About Us:
PUNCH Cyber Analytics Group (PUNCH) is a Virginia-based, small business founded in 2012 operating as a cohesive team that incorporates the sum of our group’s diverse skills, talents, and resources toward our collective passion: advancing data analytics to impact cyber operations. PUNCH is a two-time Inc. Magazine ‘Best Workplaces’ awardee offering unique benefits and personal touches to provide a positive work-life experience for our team. PUNCH brings unique qualifications, resources, and past-performance that make us suitable to address the goals of our diverse customer-base. Further, we have past and current experience supporting cyber operations and cyber ML-based research, with well over 100 years of collective experience from our collaborative, multi-disciplinary team.
THE ROLE
All applicants must be US citizens and possess a SECRET clearance.
PUNCH Cyber is hiring a Team Leader for BASELINE, our global deployable cyber operations team. You'll lead network analysts in the field, work directly with packet captures, and manage the people on your team. Deployments don't always go as planned. We need someone who can think on their feet, find a new approach, and explain the options to government customers—including people without a technical background.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
• Lead and perform PCAP and network traffic analysis to spot suspicious activity, unusual behavior, misconfigurations, and other issues.
• Guide analysts in the field, assign work, troubleshoot problems, and check the quality of the team's analysis.
• Manage the team, including hiring, day-to-day supervision, coaching, performance reviews, and accountability.
• Staff and coordinate multiple customer missions, including travel and deployments with as little as a week's notice.
• Work with government customers and SETAs, recommend practical next steps, and adjust the plan when conditions change.
• Track team activities and prepare monthly contract reports and quarterly PowerPoint briefings.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Strong hands-on PCAP and network traffic analysis skills, plus a solid grasp of TCP/IP, protocols, routing, switching, and enterprise networks.
• Experience leading network analysts and managing employees, while staying involved in technical work.
• Good judgment, initiative, and the ability to solve problems in unfamiliar environments when plans change.
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical customers, good writing and briefing skills, and a willingness to travel on short notice.
PREFERRED
Linux administration; network sensor or hardware deployment; data center experience; military Cyber Protection Teams (CPTs), defensive cyber operations, or network assessments; Network+, Security+, or CCNA.
OUR PRIORITY: Strong network analysis skills matter more to us than traditional network or systems administration experience.