We have an opening for an Intelligence Analyst to join an interdisciplinary team conducting analysis of cyber-physical systems and complex supply chains that support critical infrastructure, and their implications for the national security interests of the United States. You will perform analysis and support projects that integrate complex information from all sources into finished assessments, make formal verbal and written presentations, interface with Program sponsors and Intelligence Community (IC) stakeholders, and contribute to project and organizational goals. This position is in the Nonproliferation and Arms Control (NPAC) Program within Global Security (GS) Principal Directorate’s Intelligence Program and will also support the Cyber & Infrastructure Resilience (CIR) Program in GS’s Energy and Homeland Security Program.
This position will be filled at the SES.2 or SES.3 level based on qualifications, knowledge, and related experience as assessed by the hiring team. Additional job responsibilities (outlined below) will be assigned commensurate with the hiring level.
In this role, you will
- Contribute to independent research under limited direction on sensitive, politically significant national security topics, with a focus on threat intelligence related to cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, and supply chains.
- Identify and define problems, propose analytic methodologies, collect data, write reports documenting results, and present analytic findings in support of sponsor and stakeholder objectives that adhere to intelligence community analytic standards.
- Research, prioritize, and validate information on relevant national security topics; maintain an awareness of relevant current events and information in assigned areas.
- Contribute to the development of a focused national security research program in assigned areas that addresses key science and technology and policy questions, using independent judgment.
- Contribute to intelligence-related organizational objectives by providing input on technical issues and presenting in-depth analysis to sponsors and consumers, traveling as necessary.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
In addition, at the SES.3 level
- Assist in identifying analytic priorities, defining problems, and proposing complex analytic research methodologies with minimal direction.
- Conduct technical development of new program opportunities, including the definition and development of research proposals and interaction with potential sponsors and customers under minimal direction.
- May lead teams assigned to complex analytic tasks on relevant national security issues to inform the development of products for sponsors to meet programmatic objectives.
- Represent the organization as a primary technical contact on assigned intelligence-related tasks and moderate-sized projects, working effectively across a range of priorities.