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Location: McLean, Reston, and Chantilly, VA
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: Potential travel up to 10% of the time
Shift: Day Job
Potential for Teleworking: No
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Key Roles:

Serves as an Intelligence Analyst to support a client’s requirements in a challenging, dynamic setting located in the Northern Virginia area.  The position requires an active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance.  The Intelligence Analyst position will entail the identification and analysis of subjects through the utilization of multiple customer databases and tools in support of end users.  Candidates will be expected to effectively interact with customer personnel at all levels within their organization in order to meet mission objectives.

Basic Qualifications:

• Previous targeting experience
• 5+ years of relevant IC and/or CT experience and demonstrated performance in similar positions
• Experience manipulating various classified and open source databases
• Experience conducting call-chain analysis
• Familiarity with key US foreign policy and national security Counterterrorism (CT) objectives
• BA or BS degree or the equivalent combination of education, professional training, or work/military experience.

Competencies:

• Attention to detail
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Knowledge of IC policies and procedures
• Ability to think and act quickly in a high pressure environment
• Advanced writing, editing, and listening skills to effectively convey multifaceted ideas.

Clearance:

Candidates selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Location: McLean, VA
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: None
Shift: Day Job
Potential for Teleworking: No
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Key Roles:

Serve as an all source intelligence analyst focused on driving full–spectrum collection and analytic methodologies in order to provide intelligence products, briefings and assessments. Integrate multi–INT disciplines, combining HUMINT, SIGINT, GEOINT, and OSINT analytic and collection tradecraft to drive capabilities and technology for national security, infrastructure, technology, country, geographic area, biographic and targeted vulnerability. Apply critical thinking skills, act independently, and produce briefings and recommendations that describe advanced ways to use intelligence platforms to defeat a hard target.

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in the intelligence community, including HUMINT, SIGINT, GEOINT and OSINT
• 3+ years of experience with intelligence analysis
• Ability to communicate effectively in intelligence analytic terms
• Active TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
• BA or BS degree or the equivalent combination of education, professional training, or work/military experience.

Competencies:

• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Excellent analytic and problem solving skills
• Customer/Client Focus
• Ability to communicate effectively

Clearance:

Candidates selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Location: McLean and Chantilly, VA
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: Potential travel up to 10% of the time
Shift: Day Job
Potential for Teleworking: No
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Key Roles:

Support technical targeting for an operational element of a technology–focused client involved in some of the nation's most important security challenges. Provide targeting coverage over a fluid target set, including drafting cables, analyzing technical data, and integrate multi-INT disciplines, combining HUMINT, SIGINT, GEOINT and OSINT. Leverage comprehension of Internet technologies, networking, emerging technologies, and social media in support of the targeting mission.

Basic Qualifications:

• Experience as a targeter, including traditional or technical targeting
• Experience with cable and intelligence product writing
• Knowledge of Internet technologies, including networking, Cybersecurity, social media, or mobile applications
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

• Experience with hard target sets
• Experience with working in a technology, targeting, or Cybersecurity field
• Knowledge of open source research
• BA or BS degree or the equivalent combination of education, professional training, or work/military experience.

Competencies:

• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Excellent analytic and problem solving skills
• Customer/Client Focus
• Ability to communicate effectively

Clearance:

Candidates selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Location: McLean and Chantilly, VA
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: None
Shift: Day Job
Potential for Teleworking: No
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Key Role:

Lead the development and application of new analytical methods. Comprehend data science tools, including SAS, SPSS, and Python to build statistical models. Produce finished analytical and/or intelligence products.

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in the intelligence community, including in-depth multi-INT research (desired)
• 3+ years of experience with intelligence analysis
• Experience with SPSS, SAS, Python, and equivalent data science tools
• Ability to communicate concisely in both data science and intelligence analytic terms
• Active TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
• BA or BS degree or the equivalent combination of education, professional training, or work/military experience.

