Forensic Analyst

For the OPS Consulting team, 'the power to help' means helping our clients, helping serve the mission, helping our employees and their families, and helping the community. Headquartered in Hanover, MD. OPS Consulting has over two decades of experience specializing in the most mission-critical operations. We are thought leaders and innovators. The ingenuity of our developers, engineers, cyber experts, linguists, and analysts are dedicated to empowering our clients, fulfilling The Mission, and remaining trusted leaders and advisers in national security and technology solutions.

We are looking for a Forensic Analyst to join a growing team in Annapolis Junction, MD.

Responsibilities

• Exploit captured media and/or investigate computer security incidents in order to derive useful intelligence and enable mitigation of network vulnerabilities.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Network Engineering, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field (including General Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Forensics, Cyber Security, Software Engineering, Information Assurance, or Computer Security).
• Relevant experience must include the design and/or development of computer or information systems, programming, computer or network security, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, computer forensics, and/or systems engineering.
• US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with polygraph security clearance required

Experience requirements by skill level:

Skill Level I

Bachelor's degree with 2 years of relevant experience; or Associate's degree with 4 years of clearly related, in-depth experience.

Skill Level II

Bachelor's degree with 5 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree with 3 years; or Doctoral degree with 2 years; or Associate's degree with 7 years of clearly related, in-depth experience.

Skill Level III

Bachelor's degree with 8 years of relevant experience; or Master's degree with 6 years; or Doctoral degree with 4 years; or Associate's degree with 10 years of clearly related, in-depth experience.

• Completion of relevant military training, such as the Joint Cyber Analysis Course (JCAC), may be credited toward experience requirements. The 24-week JCAC course will count as six months of experience.