Digital Network Exploitation Analyst (DNEA) *ALL LEVELS*

Ft Meade, MD on site Until 8/22/2026 First posted March 27, 2025 Last posted March 27, 2025
Job description
Evaluate target opportunities using all source data to understand and map target networks, and to assist in developing detailed exploitation and operations plans.

Analyze SIGINT and cybersecurity data at multiple levels up and down the OSI network stack and bring a solid understanding of logical/physical IP core infrastructure, communication devices and how they connect to networks, and the traffic movements in a network.

Develop new tradecraft needed to perform this analysis as technologies evolve.

Work 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.

LEVEL 1: Bachelors Degree + 2 years of experience
LEVEL 2: Bachelors Degree + 5 years of experience
LEVEL 3: Bachelors Degree + 8 years of experience
LEVEL 4: Bachelors Degree + 11 years of experience

Degree Type: Computer Science or related fields (Engineering, Mathematics) may be considered relevant if programs contain a concentration of courses in the following foundational CS areas: algorithms, computer architecture (not network architecture), programming methodologies and languages, data structures, logic and computation, and advanced mathematics (for example, calculus, discrete mathematics).
About this role

Summary

Analyze network and cybersecurity data to develop exploitation techniques and support intelligence operations.

Job title

Digital Network Exploitation Analyst (DNEA)

Experience level

2+ years (level 1) to 11+ years (level 4)

Industry

defense

Location requirements

Ft Meade, MD, on-site; remote not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

sigintcybersecuritynetwork analysisip infrastructurecommunication devices

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

sigintcybersecuritynetwork analysisip infrastructurecommunication devices
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Fort Meade, MD, USA

On-site City