Competencies:

• Strong written communication and briefing skills
• Excellent analytic skills
• SAS, SPSS, Python, or related data science program certification or training
• Customer/Client Focus

Clearance:

Candidates selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Location: McLean, Reston, and Chantilly, VA
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: None
Shift: Day Job
Potential for Teleworking: No
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Key Roles:

Serve as a Staff Operations Officer to support operational elements by providing operational research and analysis in furtherance of the client’s objective to acquire intelligence.  Officers will utilize customer-specific databases to conduct multiple layers of research and write summaries, reports, official correspondence, and guidance.  Officers will also be expected to provide thorough and knowledgeable briefings on the analysis to customer management.

Basic Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience related to intelligence research and analysis work is required 
• BA/BS or prior experience in supporting HUMINT operations or a related field as substitute for degree is required 
• Experience with managing a full range of operational and support activities for overseas missions, to include being the primary point of contact for an overseas office and/or a volume of ongoing cases
• Experience with providing operational guidance for ongoing cases, ensuring any CI issues are identified to protect the client’s personnel and facilities
• Ability to design particular classified activities, propose recommendations, and identify the pros/cons of possible operational scenarios
• Experience with coordinating legal and policy issues affecting cases and overseas offices
• Experience with in-depth research on existing cases, and intelligence assessments using all-source and classified information
• Experience with briefings on cases to senior customer officials, identifying potential issues on cases.

Competencies:

• Attention to detail
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Ability to plan and organize tasks independently
• Exercise sound operational judgment
• Strong written and oral communication, organization, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to pose creative solutions to operational challenges

Desired Education/Skills:
Customer certification as a Staff Operations Officer is desired.  Prior overseas experience, including operating in high threat areas, is also desired.

Clearance:

Candidates selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Location: McLean, Reston, and Chantilly, VA
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: None
Shift: Day Job
Potential for Teleworking: No
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Key Roles:

Serve as a Special Skills Officer to support HUMINT operations or familiarity with the Intelligence Community and its objectives. The primary function of a Specialized Skills Officer is to collaborate with a team of intelligence professionals in support of HUMINT operations against priority targets.  Candidates will be responsible for identifying targeting leads to enable a variety of intelligence operations through the exploitation of classified and open source databases.  Successful Specialized Skills Officers will identify and evaluate possible counterintelligence concerns, drive HUMINT operations through written products and briefings, and empower core collectors by producing detailed targeting packages.  Prior experience is desired.

Basic Qualifications:

• 4+ years of experience related to intelligence research and analysis work is required 
• BA/BS or prior experience in supporting HUMINT operations or a related field as substitute for degree is required 
• Experience with cable writing styles and classified client databases, including specific targeting tools
• Experience drafting comprehensive targeting packages in support of the client’s objectives
• Strong briefing and writing skills are a must as well as the ability to work well with teams or individually with minimal supervision
• Demonstrate regional and/or functional expertise or a working knowledge of geographic regions of interest to the United States, including the Middle East
• Engage operational components within the customer organization to address targeting requirements and develop new leads for operational exploitation
•  Conduct detailed searches on items of operational interest and relay pertinent data to relevant customer components.

Competencies:

• Attention to detail
• Ability to work effectively in a team environment
• Ability to plan and organize tasks independently
• Exercise sound operational judgment
• Strong written and oral communication, organization, and interpersonal skills
• Ability to pose creative solutions to operational challenges

Desired Education/Skills:

Customer certification as a Staff Operations Officer is desired.  Prior overseas experience, including operating in high threat areas, is also desired.

Clearance:

Candidates selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Location: McLean, Reston, and Chantilly, VA
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: None
Shift: Day Job
Potential for Teleworking: No
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Key Roles:

Serve as an Intelligence Analyst focused on driving full–spectrum collection and analytic methodologies in order to provide intelligence products, briefings, assessments, and recommendations.  Researches, monitors and analyzes a variety of classified and open source information.  Participates in special projects as required.  

Basic Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in the intelligence community, including HUMINT and SIGINT
• 3+ years of experience with intelligence analysis
• Ability to communicate effectively in intelligence analytic terms
• Active TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
• BA or BS degree or the equivalent combination of education, professional training, or work/military experience.

