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# Digital Network Exploitation Analyst (DNEA) at Swift

- **Company:** Swift
- **Location:** Annapolis Junction, MD
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2026-05-12
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/the-swift-group/am9icG9zdDqNNfb7uUdSxtLIZ8rS05vv

## Job description

Swift is a privately held, mission-driven and employee-focused services and solutions company headquartered in Reston, VA. Our capabilities include Software Development, Engineering & IT, Data Science, Cyber Enablement, Logistics, and Training. Founded in 2019, Swift supports Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community customers across the country and around the globe.

We are seeking Digital Network Exploitation Analysts (DNEA) to join a growing team supporting mission-focused work in locations including Annapolis Junction, MD, Honolulu, HI, Bluffdale, UT, Dayton, OH, and San Antonio, TX.

Responsibilities:

- Evaluate target opportunities using all-source data to understand and map target networks and assist in developing detailed exploitation and operations plans.
- Analyze SIGINT and cybersecurity data across multiple layers of the OSI network stack.
- Apply knowledge of logical and physical IP core infrastructure, communication devices, network connectivity, and traffic flow analysis.
- Support cyber operations through network analysis, exploitation support, vulnerability analysis, and operational planning activities.
- Analyze network traffic, identify vulnerabilities, and contribute to mission-focused cyber analysis and targeting efforts.

Requirements:

- Experience in computer or information systems design, development, and/or analysis roles.
- Experience may include hardware/software engineering, programming, computer or network security, vulnerability analysis, penetration testing, computer forensics, information assurance, systems engineering, and/or network and systems administration.
- Understanding of network protocols, traffic analysis, and cybersecurity concepts across the OSI model.
- Experience supporting cyber operations, network analysis, or exploitation-focused missions is highly desired.
- Completion of military cyber training such as JCAC may count toward relevant experience requirements.
- Foreign language proficiency may be considered toward experience requirements where applicable. Recent ILR scores are required to substantiate language proficiency.
- Degree in Computer Science is required.- Degrees in related technical fields such as Engineering or Mathematics may be considered if coursework includes foundational Computer Science areas including: Algorithms, Computer Architecture, Programming Methodologies and Languages, Data Structures, Logic and Computation, Advanced Mathematics (e.g., Calculus, Discrete Mathematics)
- Information Technology (IT) and Information Security (IS) degrees may be considered if coursework is equivalent to a Computer Science major.

Level 1

- Associate’s degree plus 4 years of relevant experience OR
- Bachelor’s degree plus 2 years of relevant experience Level 2
- Associate’s degree plus 7 years of relevant experience OR
- Bachelor’s degree plus 5 years of relevant experience OR
- Master’s degree plus 3 years of relevant experience OR
- Doctorate plus 2 years of relevant experience Level 3
- Associate’s degree plus 10 years of relevant experience OR
- Bachelor’s degree plus 8 years of relevant experience OR
- Master’s degree plus 6 years of relevant experience OR
- Doctorate plus 4 years of relevant experience Level 4
- Associate’s degree plus 13 years of relevant experience OR
- Bachelor’s degree plus 11 years of relevant experience OR
- Master’s degree plus 9 years of relevant experience OR
- Doctorate plus 7 years of relevant experience
- US citizenship and an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance required

Desired Experience: Relevant certifications and training may include:

- Security+
- Network+
- CEH
- JCAC graduate

## About Swift

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: The Swift Group provides national security technology and mission support by combining experienced field operatives with expert technologists.
- **Entity Type**: Private (no disclosed funding stage)
- **Headquarters**: Reston, VA, USA
- **Founded**: 2019
- **Founders**: Not publicly disclosed

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: National security, defense, intelligence, cybersecurity, high-performance computing, training and logistics.
- **Target customers**: U.S. Civilian, Defense, and Intelligence Community agencies (B2G).
- **Mission or purpose statement**: “When national security leaders need something built quiet that hits loud, they turn to Swift.” — The company pairs field operators with technologists to solve complex national security challenges with speed, discretion, and precision.

## Products & Services
For each major offering:
- **HPC Research & Technical Advisement**: Specialized advisement for revolutionary high-performance computing systems supporting data-intensive missions.
- **Software Development & Data Solutions**: Rapid prototyping, agile development, and applied data science tailored to mission needs.
- **Cyber Enablement**: Network defense, offense, threat analysis, and resilience for enterprise and operational environments.
- **Operations**: Mission planning and execution support delivered shoulder-to-shoulder with client teams anywhere in the world.
- **Training & Mission Support**: Operator-led instruction and technical training across the full mission lifecycle.
- **Energetics**: Advanced research, advisory, and deployment of energetic materials to improve system performance and operational effect.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (privately held).
- **Key Metric**: Over **126 open positions** currently listed on the careers page, signaling rapid growth.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed.
- **Growt Signals**: Founded in 2019, now has multiple offices (Reston, Annapolis Junction, Chantilly, McLean, etc.) and supports customers across the U.S. and globally. High volume of active job postings.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Operator-led approach**: Combines real-world field experience with cutting-edge engineering, reducing the gap between mission needs and technical solutions.
- **Integration**: Unified teams of operators, engineers, and analysts work together, avoiding siloed tools.
- **Discretion and trust**: Emphasizes low-profile, off-the-record work, earning deep trust from national security clients.
- **Acountability**: Company culture of owning outcomes, with a flat, agile structure.

## Strategic Focus
- **Current priorities**: Expanding capabilities in cyber, HPC, and data science while maintaining operator-driven agility. Continued support for sensitive, high-stakes missions across civilian, defense, and intelligence domains.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Mission-driven, employee-focused, with a strong sense of purpose. Values include transparency, integrity, service, and innovation.
- **Work environment**: Low-profile, high-impact. Roles often require clearance and on-site presence at client locations (e.g., Chantilly, Annapolis Junction, Reston). Not fully remote; likely hybrid or on-site.
- **Bnefits**: Comprehensive healthcare, wellness, financial, retirement, education, and time-off benefits.
- **Success stories**: Clear career progression from analyst to chief architect, with wide pay bands (e.g., $50k–$290k) indicating room for growth and specialization.

## Sources
1. [theswiftgroup.com/company](https://theswiftgroup.com/company/)
2. [theswiftgroup.com](https://theswiftgroup.com/)
3. [careers.theswiftgroup.com](https://careers.theswiftgroup.com/)
4. [jobs.gem.com](https://jobs.gem.com/the-swift-group)

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