Systems Engineer

After School Matters, Inc.
Annapolis Junction, MD, United States
3 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
4 years minimum
Compensation
$182,000.0 - $233,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Microsoft Windows Software System Penetration Testing Signals Intelligence Cyber Security Computer Programming Computer Forensics Linux Domain Name System (DNS) Network Connections Network Planning and Design TCP/IP Jupyter Notebook
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Scripting Transport Layer Security Vulnerability Analysis

Job description

At Intelliforce, this work sits at the intersection of analytic insight and technical precision. In this role, you will help uncover and understand information within SIGINT and cybersecurity systems to support the exploitation of digital networks. You will work alongside technical experts and mission partners to turn complex information into operational value, using specialized tools, sharp analysis, and adaptive tradecraft to move the CNO mission forward.

What Makes This Opportunity Stand Out

This role is built for someone who likes hard problems, fast pivots, and technical work with immediate mission relevance. You will conduct deep target analysis, develop new exploitation techniques, and help solve bespoke challenges across a range of technologies and network environments. The work is investigative, hands-on, and closely tied to mission outcomes, with direct collaboration across operators, analysts, and partners.

At Intelliforce, your work is visible and your expertise matters. Because we support prime programs, our teams stay close to meaningful mission work with real momentum. Because we are a small business, leadership is accessible, communication is direct, and strong technical contributions get noticed. Add in long-term stability, strong benefits, and a people-first culture, and this becomes more than another analyst role. It is a chance to apply deep tradecraft in support of real operational objectives.

Here’s What Your Day-to-Day Could Include

  • Conduct in-depth target analysis and research
  • Develop innovative tradecraft, exploitation techniques, and concepts of operation
  • Work closely with operators and partners to analyze and process intelligence information
  • Adapt quickly to new information, changing conditions, and unexpected obstacles
  • Identify bespoke problems and provide technical assistance across a variety of technologies

Requirements

  • Clearance: Top Secret Clearance with Polygraph, must be active. We do not have the ability to sponsor clearances
  • Citizenship: Must be a U.S. Citizen. We cannot sponsor visas
  • 12 years of relevant experience with a Bachelor’s degree
  • Or 10 years of relevant experience with a Master’s degree
  • Four additional years of relevant experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree, * Prior Exploitation Analyst experience
  • Experience with mapping physical and logical target networks and identifying vulnerabilities
  • Ability to identify and communicate computer and telecommunications network elements
  • Knowledge of computer security principles, vulnerability analysis, and exploitation methods
  • Deep knowledge of the concepts, principles, and methods for network connectivity, such as TCP/IP, DNS, and SSL
  • Understanding of the methods, strategies, and techniques related to target development

Desired Skills

  • Prior CNO experience
  • Relevant experience in information security, network design, programming, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, and or computer forensics
  • Experience with Jupyter Notebooks and Python scripting
  • Hands-on experience with XKS, DX, and other internal tradecraft
  • Knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems architecture
  • Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines
  • Strong attention to detail

Benefits & conditions

  • Multiple medical plan options, including ones with zero deductible or premium for employees.
  • Generous 401(k) with immediate vesting-because your future matters now.
  • Exciting bonus opportunities, from profit sharing to quarterly awards and President’s Club recognition.

  • A culture of collaboration, connection, and fun, with regular team activities that go beyond the work., Invitation for Job Applicants to Self-Identify as a U.S. Veteran
  • A “disabled veteran” is one of the following:
  • a veteran of the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service who is entitled to compensation (or who but for the receipt of military retired pay would be entitled to compensation) under laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs; or
  • a person who was discharged or released from active duty because of a service-connected disability.
  • A “recently separated veteran” means any veteran during the three-year period beginning on the date of such veteran’s discharge or release from active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval, or air service.
  • An “active duty wartime or campaign badge veteran” means a veteran who served on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service during a war, or in a campaign or expedition for which a campaign badge has been authorized under the laws administered by the Department of Defense.
  • An “Armed forces service medal veteran” means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.

About the company

Join Intelliforce-IT Solutions Group

Wouldn’t you like to join an award-winning company that puts you first? Many companies say they are employee-centric with a family-first culture, but it takes more than words to mean it. As you can tell from our awards, we mean it!

If it wasn’t for our baked-in culture and family inclusivity, the following awards wouldn’t have even been possible.

Our commitment is to continuously improve the quality of life of our team. For the second time, Intelliforce has been recognized as a Best Place to Work, and this time we were First Place! This award is evidence of our commitment.

Our company culture fosters a workplace that every company wishes it could achieve. We always put our employees and their families first, and this INC. Best Work Places award proves it. Without our employees, Intelliforce would be nothing.

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