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Data Exploiter - Military Veterans

at General Dynamics

Responsibilities for this Position
Location: USA VA Chantilly - Customer Proprietary (VAC034)
Full Part/Time: Full time
Job Req: RQ180182

Type of Requisition:
Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Suitability:

Public Trust/Other Required:

Job Family:
Data Analysis

Job Qualifications:

Skills:
Analytical Thinking, Data Analysis, Network Traffic
Certifications:

Experience:
5 + years of related experience
US Citizenship Required:
Yes

Job Description:

Data Analyst Senior

Deliver insights to help our clients turn data into action as a Data Analyst Senior at GDIT. Your work will provide transformative solutions to our clients' big-data obstacles and help advance the mission. Here, you can make a meaningful impact on our clients' mission and on your career.

At GDIT, people are our differentiator. As a Data Analyst Senior you will help ensure today is safe and tomorrow is smarter. Our work depends on Data Analyst Senior joining our team to review, manipulate, triage, and analyze large datasets. Candidate is responsible for supporting operational and analytical requirements. Activities include detailed log analysis, network traffic monitoring, and vulnerability risk assessment. The individual will be expected to conduct assessments of software tools and systems to identify vulnerabilities, and work with internal and external technical stakeholders to identify solutions to enrich analysis. Able to follow the entire targeting life cycle by engaging in data exploitation of requirements collection, data analysis, summary and documentation, and actionable information dissemination. Able to identify, triage and exploit data collections.
HOW A DATA ANALYST SENIOR WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

  • Performs data analysis, interpretation, and management duties. Develops rules and methodologies for data collection and analysis
  • Provide data exploitation support to the customer.
  • Assist with attribution efforts related to cyber activity.
  • Use a variety of tools and methods to extract information of foreign intelligence, counterintelligence and targeting value from digital data.
  • Create a range of products that inform operations, drive targeting and collection, contribute to intelligence products, and support multiple customer needs.
  • Work with a team to analyze existing software applications and tools,and recommend new technologies and methodologies to improve team performance.
  • Write and update technical documentation such as user manuals, system documentation, training materials, processes and procedures.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with data scientists, engineers, developers, targeters, and analysts.
  • Provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
  • Work alongside other team members to sustain and advance our organization's capabilities.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO SUCCEED:
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or other related discipline, or equivalent combination of education, technical certifications, training, and work/military experience.
Required Experience:

EQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
  • Experience conducting network traffic analysis.
  • Prepare a range of tailored products that embody and explain findings
  • Ability to sift through large amounts of unstructured data for key data points (i.e., metadata and artifacts).
  • Demonstrated knowledge of incident response, containment, and mitigation
  • Knowledge of common cyber-attack methods.
  • Demonstrated experience conducting detailed log analysis and system monitoring to understand system status, detect system breaches, and identify other system anomalies.
  • Demonstrated experience performing vulnerability identification, risk analysis, and remediation.
  • Ability to triage, review, identify, and correlate items of interest from numerous all source datasets.
  • Ability to evaluate worldwide security events to assess system impact and/or risk (e.g., zero day exploits, hardware failures, and/or cyber-attacks).
  • Ability to identify and document information that can fill critical gaps.
  • Create new methodologies / algorithms for data analysis and correlation.
  • Create entity / object profiles and derived data sets that enable future opportunities and analytical efforts.
  • Experience with technical collection abilities.

Security Clearance Level: Top Secret with Poly
Preferred Skills:
  • Experience with scripting to exploit large data sets
  • Strong understanding of VPNs, VLANs, and TCP/IP.
  • Experience with Linux operating systems.
  • Experience with OS hardening using tools such as CIS-CAT.
  • Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
  • Experience with navigating an enterprise security accreditation process.
  • Demonstrated experience and understanding of network monitoring tools (e.g Splunk, WSUS, Snare, Wireshark, and Solarwinds).
  • Technical targeting experience.
  • Russian Language skills or demonstrated knowledge of the EE AOR

Location: On Customer Site

GDIT IS YOUR PLACE:
401K with company match
Comprehensive health and wellness packages
Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career
Professional growth opportunities including paid education and certifications
Cutting-edge technology you can learn from
Rest and recharge with paid vacation and holidays

The likely salary range for this position is $114,750 - $155,250. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40

Travel Required:
Less than 10%

Telecommuting Options:
Onsite

Work Location:
USA VA Chantilly

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:
Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 30,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 30 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

We connect people with the most impactful client missions, creating an unparalleled work experience that allows them to see their impact every day. We create opportunities for our people to lead and learn simultaneously. From securing our nation's most sensitive systems, to enabling digital transformation and cloud adoption, our people are the ones who make change real.

GDIT is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status, or any other protected class.

PI244779843

Chantilly, VA

Salary Range
$114,750 to $155,250
General Dynamics

General Dynamics is a global aerospace and defense company.

Our portfolio spans the realm of the world's most technologically advanced business jets, wheeled combat vehicles, command and control systems and nuclear submarines. We offer these through our five business groups: Aerospace, Combat Systems, Information Technology, Mission Systems and Marine Systems.

General Dynamics employs thousands of people across the globe, with locations in more than 45 countries. We rely on the skills of our employees and their knowledge of customer requirements to deliver best-in-class products and services.

Who We Are Looking For 

General Dynamics is seeking military veterans and military spouses across the country who bring a deeply rooted skillset that includes team-oriented approaches to problem-solving, demonstrations of leadership and an overall commitment to the mission of the organization.  We recognize the knowledge and skills gained during your military experience are invaluable to the success of a team. We’re proud of the thousands of veterans and military professionals who have chosen to apply their leadership, teamwork and problem-solving skills to a career at General Dynamics and to continue supporting the mission of those serving today.

Should I Apply?

At General Dynamics, our employees are the heart of our company. We rely on their dedication to excellence and their intimate knowledge of customer requirements to meet the needs of customers around the globe, day in and day out. Our employees' unique blend of skill, innovation and agility drives our continued success, and we take our responsibility to them seriously. If you are a military veteran or military spouse ready to advance your career, view our available career opportunities to the right for more information and to apply today!

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