Operations Analyst: Watch Officer (Int) at Cyber Defense Solutions, LLC

Arlington, VA

Duties and Responsibilities:

As a Watch Officer, your primary responsibilities will include:

Utilize modeling/simulation tools in conjunction with subject matter expertise in commercial telecommunications networks to develop analyses and produce reports and recommendations for mitigating threats and ensuring availability despite threats to or disruptions of the infrastructure.
Assess the impacts of threats (including adversarial country threats) to the essential communications infrastructures and provide detailed technical recommendations and full-scoped evaluations and testing of potential solutions to mitigate threats
Proficiency in performing quick analysis on communications infrastructure using the Esri application along with product development using Microsoft Office

Required Qualifications:

Active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility
- For continued employment, the selected candidate must obtain and maintain a favorably adjudicated DHS background investigation
Minimum 4 years of relevant work experience
Experience in 24/7/365 working environments with extensive coordination/collaboration with federal, state, and local agencies using an all-hazard methodology approach
Experience implementing technical specifications, system requirements, and other related application design information
Basic understanding of the National Response Framework, Emergency Support Function - 2 and Cybersecurity & Communications initiatives
Telecommunications/communications infrastructure experience
Experience working with Geospatial Visualization Systems, preferably Esri ARCGIS products
Strong interpersonal skills and ability to multitask within different platforms to maintain situational awareness of current events or tasks pertinent to the customer and stakeholders; may attend meetings and discussions, and interface with industry or outside agencies for the purpose of taking notes and conducting assessments

Preferred Qualifications:

DHS suitability at the SCI level
Strong background in a telecommunications discipline; knowledge of cybersecurity and IT security
Broad expertise in research, analysis, and writing skills, and the ability to perform triage on questions, issues, or events involving the nation's critical communications infrastructure
Available for extended duty, on-call, and/or deployment to alternate locations within the region or continental U.S., as needed