of such data, and make decisions, estimates, and recommendations under conditions of urgency and pressure based on mature judgment and experience
• Ability to plan, organize, and prioritize work to meet changing deadlines, to gather, assemble, and analyze facts, draw conclusions, conduct analysis, devise recommended solutions, and package the entire process in briefings, papers, or reports suitable for top management use and decision-making

Pay

Salary ($108,001 - $140,430) based on experience. May qualify for Targeted Local Market Supplement (TLMS) pay with a qualifying STEM degree. Relocation expenses may be paid.