Castalia Systems
Cyber Systems Analyst, Jr.
Castalia Systems, Quantico, Virginia, United States, 22134
Job Type:
Full-TimeClearance:
TS/SCI and the ability to obtain/maintain a PolygraphMust be a U.S. CitizenBenefits:
Medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k matching, generous PTO, paid holidays, professional training opportunities, and even pet insurance to ensure your furry friends are cared for too.Job SummaryCastalia Systems is seeking a Cyber Systems Analyst, Jr. in the Quantico, VA area.Roles and ResponsibilitiesA qualified candidate will perform the following duties and responsibilities, but are not limited to:Assess the cybersecurity posture of a USMC defense program, ensuring the program is evolving with the best cybersecurity practices, prioritizing cyber threats based on factual cyber analysis.Analyze foreign capabilities to detect, disrupt, and deny USMC emissions and signals throughout the cyber kill chain, to include, but not limited to emissions from targeting, communications, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) assets, reversible and non-reversible attacks.Identify, monitor, and assess advancements in emerging and commercial technologies that could be employed by state and non-state actors to detect, disrupt, and deny USMC acquisition programs' network infrastructure.Identify significant risk characteristics of the environment such as classification of network, baseline activity, architecture, operating system, services, connectivity and bandwidth.Identify the limits of the network to be collected against.Establish limits of the supporting or connected networks that may need to be collected against.Evaluate existing databases and identify intelligence gaps.Use open source to gather Publicly Available Information (PAI).Explore the physical battlespace; how could the environment affect tactical operations.Define the battlespace effects.Analyze the battlespace environment for information, services and networks, such as confidentiality, integrity, availability; and protect, detect, respond, restore and conduct reviews.Analyze other characteristics of the battlespace such as security, auditing procedures, and backup systems. Evaluate the adversary on physical location of all assets, architecture and automation skills, security and policies, baseline activity, peculiarities and vulnerabilities, capabilities, and conclusions that address: Rules of Engagement (ROE) for Information Assurance (IA), Computer Network Defense (CND) and Computer Network Attack (CNA)Determine adversary's Courses of Action (COA).Identify the adversary's likely objectives and desired end state.Identify the full set of COA's available to the adversary, at a minimum the most likely and most dangerous should be developed.Develop COA's based on enemy perception of friendly information architecture (reverse cyber IPB).Evaluate and prioritize each adversary COA.Continue to refine COA's as time and new information allow.Evaluate foreign Computer Network Defense (CND) and Computer Network Attack (CNA) capabilities, limitations, and vulnerabilities.Assess potential vulnerabilities of USMC tactical systems to CNA to include systems related to targeting, ISR, and navigation assets.
Education, Experience, & SkillsBachelor's degree in an area related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.Or an additional 4 years of experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree for a total of 7 years of experience.Minimum 3 years of experience conducting analysis relevant to the specific labor category, with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
Physical Requirements/work environmentNormal office environment.During high-tempo operations, maintain situational awareness and relay intelligence in real time.
TravelNot required.
Company DescriptionCastalia Systems is a proven business partner providing mission critical solutions to the Federal Government. We provide cutting edge solutions from Securing and Managing Data to Systems Engineering and Development. Castalia Systems is a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence Design and Application.With our vast knowledge of our customers' needs and relevant technology, our team is able to bring successful solutions to every mission. We are one-upping our competitors by providing premium IT solutions and platforms with cutting-edge technology so it's so evident when you compare us with anyone.DisclaimerCastalia Systems is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and strives to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, HIV-positive status, as well as any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws. All such discrimination is unlawful, and all persons involved in the operations of the company are prohibited from engaging in this type of conduct.
Full-TimeClearance:
TS/SCI and the ability to obtain/maintain a PolygraphMust be a U.S. CitizenBenefits:
Medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k matching, generous PTO, paid holidays, professional training opportunities, and even pet insurance to ensure your furry friends are cared for too.Job SummaryCastalia Systems is seeking a Cyber Systems Analyst, Jr. in the Quantico, VA area.Roles and ResponsibilitiesA qualified candidate will perform the following duties and responsibilities, but are not limited to:Assess the cybersecurity posture of a USMC defense program, ensuring the program is evolving with the best cybersecurity practices, prioritizing cyber threats based on factual cyber analysis.Analyze foreign capabilities to detect, disrupt, and deny USMC emissions and signals throughout the cyber kill chain, to include, but not limited to emissions from targeting, communications, and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) assets, reversible and non-reversible attacks.Identify, monitor, and assess advancements in emerging and commercial technologies that could be employed by state and non-state actors to detect, disrupt, and deny USMC acquisition programs' network infrastructure.Identify significant risk characteristics of the environment such as classification of network, baseline activity, architecture, operating system, services, connectivity and bandwidth.Identify the limits of the network to be collected against.Establish limits of the supporting or connected networks that may need to be collected against.Evaluate existing databases and identify intelligence gaps.Use open source to gather Publicly Available Information (PAI).Explore the physical battlespace; how could the environment affect tactical operations.Define the battlespace effects.Analyze the battlespace environment for information, services and networks, such as confidentiality, integrity, availability; and protect, detect, respond, restore and conduct reviews.Analyze other characteristics of the battlespace such as security, auditing procedures, and backup systems. Evaluate the adversary on physical location of all assets, architecture and automation skills, security and policies, baseline activity, peculiarities and vulnerabilities, capabilities, and conclusions that address: Rules of Engagement (ROE) for Information Assurance (IA), Computer Network Defense (CND) and Computer Network Attack (CNA)Determine adversary's Courses of Action (COA).Identify the adversary's likely objectives and desired end state.Identify the full set of COA's available to the adversary, at a minimum the most likely and most dangerous should be developed.Develop COA's based on enemy perception of friendly information architecture (reverse cyber IPB).Evaluate and prioritize each adversary COA.Continue to refine COA's as time and new information allow.Evaluate foreign Computer Network Defense (CND) and Computer Network Attack (CNA) capabilities, limitations, and vulnerabilities.Assess potential vulnerabilities of USMC tactical systems to CNA to include systems related to targeting, ISR, and navigation assets.
Education, Experience, & SkillsBachelor's degree in an area related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.Or an additional 4 years of experience may be substituted for a Bachelor's degree for a total of 7 years of experience.Minimum 3 years of experience conducting analysis relevant to the specific labor category, with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
Physical Requirements/work environmentNormal office environment.During high-tempo operations, maintain situational awareness and relay intelligence in real time.
TravelNot required.
Company DescriptionCastalia Systems is a proven business partner providing mission critical solutions to the Federal Government. We provide cutting edge solutions from Securing and Managing Data to Systems Engineering and Development. Castalia Systems is a pioneer in Artificial Intelligence Design and Application.With our vast knowledge of our customers' needs and relevant technology, our team is able to bring successful solutions to every mission. We are one-upping our competitors by providing premium IT solutions and platforms with cutting-edge technology so it's so evident when you compare us with anyone.DisclaimerCastalia Systems is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and strives to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, HIV-positive status, as well as any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws. All such discrimination is unlawful, and all persons involved in the operations of the company are prohibited from engaging in this type of conduct.