Tharros is seeking an accomplished Senior Telecommunications Analyst to lead technical analysis of telecommunications infrastructure and its relationship to mission execution. The Senior Telecommunications Analyst will assess voice, data, transport, wireless, satellite, terrestrial, carrier, network, facility, information-system, and supporting electric-power dependencies to identify vulnerabilities, resilience concerns, single points of failure, and potential mission consequences.
The position will provide senior technical leadership during continental United States and outside continental United States infrastructure assessments, guide telecommunications data collection and validation, and coordinate findings with mission analysts, engineers, cybersecurity personnel, infrastructure specialists, site representatives, and Government stakeholders. The successful candidate will produce accurate and traceable technical findings, dependency analyses, risk statements, assessment reports, and decision-support products and will help prioritize telecommunications risk-reduction actions based on mission impact.
Responsibilities:
- Lead telecommunications infrastructure analysis for mission assurance and defense critical infrastructure assessments.
- Assess telecommunications systems, services, architectures, dependencies, vulnerabilities, and potential mission impacts.
- Plan and support on-site collection of telecommunications infrastructure data at CONUS and OCONUS locations.
- Validate technical data and document telecommunications findings, assumptions, gaps, risks, and recommended follow-up actions.
- Analyze dependencies among telecommunications, electric power, operational technology, facilities, networks, and supported mission functions.
- Coordinate with mission analysts, infrastructure specialists, engineers, cybersecurity personnel, and Government stakeholders.
- Prepare technical reports, assessment inputs, briefings, risk statements, and decision-support products.
- Support prioritization of vulnerabilities and risk-reduction actions based on mission consequence and dependency information.
- Apply required information-assurance management knowledge when assessing or handling telecommunications and supporting information systems.
- Review telecommunications analytical products for technical accuracy, traceability, security, and consistency.
Requirements:
- Active Top Secret clearance.
- Master’s level degree in any engineering discipline.
- Ten (10) years of experience with communications including experience in at least three of the following areas:
- Analysis of commercial or military communications assets and networks
- Engineering and design of communications components and networks including fiber, cable, or wireless systems
- Modeling of transport and network systems
- Use of Geospatial Information System (GIS) software in analysis efforts
- DoDI 8140.01-M Information Assurance Management (IAM) Level II certification.
- CompTIA Security+
- CompTIA Network+
- Certified Telecommunications Analyst (CTA)
- Experience working with the Navy or other military services.
- Occasional travel may be required to field sites, 1-2 week period of time.
- Most travel would be in the United States, potential travel to outside the United States.