Target Digital Network Analyst (TDNA)

Gormat

$108K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in cryptanalysis within military or intelligence contexts.
  • Expertise in vulnerability assessment, penetration testing, incident response, and network or host forensics.
  • 3+ years of specific experience with Windows and Linux operating systems, including system internals and file analysis.
  • Proficient in forensic analysis of systems and mobile devices with commercial or government tools for intrusion detection.
  • Experience with packet capture and network discovery tools, along with NTOC/SID(S2) analysis.

Responsibilities

  • Conduct advanced SIGINT and open-source data analysis for target profiling and activity tracking.
  • Provide analytic support to identify and characterize network anomalies on government networks.
  • Utilize geospatial analysis techniques to assess network packet information and related metadata.
  • Report findings accurately to characterize digital anomalies in USG networks.
  • Travel to cyber tabletop exercises for hands-on collaborative defense strategies.

Benefits

  • Work in a role that significantly impacts national defense and cybersecurity efforts.
  • Opportunity to collaborate with seasoned professionals in the intelligence community.
  • Engagement with cutting-edge technology in the cybersecurity landscape.
Full Job Description
This is a projected vacancy expected to become available in October 2026.
We are seeking a Target Digital Network Analyst (TDNA) familiar with network-based adversary tactics, techniques, and procedures, network protocols, and common cyber vulnerabilities. This position will combine expert level research with analyzed intelligence community assessments and reports and open-source intelligence to support vulnerability discovery and mitigation efforts of United States National Defense platforms and Critical Infrastructure. This support includes writing intelligence reports, briefing and informing senior leadership, and traveling to cyber tabletop exercises (CTTXs)

The ideal candidate will be responsible for:
  • Conducting advanced analysis of SIGINT collection, open source data, network data and host data to ensure target community, to profile targets and their activities and develop techniques to gain more target information.
  • Provide expert analytic support at both network and host level to identify and characterize anomalies on USG networks. Possesses knowledge of target technologies and applies skills and knowledge of digital networks and the applications on them to determine how targets communicate, move, operate, and live.
  • Applies geospatial analysis techniques against network packet information, computer OS system data, executable file data, host data, and metadata collected from tasked communication system to identify anomalies, locate and track targets, and to accurately report the intelligence gained from the analysis to characterize anomalies on USG networks.

Qualifications:

- Minimum of 5 years of experience in 2 or more of the following:
  • Cryptanalytic work in military or intelligence community organization
  • Experience with either/or:
  • Vulnerability assessment, pen testing, incident response, analysis networks and / or host forensics
  • Computer Network Exploitation, Computer Network Attack

- Minimum of at least 3 years of experience in 3 or more of the following:
  • Microsoft windows operating systems, systems internals, file attributes; Executable file analysis; File Hasting and fuzzy file hashing
  • Forensic analysis of Windows systems, Linux systems or mobile devices
  • Commercial / GOTS tools for Intrusion detection
  • Packet capture / evaluation, Network mapping / discovery
  • Industry standard system/network tools
  • Experience with NTOC/SID(S2) analysis and production working cyber adversary intrusion set/targets

Preferred Qualifications:
  • BS degree in Electrical / Computer / Software Engineering, Mathematics, Information Systems or Stem Related

This is a projected vacancy expected to become available in October 2026.

TS/SCI with polygraph is required.

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