Cyber Security Analyst

The DarkStar Group
Reston, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 8/18/2022 CLOSED ON 9/24/2022

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Job Description

The DarkStar Group is seeking an experienced Cyber Security Analyst to join our team of Cloud Administrators and Windows Systems Administrators providing network architecture and network engineering support for CISCO devices, software, and MAC and PC based devices. Our Customer requires the development of new wired and wireless networks supporting language learning software and a language-learning environment. This team requires solid experience in network design, network development, network maintenance, and server support.

The Contractor Team shall:

  • Work closely with the instructors, students, management and team management to develop a new wireless network, support the current wireless network, support 2 wired networks, and the testing and assessment network. They will prepare documentation sufficient to gain approval of SSP’s. The Sponsor project manager will manage the priorities.
  • Collaborate with learning enterprise partners.
  • Develop and document a new wireless network at the new facility.
  • Migrate all three networks to a new facility.
  • Document Accreditation and Authorization (A&A) activities.
  • Work with Cloud migration technologies, such as Microsoft Azure.
  • Administer computer networks.
  • Perform network architecture tasking.
  • Work recommended new network technologies.
  • Collaborate with the vendors.
  • Perform Network administration.
  • Tend to the day-to-day needs and maintenance of networks.
  • Design and configure networks as needed.
  • Coordinate network support from vendors.
  • Actively participate in internal and external meetings.
  • Assist in short term and long term network planning.
  • Help the Sponsor create current state of the art network architecture and will brief such to varying levels of management.

Required Skills

As a team member, the Cyber Security Analyst should be able to contribute to many of the following required skills and experiences:


  • Demonstrated experience designing and deploying wireless networks
  • Demonstrated experience installing applications on Windows systems such as Servers and Desktops
  • Demonstrated experience working with MECM
  • Demonstrated experience with deployment task sequencing
  • Demonstrated experience working desktop and network hardware
  • Demonstrated experience in desktop support with MAC devices
  • Demonstrated experience with the systems and network accreditation process
  • Demonstrated experience with services such as Cisco Umbrella
  • Demonstrated experience with Office products to develop and document network design
  • Demonstrated experience with Cisco Meraki
  • Demonstrated experience of architecting, designing and configuring Cisco routers, switches, firewalls, wireless access points and wireless LAN controllers
  • Demonstrated experience architecting, designing and configuring a Windows Active Directory infrastructure
  • Demonstrated experience working closely with vendors to create bill of materials to meet requirements
  • Demonstrated experience designing and deploying networks
  • Demonstrated experience installing applications on Windows systems such as Servers and Desktops
  • Demonstrated experience with Cloud technology in AWS and Azure
  • Demonstrated experience of ability to utilize Office products to develop and document network design
  • Demonstrated experience with third party software maintenance products
  • Demonstrated experience with third party software deployment products
  • Demonstrated experience with deployment task sequencing
  • Demonstrated experience working desktop and network hardware
  • Demonstrated experience with the systems and network accreditation process

Desired Skills

  • Demonstrated experience developing and managing a Microsoft Azure environment
  • Demonstrated experience with desktop support for language learning software
  • Demonstrated experience taking customer requirements and architect a network solution, utilizing data, voice and video requirements

About The DarkStar Group

The DarkStar® Group’s mission is to make a positive impact on National Security by bringing talented, highly-cleared Computer Scientists, Engineers and Analysts to the Intelligence and Defense communities’ most interesting and impactful programs. We do this by finding great people and providing them with challenging and meaningful work, top salaries, excellent benefits, and talented coworkers.

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