Amentum · 1 month ago
Red Cell Cyber Analyst
Fort Belvoir, VA
Full-time
Onsite
Entry, Mid Level
2+ years expAmentum is seeking a Red Cell Cyber Analyst to provide strategic and tactical analytic cyber support to the DoW Red Cell. The role involves analyzing cyber threats, developing courses of action, and advising on cyber operations to enhance national and military missions.
Mechanical EngineeringSecurityTechnical Support
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Characterize the adversary’s cyber capabilities. Research the structure, ideology, intentions, tactics, and capabilities of adversarial cyber organizations to develop threat characterization using a combination of both classified and unclassified sources
Contribute constructively to cyber threat emulation. Identify information requirements, develop assessment cyber strategies, assist building Red Cell collection plans, identify information sources, and develop and conduct research of publicly available information (PAI) in order to determine adversary cyber courses of action and relevant priority information requirements (PIRs)
Identify, map, and plan potential exploitation of key telecommunication networks
Analyze and characterize cyber systems and conduct analysis appropriate to the program. Identify essential functions, tasks, and critical assets necessary to perform analysis as determined by the program leader
Develop courses of action that a cyber adversary might employ against customer personnel, equipment, facilities, networks, information and information systems, infrastructure, and supply chains
Facilitate timely information management flow from DoW Red Cell partner elements and other entities supporting DoW Red Cell operations
Support field assessments from a cyber adversary perspective
Synthesize findings to support vulnerability identification, course of action development, protection studies, trend analyses, risk analysis, and mitigation strategies
Develop a comprehensive understanding of the implications of cyber vulnerabilities discovered and fuse those findings with the systems analysis to determine impacts to the national and military missions they support
Prepare activity reports including out briefs, senior leader briefs, interim progress reports (IPRs), white papers, after action reviews, final reports, risk analysis products, and other documents necessary to convey assessment findings to customers, partners, and other stakeholders
Be able to explain network/system mechanisms to non-cyber personnel in order to facilitate better analysis and operations
Should have a diverse understanding of network and information security operations, network exploitation, and telecommunications
Qualification
Required
Four-year BS/BA degree with two years applicable experience as a cyber analyst; or associate's degree with four years applicable experience as a cyber analyst; or eight years of applicable experience as a cyber analyst
Proficient in understanding, analyzing and summarizing comprehensive and complex technical, contractual, and research information/data
Ability to write about complex topics in a way that will effectively capture and transmit the message to non-cyber personnel
Ability to communicate complex informational concepts or ideas in a confident and well-organized manner through verbal, written, and visual means
Ability to accurately and completely source all data used in products
Ability to develop or recommend analytic approaches to problems for which information is incomplete or for which no precedent exists
Ability to think like and emulate actions of threat actors
Possess a current driver's license
Capable of operating a rental vehicle
Active TS/SCI clearance required
U S citizenship required
Travel is up to 20%
Preferred
Understand and be well versed in common cyber threat terminology, vulnerability and penetration test principles and methodologies; possess basic knowledge of cyber incident and response forensics and related current events
Familiarity with Log Analysis, Packet Analysis OSI Model, Network Architectures, NIST, DIA-CAP, RMF, and Information Operations, threat intelligence activities including the collection of and tracking threat actors, digital forensics incident response; and threat hunting methodologies
Experience performing attack analysis or Red Cell penetration testing against operational computer networks including experience in Windows Security, Network Security, Linux/Unix Security, Database security, or Mainframe Security
Knowledge of common computer/network infections (virus, trojan, etc.) and methods of infection (ports, attachments, etc.)
Knowledge of computer networking fundamentals (i.e., basic computer components of a network, types of networks, etc.)
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Paid time off and holidays
Retirement benefits (including 401(k) matching)
Educational reimbursement
Parental leave
Employee stock purchase plan
Tax-saving options
Disability and life insurance
Pet insurance
Company
Amentum
Amentum is a technology and engineering company for security, defense, and energy.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$321.16M2025-03-12Post Ipo Secondary· $321.16M
2024-09-27IPO
2020-01-01Private Equity
Leadership Team
Ajay Nagar
Vice President
Darren Burton
Chief People Officer
Recent News
2026-01-20
Company data provided by crunchbase