Operational Support Research Analyst Expert

About the role

The Expert-Level HUMINT Operational Support Research Analyst provides advanced research, analysis, operational support, and tradecraft-development expertise to enhance Human Intelligence (HUMINT) capabilities within the cyber domain. The analyst serves as a senior subject-matter expert responsible for translating operational experience, research findings, emerging cyber-domain challenges, and lessons learned into validated HUMINT best practices, tactics, techniques, procedures (TTPs), methodologies, training requirements, and enduring tradecraft.

The position supports operational planning and execution by conducting complex research, identifying operational and intelligence gaps, fusing human-centric information with cyber and digital-domain context, and developing products that are relevant, actionable, appropriately sourced, and responsive to mission requirements.

A primary responsibility is the systematic identification and capture of best practices and lessons learned through the Joint Lessons Learned Process (JLLP), operational observations, exercises, training events, and research activities. The analyst evaluates these observations, validates their applicability, develops recommended resolutions, assesses their effectiveness, and disseminates validated practices to improve HUMINT tradecraft across the organization.

Requirements

• Education: Master's in Information Technology
• Clearance: TS/SCI eligible and able to obtain and maintain a polygraph
• Years of Experience: 20+
• US Citizenship Required: Yes

Desired Skills

• Cybersecurity: risk analysis, vulnerability assessment, event correlation, antivirus and security product assessment, and attacker and defender methodologies.
• Analyst: In depth target development, full scope project handling, customer interfacing.
• Networking: TCP/IP Network Design, Analysis, Security, Installation, and troubleshooting.
• Application Development: Java, PowerShell
• Software Applications: Windows Sysinternals, Wireshark, Metasploit, Nmap, VMware/vSphere, Oracle VirtualBox, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Logstash, SecurityOnion, Pfsense, SPLUNK
• Desired Education: Joint Cyber Analysis Course; Digital Network Exploitation; Intermediate Cyber Core, and Defense and Counter Infiltration
• Security Operations & Engineering: Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA), Identity & Access Management (IAM), Continuous Monitoring, Purple/Red Teaming, Adversary Emulation, MITRE ATT&CK Framework, Cyber Kill Chain
• Technical Tools: ACAS/NESSUS, NMAP, Wireshark, SCAP, STIG
• Firewall Technologies: Cisco, Fortinet, Checkpoint
• Penetration Testing
• Experience Hunt Forward
• SOC enterprise level systems vulnerability analysis

Benefits

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.

Pay

The likely salary range for this position is $187,179 - $218,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Schedule

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 40

Travel Required: 25-50%

Telecommuting Options: Onsite

Work Location: USA MD Fort Meade