CI Cyber Threat Analyst IV Security Clearance

CI Cyber Threat Analyst IV with Security Clearance

Job Type: Full‑time

Primary

Location:

Springfield, VA and St. Louis, MO

Clearance:
Active TS/SCI. Ability to work remotely:
No.

The Senior CI Cyber Threat Analyst will ensure all required reports are complete with minimal errors and that all processes, activities, and reports are conducted within established time frames. The analyst will ensure team members are trained in and follow current standard operating procedures while contributing to annual production requirements including weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual cyber threat reports.

• Produce weekly actionable Technical CI (Cyber) status reports in collaboration with teammates, NGA partners and intelligence community peers; provide relevant input for 36 weekly cyber status reports due NLT 0800 each Monday morning.
• Produce monthly Technical CI threat reports for non‑quarterly/non‑annual report months; provide relevant input for 8 monthly reports due NLT 5th day of each applicable month.
• Produce quarterly Technical CI threat reports in collaboration with teammates, NGA partners and Intelligence Community peers; provide relevant input for three quarterly reports due NLT 5th day of January, April, and July.
• Produce relevant input to the CI Cyber Branch annual Cyber Threat Assessment in collaboration with teammates, NGA partners and Intelligence Community peers; annual assessment due NLT 11 December.
• Produce a minimum of 9 Intelligence Information Reports (IIRs) within the fiscal year from data collected by the Technical CI team, NGA cybersecurity personnel, or partner agencies.
• Perform inquiries of anomalous activity using automated investigative tools (e.g., M3, Palantir, TAC, ARCSIGHT, RSA Security Analytics, CCD, QLIX, TIDE or Criss Cross).
• Provide Technical CI advice and expertise in support of CI inquiries, operations and issues.
• Develop leads by detecting anomalous activity, conducting open source and classified research, and liaison with internal and external partners.
• Conduct research, evaluate collection, and perform analysis on Technical CI intelligence topics of interest to leadership, analysts and customers.
• Demonstrate ability to draw high‑quality, appropriate and objective conclusions from information in a timely manner.
• Research, analyze, and synthesize All‑Source data to identify patterns, commonalities, and linkages.
• Demonstrate current subject‑matter expertise on Technical CI issues, threats and trends (e.g., Cyber threats and Technical Surveillance threats).
• Demonstrate proficiency in bottom‑line‑up‑front (BLUF) writing and produce clearly written, properly sourced and grammatically correct intelligence products that adhere to established style guide and template standards.
• Display ability to collaborate with internal NGA and external IC/Cyber community members.
• Coordinate CI Cyber activities originating from Enterprise Incident Response Events.
• Conduct liaison between CI Office, Insider Threat, Cyber Security Operations Center (CSOC), other NGA Offices, and IC/DoD partners as applicable to the CI Cyber Mission.
• Perform threat analysis, threat forecasts, threat alerts, and recommend countermeasures.

• Minimum of 11 years Threat Analysis experience, of which at least 5 years include Technical Threat Analysis experience or cyber investigations.
• Possess or obtain DoD 8570.01‑M Information Assurance (IA) II certification within one calendar year of assignment at the sole expense of the vendor.
• Active TS/SCI clearance required.

• Credentialed graduate of an accredited federal or DoD CI training academy.
• Bachelor’s degree in science, technology, engineering or mathematics disciplines.
• Post‑graduate degree in science, technology, engineering or mathematics disciplines.
• Knowledge and understanding of foreign adversaries’ security and intelligence services, terrorist organizations, and threats posed to US Government.
• Experience translating Government vision into understandable and achievable measures.
• Experience using supervisory skills to coach teammates to achieve objectives.
• Ability to monitor and track progress toward achievable measures.

Standard office environment with extended periods of computer work.

Minimal travel may be required.

Obsidian Solutions Group is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, protected veteran status, and any other non‑merit factor, or any other characteristic protected by law.