An active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information clearance with polygraph is required.
Demonstrated experience using software applications and databases associated with network analysis and target development is required.
Ability to run basic DNI and DNR queries using existing Agency tools is required.
Ability to task own selectors with assistance from senior analysts is required.
Ability to evaluate leads for tasking and use appropriate tasking authorities is required.
Basic understanding of internet protocols, digital telecommunications technologies, and internet routing is required.
Basic understanding of signals intelligence collection is required.
Ability to perform basic target discovery and collection triage is required.
For Level 1, a high school diploma/GED plus six years of relevant experience, an associate's degree plus four years of relevant experience, a bachelor's degree or two years of relevant experience, a master's degree plus two years of relevant experience, or a doctorate degree plus two years of relevant experience is required.
For Level 2, a high school diploma/GED plus nine years of relevant experience, an associate's degree plus seven years of relevant experience, a bachelor's degree or five years of relevant experience, a master's degree plus three years of relevant experience, or a doctorate degree plus two years of relevant experience is required.
For Level 3, a high school diploma/GED plus twelve years of relevant experience, an associate's degree plus ten years of relevant experience, a bachelor's degree or eight years of relevant experience, a master's degree plus six years of relevant experience, or a doctorate degree plus four years of relevant experience is required.
For Level 4, a high school diploma/GED plus fifteen years of relevant experience, an associate's degree plus thirteen years of relevant experience, a bachelor's degree or eleven years of relevant experience, a master's degree plus nine years of relevant experience, or a doctorate degree plus seven years of relevant experience is required.
Responsibilities
Maintain databases for targeting, tasking, and analysis.
Identify intelligence gaps and tailor current collection or enable new collection to close those gaps.
Use multiple analysis disciplines, including pattern recognition against targets' communications, network usage, and digital footprints.
Apply knowledge and understanding of intelligence community needs and missions.
Work with government, military, and contractor personnel to develop shared understandings of intelligence needs, mission relevance, and areas of expertise.
Form hypotheses, critically assess and select analysis techniques, then query, merge, enrich, evaluate, and pivot within data to attain and share insights.
Distill, document, contextualize, and share findings, including newly developed tradecraft, with teammates, stakeholders, and intelligence consumers.
Desired Qualifications
A degree in a liberal arts field such as English, History, Communications, Languages and Cultures, International Relations, or Political Science is preferred.
Summary
CTC Group is seeking Target Digital Network Analyst (TDNA), levels 1-4, to conduct advanced analysis of collection and open-source data to generate insights and leads while ensuring target continuity, profiling targets and their activities, and developing techniques to gain additional target information.
Responsibilities
Maintain appropriate databases for targeting, tasking, and analysis
Identify intelligence gaps to tailor current collection or enable new collection to close the gaps
Employ multiple analysis disciplines such as pattern recognition against targets' communications, network usage and digital footprints
Apply your knowledge and understanding of IC needs and missions
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
Liberal Arts field (e.g., English, History, Communications, Languages and Cultures, International Relations, and Political Science) are preferred, but a degree in any field is acceptable.
Prior demonstrated experience in the use of software applications and databases associated with network analysis and target development.
Capable of running basic DNI and DNR queries to answer specific questions with existing Agency tools.
Can task own selectors with assistance of senior analysts.
Able to evaluate leads for tasking and able to use appropriate tasking authorities.
Possess a basic understanding internet protocols, digital telecommunications technologies, and internet routing.
Possess a basic understanding of SIGINT collection.
Capable of basic target discovery and collection triage.
Level 1 Requirements
High School Diploma/GED plus six (6) years of relevant experience.
OR: Associate's degree plus four (4) years of relevant experience.
OR: Bachelor's degree or two (2) years of relevant experience.
OR: Master's degree plus two (2) years of relevant experience.
OR: Doctorate degree plus two (2) years of relevant experience.
Level 2 Requirements
High School Diploma/GED plus nine (9) years of relevant experience.
OR: Associate's degree plus seven (7) years of relevant experience.
OR: Bachelor's degree or five (5) years of relevant experience.
OR: Master's degree plus three (3) years of relevant experience.
OR: Doctorate degree plus two (2) years of relevant experience.
Level 3 Requirements
High School Diploma/GED plus twelve (12) years of relevant experience.
OR: Associate's degree plus ten (10) years of relevant experience.
OR: Bachelor's degree or eight (8) years of relevant experience.
OR: Master's degree plus six (6) years of relevant experience.
OR: Doctorate degree plus four (4) years of relevant experience.
Level 4 Requirements
High School Diploma/GED plus fifteen (15) years of relevant experience.
OR: Associate's degree plus thirteen (13) years of relevant experience.
OR: Bachelor's degree or elven (11) years of relevant experience.
OR: Master's degree plus nine (9) years of relevant experience.
OR: Doctorate degree plus seven (7) years of relevant experience.
#CJ
Why CTC Group?
We recognize that successful partnerships are based on open and direct communication, mutual respect, and the ability to adapt to evolving capabilities. Our cleared employees bring decades of experience supporting customers in the Intelligence and Defense communities. We specialize in providing engineering, technical, operational support, and training services to Federal government, and Mission Operations.
CTC Group provides a comprehensive benefits package that includes, but is not limited to, Health/Dental/Vision, 401k, PTO and holiday pay, disability and life insurance.
CTC Group provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, pregnancy, physical disability, genetic information, mental disability, age, military status or status as a Vietnam-era or special disabled veteran, marital status, registered domestic partner status, gender (including sex stereotyping), medical condition (including, but not limited to, cancer related or HIV/AIDS related) or sexual orientation in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.