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BOOST is partnering with a cleared small business that provides mission-critical, AI-driven cyber defense and reverse engineering solutions for U.S. Government clients to hire an AI Augmented Network Operator. This opportunity is 100% onsite located in the Northern Virginia area.

POSITION SUMMARY:

As an AI Augmented Network Operator, you will serve as the senior technical authority overseeing sensor telemetry validation, coverage measurement, and the development of hunt-effectiveness standards across multiple secure enclaves. Your analyses will quantify detection health, identify critical visibility gaps, and guide strategic sensor tuning to enable rapid threat discovery. With a mission-first, people-always mindset and zero tolerance for mission failure, you will drive high-assurance capabilities that deliver decisive situational awareness for national security.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Eight plus (8+) years performing advanced network analysis, cyber-hunt, or network defense operations in classified, highly regulated, or mission-critical environments.
• Expertise with Zeek, Suricata/Snort, packet capture/flow analytics, and SIEM platforms (Elastic, Splunk).
• Demonstrated experience building visualization dashboards and automating security telemetry data pipelines.
• Strong scripting proficiency in Python or Go to develop tools, automate analysis, and support mission detection standards.
• Excellent communication skills to present complex technical findings clearly to engineering teams and senior executives.
• Proven commitment to mission-first, people-always values with zero tolerance for mission failure.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Cybersecurity, or a related field.
• Experience instrumenting and defending cloud and hybrid network architectures.
• Background integrating machine-learning-based detection techniques with traditional NIDS analytics.
• Certifications such as GCIA, GNFA, or equivalent.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible) for secure sensor deployment and automation.

• Design and define mission-aligned key performance indicators (KPIs) to quantify sensor health, asset visibility, data latency, and detection efficacy.
• Build automated dashboards and reporting pipelines using tools like ELK or Splunk to visualize coverage metrics for technical and executive leadership.
• Conduct rigorous gap analyses of packet-capture, flow, and endpoint telemetry to identify detection blind spots and recommend collection or tuning improvements.
• Develop and maintain detection logic, including Sigma and YARA signatures, to address novel adversary behaviors and advanced tradecraft.
• Collaborate with hunt teams and incident-response personnel to validate alerts, enrich investigations, and optimize mission-aligned detection coverage.
• Interface with AI/ML engineers to integrate model-driven detections and telemetry signals into sensor health and performance metrics.
• Document methodologies, sustain high-quality playbooks, and mentor analysts on best practices for measuring and improving hunt effectiveness.
• Provide mission-focused recommendations to leadership to protect critical networks and maintain operational readiness.