Junior Cyber Analyst

Cyber Analyst - Junior

This position requires an active TS/Sensitive Compartmental Information (SCI) clearance.

Cherokee Insights is seeking a Cyber Analyst to provide junior-level cyber analysis to identify, assess, and disrupt threats to cleared industry, cleared personnel, DOD, and Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA).

Compensation & Benefits:

Pay commensurate with experience.

Full time benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, and other possible benefits as provided. Benefits are subject to change with or without notice.

Cyber Analyst - Junior Responsibilities Include:  

• Facilitate USG responses to adversary action and insider threats by sharing threat indicators and enabling responsive measures from other agencies and services. 

• Develop cyber capabilities and processes that illuminate threats, enhance awareness, and enable customer response. 

• Operationalize an enterprise security risk management methodology across Government and industry stakeholders.

• Provide CI Cyber analytic support to the JCITS via validation and ingest of IOC.

• Author and/or support cyber threat products and briefings that illuminate threats and enhance awareness.

• Produce ARs from MIRs with analytic assessments in DCSA system of record.

• Author Shared Indicator Bulletins that adhere to IC standards and reveal emerging trends in FIE targeting, issues of strategic significance, and/or actionable information against FIE threats.

• Support analytic production on classified CI Cyber threat products that highlight emerging trends in FIE targeting, issues of strategic, and/or actionable information against FIE threats.

• Provide support to CI Cyber threat analysis briefs.

• Collaborate, coordinate, and engage with customers, stakeholders, and the CI cyber community to share threat information, promote integration, enhance awareness, and enable customer response.

• Support CI cyber engagements or working groups.

• Distribute DC3 MIRs to DCSA Field Personnel.

• Publish mission area related IIR evaluations/SDR for all finished CI cyber analytic products.

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Cyber Analyst - Junior Experience, Education, Skills, Abilities requested:  

• Current TS/SCI security clearance

• Desired to have a minimum 3 years of experience related to the Cyber Analyst role with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.

• Preferred to have a Bachelor's degree

  • An additional 4 years of experience for a total of 7 years of experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree. 

• Must have an active Top Secret / SCI level security clearance. 

• Working knowledge of the concepts involved in the specific functions outlined in the specified labor category description.

• Knowledgeable of and demonstrates ability to apply Intelligence Community (IC) and DoD classification guidelines and procedures.

• Able to work semi-independently with oversight and direction.

• Use logic when evaluating and synthesizing multiple sources of information. 

• Demonstrates understanding of interpreting analysis to include, but not limited to, its meaning, importance, and implications.

• Ability to defend analytic judgements with sound, logical conclusions and adapt analytic judgments when presented with new information, evolving conditions, or unexpected developments.

• Produce timely, logical, and concise analytic reports, documents, assessments, studies, and briefing materials in formats including

• Microsoft Office tools (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.), electronic/ soft copy matrices and/ or web-enabled formats.

• Demonstrates ability to communicate complex issues clearly in a concise and organized manner both verbally and non-verbally; with strong grammar skills.

• Proficiency using Microsoft Office tools.

• Ability to develop structured research including, but not limited to, obtaining, evaluating, organizing, and maintaining information within security and data protocols.

• Able to recognize nuances and resolve contradictions and inconsistencies in information.

• Working knowledge using complex analytic methodologies, such as structured analytic techniques or alternative approaches, to examine biases, assumptions, and theories to eliminate uncertainty, strengthen analytic arguments, and mitigate surprise. 

• Structured analytic techniques include, but not limited to, Analysis of Competing Hypotheses, Devil's Advocacy, High-Impact/ Low-Impact Analysis, Red Team Analysis and Alternative Futures Analysis.

• Understanding of intelligence collection capabilities and limitations, to include but not limited to, technical sensors/ platforms and human intelligence sources related to the labor category.

• Demonstrates understanding of evaluating collected intelligence reporting, engaging with collection managers, and developing collection requirements.

• Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal

Company Information:

Cherokee Insights (Insights) is a part of Cherokee Federal – the division of tribally owned federal contracting companies owned by Cherokee Nation Businesses. As a trusted partner for more than 60 federal clients, Cherokee Federal LLCs are focused on building a brighter future, solving complex challenges, and serving the government’s mission with compassion and heart. To learn more about Insights , visit cherokee-federal.com.

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Cherokee Federal is a military friendly employer. Veterans and active military transitioning to civilian status are encouraged to apply.

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Legal Disclaimer:  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability or any other status protected under applicable federal, state or local law. Many of our job openings require access to government buildings or military installations. Candidates must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal.

Many of our job openings require access to government buildings or military installations. Candidates must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal.

As required by our governmental client, this position requires being a US Citizen AND an active TS/Sensitive Compartmental Information (SCI) clearance.