Critical Infrastructure/security Analyst

Description

The Security and Resilience practice at ICF is actively recruiting for experienced Critical Infrastructure/Security Analyst - Mission Assurance to join our team based in Dahlgren, VA. This essential role requires working in a cleared environment with an active clearance to support the U.S. Department of Defense’s mission assurance, defense critical infrastructure, and related security and resilience programs.

**Responsibilities**:
Critical Infrastructure/Security Analyst - Mission Assurance are responsible for assessing available critical infrastructure in an area of concern; analyzing threats; assessing impacts to customers if disrupted, damaged, or destroyed; and seeking options to protect infrastructure from physical and cyber-attacks, natural disasters, and other risks.

**Duties include**:

- Use technical expertise to understand the systems and operations of critical infrastructure sectors -water, energy, chemical, transportation, telecommunications, and others.
- Analyze various aspects of civilian and military utilities and other infrastructure to determine resilience.
- Collaborate with teammates on infrastructure analyses.
- Document analyses with high attention to detail.
- Respond to quick-turn tasks and complete detailed analyses.
- Occasional travel may be required.

**Required Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
- 3+ years of experience in areas such as:

- Operation of electric power assets and systems, water and wastewater systems, transportation modes, all forms of telecommunications, data centers, etc.
- Engineering, design, and planning of infrastructure systems.
- Resource planning and analysis.
- Researching public and secure databases.
- Use of GIS software in analysis.
- Minimum of 1 year of consulting experience.
- US Citizenship (due to client requirements).
- Active, in-scope US Government-issued Security clearance.

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- Experience in mission assurance, homeland security, infrastructure protection, or related safety and security policies.
- 5+ years of professional experience, including recent experience in a cleared setting.
- DoD experience (civilian or military).
- High-level clearance.
- Excellent verbal, interpersonal, and written communication skills.
- Exceptional planning and organizational skills with a focus on timely completion and attention to detail.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
- Ability to adjust work pace to match client priorities and competing demands, especially for quick turn needs.
- Professionalism in providing onsite support, including good judgment, discretion, tact, and diplomacy.
- Sound business ethics, including the protection of proprietary, confidential, and government classified information.
- Highly disciplined, self-starter requiring mínimal guidance.
- Proficiency with the MS Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

**Working at ICF**

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