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# System Vulnerability Analyst

- **Company:** Applied Network Solutions Inc
- **Location:** United States
- **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $185,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Engineering, Signals Intelligence, Communications Protocols, Cyber Security, Computer Engineering, Computer Forensics, Geospatial Intelligence, Network Architecture, Open Source Intelligence, Red Team (Cyber Security), Zero Trust Network Access, Computer Network Operations, Information Technology
- **Published:** August 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/fd6e379d-1bea-4e9e-94c0-a3e098c08729

## About the Role

* Active TS/SCI clearance and Polygraph required
 * Minimum of (4) years of experience and a Doctoral degree or (6) years of relevant experience and a Master's degree or (8) years of relevant experience and a Bachelor's degree or (10) years of relevant experience and an Associate's degree required may be considered for individuals with in-depth experience that is clearly related to the position.
 * Degree must be in Computer Science or a related field (e.g., General Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, Mathematics, Computer Forensics, Cyber Security, Information Technology, Information Assurance, and Information Security)

## Description

* Identify vulnerabilities of and attacks to the design and operation of a system (H/W, S/W, personnel, procedures, logistics, and physical security) by relating vulnerabilities and attacks to effects on operations and missions supported by those systems
 * Compare and contrast various system attack techniques and develop operationally effective countermeasures
 * Produce formal and informal reports, briefings, and perspectives of actual and potential attacks against the systems or missions being studied

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

 * Identify vulnerabilities and cybersecurity threats to program, functions, products, applications and systems
 * OCONUS travel is periodically required - red team experience required.
 * Zero Trust experience to CNE, CNO, network infrastructure, architecture and hardening is a plus.
 * Leverage HUMINT, SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT, and other information to assess vulnerabilities and conduct security evaluations
 * Analyze and characterize identified vulnerabilities and threats
 * Relate identified vulnerabilities and threats and the effects of the operations and missions supported by those systems
 * Compare and contrast various cryptographic attack techniques and develop operationally affective countermeasures
 * Provide formal and informal reports, briefings, and perspectives of actual and potential attacks
 * Collaborate with threat analysts to conduct comprehensive threat assessments of network cryptographic devise, components, and technologies
 * Use threat analysis and technical knowledge to provide security guidance and develop mitigations to threats and vulnerabilities
 * Ensure secure transmission by designing, evaluating, or modifying encryption schemes or algorithms.
 * Apply mathematical or computational methos and lines of reasoning
 * Perform security analysis, evaluation and guidance on the design and implementation of cryptographic and communication protocols


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