Target Analyst Reporter (TAR)

Responsibilities:

• The Target Analyst Reporter (TAR) shall provide synthesized product to customers by researching, analyzing and reporting intelligence via appropriate reporting vehicles, in response to Intelligence Community (IC) requirements and in accordance with NSA missions of Signals Intelligence, Information Assurance and Computer Network operations. Prioritize, assess, evaluate and report information obtained from passive and active collection, network evaluation and analysis, and from related collateral sources (for example IMINT, MASINT, HUMINT, open source and others as needed).
• Maintain awareness of internal and external customer needs.
• Collaborate with other collectors and analysts to refine collection and reporting requirements.
• Share target-related information, and provide feedback to customers as appropriate.
• Issue appropriate products that relay; developments, trends, indications, warnings and/or situational awareness regarding specific targets, as well as, countermeasures and courses of action, if applicable.
• Help develop databases or working aids on target activity to enhance and build target knowledge and improve collection to execute NSA and the Intelligence Community's missions.
• Perform content quality control and/or product releaser functions
• Responsible for producing intelligence products to customers by researching, analyzing, and reporting intelligence via appropriate reporting vehicles.
• Support Signals Intelligence, Information Assurance and Computer Network Operations. Prioritize, assess, evaluate and report information obtained from passive and active collection, network evaluation and analysis, and from collateral sources (ie MASINT, IMINT, HUINT, Open Source, etc).
• Issue products that relay developments, trends, indications, warnings, and/or situational awareness regarding specific targets. Perform content quality control and/or product releaser functions for customer reports.

Required:

• ACTIVE AND CURRENT TS.SCI with FSP through MD

Minimum 7 YOE in 2 of the following areas:

• Computer Network Exploitation
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Penetration Testing
• Incident Response
• Network and/or server forensics
• Cryptanalytic work in military or intelligence community organization
• Cryptology in military or intelligence community organization

Minimum two (2) years of experience in one (1) or more of the following:

• Development of exploits for Microsoft Windows operating systems
• Development of exploits for UNIX operating systems
• Development of exploits for personal computer device/mobile device operating systems (e.g., Android, Blackberry, iOS)
• Software Reverse Engineering to include use of code disassemblers (e.g., IDA Pro) and debugging unknown code (e.g. Ollydbg)
• Analysis of code in memory, including analysis of RAM snapshots, Windows crash dump files, and/or UNIX kernel dumps
• Implementing networks with IPv6 protocols

Minimum one (1) year of experience in two (2) or more of the following:

• File Hashing and Fuzzy FileHashing (e.g., ssdeep, fciv, and md5deep)
• Commercial, open source or GOTS tools for intrusion detection (e.g., Snort, BroIDS)
• Packet capture/evaluation (e.g., tcpdump, ethereal/wireshark, NOSEHAIR)
• Network mapping/discovery (e.g.,nmap, TRICKLER)
• Industry standard system/network tools (e.g., netcat, netstat, traceroute, rpcinfo, nbtscan, snmpwalk, Sysinternals suite)

Proven Experience needed:

• Synthesizing information from multiple sources
• Writing, editing, or producing senior level technical / analytic reports products related to signals intelligence or information assurance
• Reviewing products to ensure conformance to Reporting standards
• Experience handling sensitive reporting and checking of work products prior to dissemination
• Complying with legal and regulatory intelligence and information assurance policies
• Provide guidance, mentoring, feedback on written reports
• Communicating target and/or technical information in a manner that satisfies customer requirements
• Recognizing the relevance of findings by extracting contextual intelligence information from various sources
• Techniques and tools for collecting, analyzing and documenting information
• Compliance Review ( standards, laws, directives)
• Excellent analysis, problem solving, critical thinking skills
• Must be able to work independently; Ability to multi task
• Excellent written and oral communication skills

Education:

BS Degree in STEM will account for 4 years; but there is NO DEGREE requirement