Cyber Functional Analyst - Senior
Senior cyber analyst bridging military mission needs with technical/cybersecurity requirements for Marine Corps networks, analyzing gaps, defining specs, and coordinating cross-functional teams to improve operational resilience and security.
- Compensation
- $170K–$190K / yr
- Location
- Ft George G Meade, MD, US
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Contract
- Experience
- 6+ years
- Category
- Business analysis
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 15 years of relevant experience in systems engineering, requirements analysis, functional analysis, business or mission-process analysis, and/or support to complex information technology or cybersecur
- Experience eliciting, analyzing, decomposing, documenting, validating, and tracing operational, functional, technical, system, and cybersecurity requirements through the system development life cycle
- Active Top Secret security clearance with a Polygraph completed within the last 6 years
- Excellent written and verbal communication, facilitation, documentation, and organizational skills
- Strong analytical mindset with effective critical-thinking, problem-solving, requirements-reconciliation, and decision-support skills
- High proficiency with Microsoft Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint
- Ability to collaborate effectively with mission owners, cyber operators, cybersecurity professionals, engineers, program managers, and other Government and contractor stakeholders in a classified envi
Nice to have
- Current DoD 8140-aligned cybersecurity workforce certifications or legacy DoD 8570 Information Assurance Management or Information Assurance Technical certification
Full description
Overview
The Cyber Functional Analyst - Senior supports U.S. Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command (MARFORCYBER) at Fort Meade, Maryland, by analyzing mission, operational, cybersecurity, and technical requirements that enable cyberspace operations and the operation and defense of Marine Corps networks. This position works with mission owners, cybersecurity professionals, system engineers, operators, and program stakeholders to evaluate current and planned capabilities, define user needs, and translate operational objectives into clear, traceable system and cybersecurity requirements. The role performs research, data analysis, process assessment, documentation development, and requirements coordination across the system life cycle. Through structured analysis and senior-level briefing support, the Cyber Functional Analyst recommends improvements that strengthen mission effectiveness, security, resilience, information flow, and operational efficiency. The position may also be assigned responsibility for managing the function and associated staff.
Responsibilities
- Perform research and collect, organize, validate, and analyze data from cybersecurity studies, operational assessments, technical reviews, performance measures, and other approved sources; compile findings and prepare inputs to larger reports and decision products.
- Assess the factors, components, interfaces, dependencies, and security considerations of complex cyber and information systems to identify capability gaps, operational risks, and opportunities to improve mission effectiveness, resilience, and efficiency.
- Plan and conduct studies of cyber mission processes and work procedures, including organizational change, communication, command and control, information flow, integrated operating methods, resource utilization, and cost considerations.
- Examine current and contemplated cyberspace operations, information systems, and supporting processes to develop, define, coordinate, and validate user, mission, functional, technical, and cybersecurity requirements.
- Gather information from users, operators, cybersecurity personnel, engineers, and other stakeholders; define operational or technical problems and develop system, process, and procedural approaches to resolve them.
- Facilitate requirements-development activities, working sessions, technical exchanges, and stakeholder reviews to clarify needs, reconcile competing priorities, document decisions, and establish measurable acceptance criteria.
- Translate user and mission requirements into system specifications, functional requirements, use cases, requirements traceability products, configuration-management plans, life-cycle documentation, integrated logistics or sustainment support plans, and applicable cybersecurity documentation.