Computer Network Defense Analyst (CNDA)

CACI is seeking experienced Computer Network Defense Analysts (CNDAs) to support core Intelligence Community (IC) missions through our Next Generation Analysts portfolio. Our national security depends on technology as never before, and this dependence is growing at an ever-increasing rate. As a cyber professional in the intelligence community, you will work as part of a team on the frontlines against our cyber adversaries. Join us in helping advance our national security interests as part of the world’s most advanced team of cyber professionals.

Responsibilities:

As a Computer Network Defense Analyst (CNDA), you will:

• Use information collected from a variety sources (e.g., intrusion detection systems, firewalls, network traffic logs, and host system logs) to identify potential vulnerabilities, respond to cyber events that occur, and defend against events that might occur.  

• Help develop mitigations to strengthen network defenses and protect against attacks on network infrastructure devices or systems.

• Support a wide range of data transport possibilities, such as traditional wired networks, wireless transport (including Wi-Fi and cellular), collaborative platforms such as video teleconferencing, and the hardware and software that enable it all.

• Advance your career as you develop increasing expertise in networking protocols and architectures, cloud security, Internet of Things protocols, and advanced network security.

• Be part of a team, working together with government, military, and contractor personnel to develop shared understandings of intelligence needs, mission relevance, and areas of expertise.

• Apply your innate curiosity and analytical talent to form hypotheses, critically assess and choose analysis techniques, then query, merge, enrich, evaluate, and pivot within data to attain and share insights.

• Distill, document, contextualize and share your findings--including any new tradecraft that you develop--with teammates, stakeholders, and intelligence consumers.

Qualifications:

• Active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance

• STEM degree in Network Engineering, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, or related field. Extended military cyber training courses may be counted toward degree requirement.

• Relevant experience must be in computer or information systems design/development, programming, information/cyber/network security, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, computer forensics, information assurance, and/or systems engineering.

• Must also have experience in network or system administration. 

• Documented foreign language proficiency may count toward experience requirements.

• Specific labor category determined by years of experience + educational degrees and/or equivalencies.

*NextGen salaries are higher than national reflected average