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As a Computer Network Defense Analyst (CNDA), you will use information collected from a variety sources to identify potential vulnerabilities, respond to cyber events, and defend against events that might occur. Help develop mitigations to strengthen network defenses and protect against attacks on network infrastructure devices or systems. Your work may span the gamut of data transport possibilities. You can advance your career as you develop increasing expertise in networking protocols and architectures, cloud security, Internet of Things protocols, and advanced network security.
Job Responsibility:
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
Your work may span the gamut 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 support it all
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
Requirements:
Degree in Network Engineering, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, or related field (e.g., General Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Forensics, Cyber Security, Software Engineering, Information Assurance, or Computer Security)
Up to 18 semester hours of military training/coursework in networking, computer science, or cyber topics is equivalent to an Associate degree
Excellent communication and collaboration skills to interface across NSA
Be able to ACTIVELY participate in leadership/IC exchanges
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Author and read highly technical reports
Be able to identify intrusions and actors, current intrusion sets, and commercial Cybersecurity Firms