Signals Analyst

Signals Analyst
- Mid to Experienced Level (MD,CO)

Denver/Aurora, CO || Fort George G. Meade Complex, MD

Pay Plan: GG, Grade: 11/1 to 14/10

Open: , Close:

Job Posting: 1259422

Signals Analysis is a cutting‑edge technical discipline that seeks to identify the purpose, content, and user(s) of signals. Given today’s rapidly evolving global communications, the NSA must maintain and develop a highly talented workforce of Signals Analysts who are a vital part of maintaining our technical capabilities to recover, understand, and derive intelligence from all manner of foreign signals.

Given today's rapid evolution of signals and advancements in adversarial technologies, the NSA must maintain and develop a highly talented workforce of SIGINT analysis professionals, e.g. Signals Analysts and Target Systems Analysts, spanning expertise in communications intelligence (COMINT), electronic intelligence (ELINT), foreign instrumentation signals intelligence (FISINT), and PROFORMA (formatted data communications) intelligence. These professionals play a vital part in maintaining our technical capabilities to recover, understand, exploit and derive intelligence from foreign communications and signals.

• Levy deep technical understanding of signal characteristics to determine signal structure, define signal parameters, identify signal content, and model signal behavior within the RF and digital domains.
• Transform signals between domains, and create processing models and scripts.
• Report technical characteristics of signals and maintain knowledge bases.
• Support access and follow‑on analytic activities.
• Analyze engineering and technical information related to weapon and space systems.
• Conduct target analysis and research.
• Use knowledge of customer requirements to collect, process, analyze and/or report on signals intelligence information.
• Identify and analyze signal waveforms (e.g., weapon systems or communication systems), bit streams (e.g., multiplexers, error correction, voice and video compression, or instrumentation systems), and/or protocols (e.g., link layer, network layer, or application layer).
• Develop software code to support analysis and/or processing using a variety of architectures and solutions.
• Report signal parametric data and intelligence information in databases, narrative reports, and oral presentations.
• Collaborate with collection managers, developers, analysts, and reporters to optimize resources, develop new solutions to analytic challenges, fuse multiple sources of information, and deliver critical intelligence to a variety of customers.

The qualifications listed are the minimum acceptable to be considered for the position. Degree must be in Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Science, a Physical Science, or a related technical field. A broader range of degrees will be considered for those who have completed a relevant military training program. Relevant experience must be in one or more of the following: signals analysis (COMINT, ELINT, FISINT or PROFORMA), or design and engineering of aerospace, communications, electronic or industrial systems.

FULL PERFORMANCE
- Entry is with a Bachelor's degree plus 3 years of relevant experience or a Master’s degree plus 1 year of relevant experience, or a Doctoral degree and no experience. A high school diploma or GED plus 7 years of relevant experience, or an Associate’s degree plus 5 years of relevant experience will be considered for applicants who have completed relevant military degree programs or completed relevant military training, for example, 9141 (Navy Intermediate Technical ELINT Analyst), 1N2A (Air Force Intermediate Technical ELINT Analyst), 451/461 (Intermediate Signals Analysis), 452 (Advanced Signals Analysis), or Military Signals Analysis Program (MSAP).

SENIOR
- Entry is with a Bachelor's degree plus 6 years of relevant experience or a Master’s degree plus 4 years of relevant experience or a Doctoral degree plus 2 years of relevant experience. A high school diploma or GED plus 10 years of relevant experience, or an Associate’s degree plus 8 years of relevant experience will be considered for applicants who have…