Job Description

Title

Title

Senior Network Analyst

Location

Hanover, MD

Compensation Range

$190 – 210K

Clearance

Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph

Company Overview

Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission. Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation’s toughest and most secure problems. If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don’t look any further than Cornerstone Defense.

Benefits Overview

Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans * Generous PTO Policy * 401(k) * HSA and FSA options * Life and Disability Insurance * Tuition Reimbursement and Training * Perks at Work Discount Program * Referral Program * Leads Generation Program * CollegeAmerica 529 * Fitness Reimbursement Program * Travel Assistance * Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions * Life Planning Financial & Legal Services *

Key Skills

• Experience with NSA data repositories such as XKEYSCORE, DX, and related systems
• Experience operating collection front‑end systems, including AST‑557, Packet Raptor, AST‑128, and similar platforms

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of network analysis experience, including non‑IP networks
• 10+ years of experience with telecommunications, network management systems, and network management protocols

Responsibilities

• Perform network analysis across non‑IP networks, telecommunications systems, and network management protocols
• Utilize basic data processing and scripting skills (Perl, Python, or equivalent tools)
• Use Wireshark, Renoir, and other protocol/packet analysis tools
• Research and apply telecommunications standards, including ITU‑T Recommendations and IETF RFCs
• Collaborate across multiple technical disciplines (signals analysts, protocol analysts, hardware developers, intelligence analysts)
• Produce technical writing and requirements documentation for ANR developers and external development teams/vendors
• Work with NSA data repositories (BLACKPEARL, XKEYSCORE, NKB, etc.)
• Operate collection front‑end systems such as AST‑557, Packet Raptor, and AST‑128
• Diagnose network protocols using outputs from NSA signals/protocol analysis tools (Wireshark, DVT, TAROTCARD, etc.)

Job Tags

Similar Jobs