Signals Analyst

• Mid to Experienced Level Department of Defense Nional Security Agency/Central Security Service Summary Signals Analysis is a cutting-edge technical discipline th seeks to identify the purpose, content and user(s) of signals.

Given today's rapidly evolving global communicions, the NSA must maintain and develop a highly talented and diverse workforce of Signals Analysts who are a vital part in maintaining our technical capabilities to use the most sophisticed means to recover, understand, and derive intelligence from all manner of foreign signals. Learn more about this agency Summary Signals Analysis is a cutting-edge technical discipline th seeks to identify the purpose, content and user(s) of signals. Given today's rapidly evolving global communicions, the NSA must maintain and develop a highly talented and diverse workforce of Signals Analysts who are a vital part in maintaining our technical capabilities to use the most sophisticed means to recover, understand, and derive intelligence from all manner of foreign signals. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion many vacancies in the following locions: Denver, CO Fort Meade, MD No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $105,262

• $192,764 per year Pay scale & grade GG 11
• 14 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0132 Intelligence Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Top Secret Position sensitivity and risk Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Nional security Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 1261393 Control number 886085700 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Videos Duties Help Given today's rapid evolution of signals and advancements in adversarial technologies, the NSA must maintain and develop a highly talented workforce of SIGINT analysis professionals, e.g. Signals Analysts and Target Systems Analysts, spanning expertise in communicions intelligence (COMINT), electronic intelligence (ELINT), foreign instrumention signals intelligence (FISINT), and

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(formted da communicions) intelligence. These professionals play a vital part in maintaining our technical capabilities to recover, understand, exploit and derive intelligence from foreign communicions and signals.

• COMINT is technical and intelligence informion derived from foreign communicions; it includes intelligence derived from the content of the communicions to and from individuals, networks, or devices.
• ELINT is technical and geolocion informion derived from foreign non-communicion electromagnetic emissions, most commonly from radars, weapons systems, beacons, navigional systems and electromagnetic interference.
• FISINT consists of technical informion and intelligence derived from the intercept of foreign electromagnetic emissions associed with the testing and operional deployment of foreign aerospace, surface and subsurface systems.

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is machine-genered da communicions associed with military C4ISR, civil, industrial, commercial and personal applicions; analysis of

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da conveys informion derived from sensors and/or control systems. Responsibilities of Signals Analyst Professionals may include:

• Levy deep technical understanding of signal characteristics to determine signal structure, define signal parameters, identify signal content, and model signal behavior within the RF and digital domains.
• Transform signals between domains, and cree processing models and scripts.
• Report technical characteristics of signals and maintain knowledge bases.
• Support access and follow-on analytic activities.
• Analyze engineering and technical informion reled to weapon and space systems.
• Conduct target analysis and research .
• Use knowledge of customer requirements to collect, process, analyze and/or report on signals intelligence informion.
• Identify and analyze signal waveforms (e.g., weapon systems or communicion systems), bit streams (e.g., multiplexers, error correction, voice and video compression, or instrumention systems), and/or protocols (e.g., link layer, network layer, or applicion layer)
• Develop software code to support analysis and/or processing using a variety of architectures and solutions.
• Report signal parametric da and intelligence informion in dabases, narrive reports, and oral presentions.
• Collabore with collection managers, developers, analysts, and reporters to optimize resources, develop new solutions to analytic challenges, fuse multiple sources of informion, and deliver critical intelligence to a variety of customers.

Requirements Help Conditions of employment All applicants and employees are subject to random drug testing in accordance with Executive Order 12564. Qualificions

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Entry is with a high school diploma or GED plus 7 years of relevant experience plus relevant military educion; or an Associe's degree plus 3 years of relevant experience, plus relevant military educion; or a Bachelor's degree plus 3 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree plus 1 year of relevant experience, or a Doctoral degree and no experience.

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Entry is with a high school diploma or GED plus 10 years of relevant experience plus relevant military educion; or an Associe's degree plus 8 years of relevant experience, plus relevant military educion; or a Bachelor's degree plus 6 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree plus 4 years of relevant experience, or a Doctoral degree plus 2 years of relevant experience. Educion The qualificions listed are the minimum acceptable to be considered for the position: Degree must be in Engineering, Mhemics, Computer Science, a Physical Science, or a reled technical field. A broader range of degrees may be considered for those who have completed a relevant military training program. Relevant military educion in a relevant military degree, relevant military training, or military development program (for example, Intermedie Tech ELINT Analyst, 451/461 (Intermedie Signals Analysis), 452 (Advanced Signals Analysis), Military Signals Analysis Program (MSAP), Military ELINT Signals Analysis Program (MESAP), or Military Operional Signals Analysis Program (MOSAP)). Relevant experience must be in one or more of the following: signals analysis (COMINT, ELINT, FISINT or

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); protocol analysis; network troubleshooting; network traffic characterizion; network security analysis; or design and engineering of aerospace, communicions, electronic or industrial systems. If not credited toward educion requirement, completion of relevant military training considered towards the experience requirement. Additional informion

Pay:

Salary offers are based on candides' educion level and years of experience relevant to the position and also take into account informion provided by the hiring manager/organizion regarding the work level for the position.

Salary Range:

$105,262

• $192,764 (Full Performance, Senior) Salary range varies by locion, work level, and relevant experience to the position.

Training provided based on the selectee's needs and experience.

Benefits:

NSA offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Work Schedule:

This is a full-time position, Monday

• Friday, with basic 8hr/day work requirement between 6:00 a.

m. and 6:00 p.m. (flexible). Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. The ideal candide is someone with a desire for continual learning and strong problem-solving, analytic and interpersonal skills who is/can:

• accountable
• flexible
• resilient
• communice effectively
• collabore with others Specialized skills and experience in one or more of the following is desired:
• applying specialized tools and computer-based programs to process da for analytic problems
• assessing applicability of available tools to various situions
• combining analytics, tools, and visualizion to support analysis
• interpreting output of specialized tools and computer-based program s
• programming / script development
• weapon system design or testing
• telemetry system design or implemention Potential areas of specializion include: ELINT Bauded Discovery Analysis Bauded Internals Analysis Bauded Waveform Analysis COMINT Protocol Analysis FISINT Protocol Analysis Operional Target Tracking

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Analysis NOTE:

A copy of your unofficial transcript is highly encouraged to be submitted with your applicion to expedite processing. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help The Nional Security Agency (NSA) is part of the DoD Intelligence Community Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). All positions in the NSA are in the Excepted Services under 10 United Stes Codes (USC) 1601 appointment authority. DoD Components with DCIPS positions apply Veterans' Preference to eligible candides as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 USC, in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement. If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you may be asked to submit documents verifying your eligibility. If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring.

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How to Apply Help https:

//apply.intelligencecareers.gov/job-description/1261393 Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion NSA POC Phone 1-844-424-4737 intelcareers@nsa.

gov Next steps https:

//apply.intelligencecareers.gov/job-description/1261393 Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion many vacancies in the following locions: Denver, CO Fort Meade, MD No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible No Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $105,262

• $192,764 per year Pay scale & grade GG 11
• 14 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel
• You may be expected to travel for this position.

Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Competitive Service Represented by a union No Drug test No Security clearance Top Secret Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required Yes Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number 1261393 Control number 886085700