Exploitation Analyst

Company Overview

Dutch Ridge Consulting Group, LLC (DRCG), a United States (US) Small Business Administration (SBA) Certified Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and ISO 9001:2015 Certified Company was established in 2016. DRCG is 100% US owned, has over 50 employees, and provides high-quality support staff at ten client locations throughout the US, with corporate offices in Ashburn, VA and Beaver, PA. DRCG delivers expertise in Cybersecurity Engineering and Operations;
Cyber Threat Intelligence;
Insider Threat Prevention and Detection;
Information Technology Solutioning;
Systems Integration;
Program Management;
Policy, Planning, Communications, and Compliance Support;
Workflow Solutioning;
Risk Management;
Business Process Reengineering; and Professional Business Consulting Services. DRCG's technical approach optimizes client investments by leveraging expertise in managing growth and transformation of existing IT environments.

Develop or oversee development of detailed plans that are executed by the Red Team or other organizations supporting cyber OT&E events. Functions as a subject matter expert in cyberspace operations and use all available system documentation and intelligence sources to determine system access points and critical components to develop test objectives that are executed by a supporting red team. Identify capability gaps and review cyber test requirements for each system under test and research and coordinate with other DoD organizations, academia, private sector and defense Contractors on cyber capabilities and tools to meet the test requirements.

Forward proposed test requirements to the Government for review. Perform these duties under the supervision of the 01D Future Operations Officer. Support development and maintenance of cyber survivability test planning templates, documents, and training courses as well as instruct the courses. Support various OT&E working groups, technical exchanges, and meetings.

• Serve as a Exploitation Analyst supporting cyber survivability policy and process oversight to warfare divisions, and becoming proficient in, and following cyber T&E concept of operations, SOPs, policies, and guidance.
• Support sustainment and updating of OPTEVFOR to conduct and instruct Cyber Survivability Test Planning course.
• Inform 01D Future Operations Officer of any challenges and issues in a timely manner for resolution.
• Maintain and participate in the development of 01D SOPs and OPTEVFOR Cyber test planning documents to include participation in and support of the CCB process.
• Pre-Test Planning:
  • Support the Future Operations Officer to determine overall test strategy and level of cyber OT&E for acquisition programs.
  • Support the Future Operations Officer in reviewing Test and Evaluation Master Plan (TEMP) (or other types of OT&E resourcing documents), Integrated Evaluation Framework (IEF), test plan or other test planning related documents to ensure adequate test strategies are established within policies and guidelines to include adjudication of related comments from stakeholders.
  • Support program specific T&E Integrated Product Team (IPT), cyber table tops and other internal or external events as assigned and non-program specific T&E IPTs, technical exchange meetings, and other briefs and meetings as required.
• Test Planning:
  • Develop cyber survivability test plans following Cyber OT&E procedures and templates and with minimal administrative errors.
  • Coordinate with the warfare divisions and red team operators to ensure defined test objectives are comprehensive and executable, data collection requirements are adequately defined, cyber test capabilities are identified, resourced, and integrated prior to the test plan being signed.
  • Attend test planning visits in support of cyber OT&E planning.
• Lead preparation of test execution, including:
  • Participate in site pre-test coordination visits. Provide an in brief to the test site.
  • Conduct Pre-Execution Brief to 01D leadership.
  • Prepare library of data needed for test and arrange for its arrival at the test site.
  • Ensure all deconfliction requirements are met prior to test execution in accordance…