Senior Cyber Analyst

About the Role

Cherokee Strategic Edge (CSE) is seeking a Cyber Analyst (Cybersecurity Assessment) to support our government customer. This position requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance and is restricted to U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents.

Responsibilities

• Conducts complex analysis of interrelated cyber capability issues
• Develops and implements research and process improvements in collaboration with government leadership
• Leads teams in researching multifaceted or critical problems
• Provides guidance in selecting, designing, and applying analytic methodologies
• Reviews analytic products for cogent arguments, tradecraft standards, and adequate support for conclusions
• Performs other duties as may be assigned

Qualifications

• Ability to communicate understanding from information that may be incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and/or technically advanced
• Demonstrates ability to structure analysis based on trends in reporting and a range of analytic perspectives
• Experience collaborating with Intelligence Community (IC) members on information sharing, driving collection, and conflict resolution
• Mastery of qualitative and quantitative analytic methodologies
• Ability to define comprehensive research approaches for rigorous assessments
• In-depth analysis of analytic operations and knowledge management issues across organizational boundaries
• Ability to work independently with minimal oversight
• Must be a U.S. Citizen with an active Top Secret/SCI clearance and Counterintelligence polygraph (or ability to obtain)

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum of twelve (12) years of related experience, with at least two (2) years within the last two years
• Master’s degree in a related field or Bachelor’s degree with an additional five (5) years of experience (total 17 years)

Pay

Starting Salary Range: $130,000 – $160,000

Benefits

• Up to a 6% 401(k) company match
• Paid time off
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Basic life and AD&D insurance
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Paid holidays
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) options
• Professional development and certification support
• Voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness, and identity theft protection

Work Environment

Work is performed primarily in a climate-controlled environment. Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer; may occasionally require standing or moving about the office for extended periods.