Senior Cyber and Electronic Attack Targeting SME

Applied Research Associates, Inc.

(ARA) seeks an experienced Cyber and Electronic Attack Targeting SME to aid in the design, development, improvement, and integration of software and analytic methodologies to support assessment of weapon system vulnerability and exposure to non-kinetic threats.

Duties will consist of leveraging and applying cyber effects knowledge and experience to generate and evaluate developing technologies and methodologies for cyber-enabled planning and assessment of targeting operations.

The successful applicant will perform as a Non-Kinetic Integration Targeting SME defining, refining, and assisting in implementing a POAM (AF Targeting Flight Plan) to meet Air Force needs for non-kinetic integration requirements in support of multi-domain operations.

In this role you will ensure identified capability gaps are operationally relevant to users across all sub-disciplines of targeting.

Position will require the analysis of large amounts of structured and unstructured data to analyze and model target networks as well as survey offensive capabilities to generate effects.

Position requires the ability to identify hardware and software vulnerabilities through open source research. You will propose, record, and implement new requirements, processes, procedures and activities as directed to support related non-kinetic integration responsibilities for the impacted Air Force and Joint community.

You will use our proprietary cyber mission planning toolset to:


* Characterize weapon system networks and supporting architectures, including both OT and IT protocols


* Create functional models


* Characterize capabilities


* Perform vulnerability analysis

As a cyber SME, you must have the technical background to perform cyber risk assessment and threat analysis based on identified vulnerabilities, network configuration and threat actor research.

You will build representative weapons system IT/OT models to support testing and experimentation.

Occasional travel is required.

Senior Cyber and Electronic Attack Targeting SME Requirements:


* U.S.

Citizen required


* Active Secret Security Clearance with eligibility for TS/SCI with CI poly


* B.S.

degree with 8-10 years of relevant work experience (or M.S.

degree with 6-8 years of relevant work experience) in non-kinetic effects (Cyberspace and Electronic Attack operations) intelligence analysis and targeting knowledge


* Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) experience, with additional intelligence discipline (e.g., GEOINT, MASINT, etc.) experience/training desired


* Familiarity with DoD Modeling and Simulation (M&S) tools applicable to the joint targeting and joint operations planning processes


* Experience or knowledge of researching, eliciting, defining, and refining targeting model, visualization, and database requirements for targeting support automation systems

Senior Cyber and Electronic Attack Targeting SME Preferences:


* Top Secret/SCI wi...