Cyberspace Policy Analyst

Vykin Corporation is currently looking for an experienced TS/SCI cleared Cyberspace Policy Analyst to join our team in Fort Meade, MD.  We are a small defense contracting company that is veteran owned servicing the US Department of Defense.  The successful candidate will receive competitive wages, health plans and the opportunity to join a small company that still believes every employee counts.

• Conduct research, analysis, development, and coordination of strategy, policy, and doctrine for cyberspace operations at the national, DOD, Service, and Command level.
• Provide technical expertise on executive-level projects; analyze, assess and develop future strategies, policies, and doctrines governing cyberspace operations.
• Support inter-agency and coalition policy formulations on cyberspace issues, ensuring authorities, concerns, and equities are accurately represented.
• Maintain awareness of, and reports, significant cyber-related policy issues affecting the DOD and its customers.
• Provide concise, actionable communications to senior officials, both written and orally.
• Perform analysis and critical thinking, assessment of programmatic issues, conduct risk analysis, and propose innovative and achievable solutions.

• Possess an in-depth understanding and knowledge of existing joint cyberspace policies.

• Conduct research, analysis, development, and coordination of strategy, policy, and doctrine for cyberspace operations with no guidance

• Exhibit the ability to publicly present policy, doctrine, and strategy concepts in a training environment.

• Plan and prepare for substantive interactions with researchers and policy makers and provide background support and current status of activities for documents and presentations.

• Provide substantive content for the development of reports and briefings on policy, strategy, and doctrine activities.

• Provide substantive content for policy formulations on cyberspace issues and researches authorities, concerns, and equities to ensure accurate representation.

Required:

• Bachelors degree in a related field
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience as a Cyberspace Policy Analyst OR related functional area
• An Active in-scope TS/SCI clearance with a CI polygraph

The work is typically performed in an office environment, which requires normal safety precautions; work may require some physical effort in the handling of light materials, boxes or equipment.  The work location is a government facility located on a military installation in Fort Meade, MD supporting a DoD customer.  The successful applicant will be working for and reporting directly to the prime contractor or the DoD customer as appropriate.  

The above job description is not intended to be, nor should it be construed as, exhaustive of all responsibilities, skills, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. Requests for reasonable accommodations will be considered to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the principal (essential) functions of this job.

Vykin Corporation is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer and strives to comply with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin or ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, marital status, HIV-positive status, as well as any other category protected by federal, state, or local laws. All such discrimination is unlawful and all persons involved in the operations of the company are prohibited from engaging in this type of conduct.