DTRA – Blue Team Overview
4LNS is seeking candidates to join a highly successful team that has won and performed over $100 Million of Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) work around the world for more than 20 years. This challenging and exciting work will provide you the opportunity to travel CONUS and OCONUS to the most important DoD defense systems and critical infrastructure to ensure the survivability of any threat or attack. This is an exciting opportunity to experience travelling to destinations around the world and protecting mission critical infrastructure.
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), Nuclear Enterprise Support Directorate (NE) performs integrated, multidisciplinary, assessments that assess survivability of critical U.S. and allied national/theater mission systems, networks, architectures, infrastructures, and assets. Blue Team assessments teams aim to ensure continuity to DoD missions and critical infrastructure by assessing the vulnerabilities and survivability of these infrastructure against a broad spectrum of threats including accidents, natural disasters, technological failure, information system attacks, terrorists, radio frequency weapons (RFW), sabotage, and weapons of mass destruction (WMD).
In order to ensure continuity of DoD Missions and to maintain continuous operations of critical infrastructure, it is imperative to have fully functional Blue Teams (1) to conduct assessments; (2) to provide specific SME assistance to Technical Support Projects (TSPs); (3) to provide Design Review assistance; and (4) to provide technical assistance to the Home Team. The size and skillsets of each team will vary and include those required to execute each mission. The resource needs of each mission and/or stakeholder requests will be identified and managed by DTRA.
Blue Team assessments include, but are not limited to, examining surveillance operations, physical security, telecommunications (e.g., video, voice and data, commercial and military), information operations (e.g., computer networks, IA tools use, operations security), structural protection and response (to include blast effects modeling and consideration of anti-terrorism/force protection standards), utility subsystems (e.g., power and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning reliability and endurance), weapons of mass destruction protection, emergency operations (e.g., emergency preparedness, fire protection, emergency response, disaster control and recovery, continuity of operations), and electromagnetic protection (e.g., electromagnetic pulse and radio frequency weapon susceptibility, lightning protection). The Blue Team mission, by necessity, is fluid and requires the teams operating within these environments to be adaptable.
Cyber Transport Specialist – Junior Responsibilities:
- - The Junior Cyber Transport Specialist shall identify all aspects of communications-related (i.e., DoD data voice networks, transmission systems, Defense Information Systems Network (DISN), and other DoD and Commercial terrestrial and satellite communications systems and networks) vulnerabilities, increase the customer’s awareness of potential vulnerabilities and impacts of communications on mission execution capability, and provide recommendations to mitigate or eliminate identified vulnerabilities.
Required Skills/Qualifications:
- - Knowledge, training, and experience related to DoD and commercial terrestrial and satellite communications systems and networks.
- - Broad knowledge and working-level operational experience with commonly used DoD data and voice networks and transmission systems.
- - Broad experience in general military command and control operations and support of DoD C4I systems including identifying critical mission systems, their vulnerabilities, and the impact of broader strategic, operational, and tactical implications on higher DoD or National level missions.
- - Knowledge with configuration, operation, and management of the Defense Information Systems Network (DISN) and other DoD
- - Be highly organized, able to work independently and without supervision.
- - Work as a team with other subject matter experts to prepare for, execute, and finalize the assessment process.
- - Possess effective oral and written communication skills.
- - Expert knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite.
Minimum Clearance Required to Start:
Top Secret SCI
The position may require a COVID vaccination or an approved accommodation/exemption for a disability/medical condition or religious belief as required by customer requirements and some cases federal, state, provincial or local mandates.
Working for 4LNS
At 4LNS the happiness of our employees is our priority. We offer comprehensive benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays. Our employees have access to additional wellness programs and company-wide activities, and professional growth opportunities.
The position may require a COVID vaccination or an approved accommodation/exemption for a disability/medical condition or religious belief as required by customer requirements and some cases federal, state, provincial or local mandates.
We are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Diversity is ingrained in who we are, how we do business, and is one of our company’s core values. 4LNS equally employs representation at all job levels for minority, female, disabled, protected veteran and LGBTQ+.
