Offensive Cyber Analyst
Company websiteparsons.com (Parsons, opens in new tab)
Base salary $112,200 to $196,400
Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Virginia +1 more
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- LocationVirginia +1 more
- WorkplaceWorkplace not stated
- Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
- Last checked (54 min ago) · observed since
All places named
- Virginia
- Alexandria, VA
About this job
Job Description:
Parsons is seeking an Offensive Cyber Operations Analyst to support the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of War for Cyber Operations Policy in developing, implementing, and assessing policies, strategies, and plans for offensive cyberspace operations.
What You’ll Do
- Provide analytical and strategic support for Offensive Cyber Operations, including monitoring and evaluating planned and executed operations and campaigns.
- Conduct deliberate analysis of offensive cyber missions, operational objectives, risks, authorities, and outcomes.
- Support the development and implementation of policies, strategies, plans, and authorities related to offensive cyberspace operations.
- Assist leadership in assessing the alignment of OCO activities with DoW policy, strategy, guidance, and operational requirements.
- Apply knowledge of intelligence-development-operations, targeting, and USCYBERCOM processes to support OCO policy and strategy development.
- Provide technical support and advice on offensive cyber capabilities, processes, mission execution, and operational planning.
- Prepare analyses, reports, briefings, summaries, and decision-support materials for senior DoW leadership.
- Brief complex cyber operational, policy, strategy, and risk concepts to GO/FO/SES-level leaders.
- Coordinate with DoW organizations, USCYBERCOM, intelligence partners, operational commands, and other stakeholders.
- Support the identification of operational risks, capability gaps, policy issues, and opportunities to improve offensive cyber effectiveness.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in related field.
- Minimum 10 (Ten) years of experience supporting offensive cyberspace operations.
- Demonstrated experience providing technical support and advice on offensive cyber capabilities, processes, and execution.
- Familiarity with intelligence-development-operations, targeting, and USCYBERCOM processes.
- Knowledge of offensive cyber policy development, strategy formulation, and implementation.
- Minimum five years of experience briefing complex cyber operational, policy, and risk concepts to GO/FO/SES-level leaders.
- Ability to interface effectively with senior-level leadership.
- Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, and presentation skills.
- Active DoW Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s degree from an accredited university.
- Experience supporting DoW or USCYBERCOM offensive cyber policy, planning, or operations.
- Familiarity with cyber authorities, operational planning processes, and joint cyber space operations.
Security Clearance Requirement:
An active Top Secret SCI security clearance is required for this position.This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation's most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.Salary Range: $112,200.00 - $196,400.00We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!Parsons is aware of fraudulent recruitment practices. To learn more about recruitment fraud and how to report it, please refer to https://www.parsons.com/fraudulent-recruitment/.
Source: Parsons on Workday · View original posting (opens in new tab)
Pay in context
This role's base floor ($112,200) is above 21% of the 191 IT & Security roles in Virginia listed on this site; 3 others list the same floor. Their median floor is $130,000; the middle half runs from $113,200 to $159,300.
Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 7, 2026.
This listingOffensive Cyber Analyst$112,200 to $196,400
Data Scientist - TS/SCI$112,200 to $196,400
Command & Control Modeling & Simulation Engineer$112,200 to $196,400
Senior Project Engineer$112,200 to $196,400
Chinese Language Enabled OSINT Collector$112,200 to $196,400
Armed Security Manager - San Antonio, TX - (VAXCOM)$112,200 to $196,400
Digital Engineer$112,200 to $196,400
Chart as a table
| Role | Published base |
|---|---|
| Offensive Cyber Analyst (this listing) | $112,200 - $196,400 |
| Data Scientist - TS/SCI | $112,200 - $196,400 |
| Command & Control Modeling & Simulation Engineer | $112,200 - $196,400 |
| Senior Project Engineer | $112,200 - $196,400 |
| Chinese Language Enabled OSINT Collector | $112,200 - $196,400 |
| Armed Security Manager - San Antonio, TX - (VAXCOM) | $112,200 - $196,400 |
| Digital Engineer | $112,200 - $196,400 |
Observed changes
- Began meeting the published-salary criteria
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- Employer-stated posting date
- 2026-09-29
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Location as the employer wrote it: US - VA (Field Location) • US - VA, Alexandria
Salary Range: $112,200.00 - $196,400.00
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