Competencies:

• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Critical Thinking skills
• Customer/Client Focus
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Team player

Clearance:

Candidates selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Location: Chantilly, VA
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: Yes, 10% of the time
Shift:Day Job
Potential for Teleworking: No
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Key Roles:

Serve as a Technical Analyst focused on assisting the client transform intelligence through innovative operations.  The Technical Analyst will work in a dynamic multidisciplinary environment emphasizing collaboration, interpersonal and communication skills encompassing multiple core competencies. 

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in the intelligence community, including HUMINT and SIGINT
• BA or BS degree in a cyber technical discipline or the equivalent combination of education, professional training, or work/military experience.
• Experience with computer and network security, administration, forensics, or operations, in both Linux and Windows environments
• Experience with the internet environment, including security applications and protocols
• Strong investigative skills, a keen analytic mind, and the ability to manage and leverage data collections
• Knowledge of mobile technologies

Preferred Qualifications:

• An advanced degree in cyber technical discipline
• Professional certifications
• Foreign language skills
• Experience with open source visualization, data analytics and scripting tools

Competencies:

• Technical research/analysis/development skills
• Critical Thinking skills
• Customer/Client Focus
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Team player

Clearance:

Candidates selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Location: Vienna, VA
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: None
Shift: Day Job
Potential for Teleworking: No
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Key Roles:

Serve as a Desk Officer focused on engaging with senior client personnel regularly to create and maintain briefing packages and other deliverables to advance client objectives. Operates in team environments and will be capable of operating independently with minimal supervision.  Demonstrated exceptional briefing and organizational skills. Familiarity with the Intelligence Community and its objectives.

Basic Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience related to intelligence industry research, analysis, targeting, foreign affairs or other related activities
• BA or BS degree in a relevant field (Foreign Affairs, Business, or Systems Integration/Engineering) or the equivalent combination of education, professional training, or work/military experience.
• Strong briefing experience on a variety of topics to senior stakeholders
• Excellent written and oral communications skills with close attention to detail in all deliverables produced while working independently and within a team environment
• Demonstrated ability to convey complex information and ideas clearly to employees at all levels and while dealing with a variety of time-sensitive technical and administrative requirements
• Experience and familiarity with national security and intelligence community policy, along with interagency coordination
• Ability to work efficiently within a team of Desk Officers and with a cross-functional mix of analysts, software developers, trainers, and engineers
• Experience with all aspects of strategic plan development, coordination, and maintenance
•  Ability to arrange and facilitate meetings with senior client managers and follow up on action items from these meetings
• Experience writing and coordinating cables
• Experience organizing overseas deployments and all aspects of planning for large scale and complex overseas initiatives
• Strong experience with Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel

Desired Skills/Experience

• Prior overseas experience, including operating in high threat areas
• Experience with software design and requirements gathering
• Experience with user interface principles and design, and with presenting and briefing to user interface design and functionality
• Experience with learning and presenting systems design concepts and functionalities to senior stakeholders

Competencies:

• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Critical Thinking skills
• Customer/Client Focus
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Team player

Clearance:

Candidates selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Location: Northern VA
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: None
Shift: Day Job
Potential for Teleworking: No
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Key Roles:

Serve as a Program Analyst - Manager focused on providing strong management and direction, and high performance work.  Responsible for developing an engagement work plan and selecting, modifying, and using the appropriate consulting tools for each engagement. Serves in the role of team leader over assigned support areas, often filling the position of project team lead and instructing, directing, and monitoring the work of other project staff. Assumes responsibility for selecting and using appropriate consulting tools and resources for the engagement. Conducts analysis of work plan completeness, prepares status reports, and supports quality control practices. Performs analyses of fundamental client issues, assesses appropriate alternatives, and recommends solutions. Communicates client expectations to project team, and escalates appropriate issues to senior level project staff. Maintains technical knowledge within industry and service line.  Conducts analyses of client problems and develops creative solutions and recommendations.  Perform organizational assessments, program audits, and evaluations, system alignment, and process and productivity improvement.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5 years of consulting and/or directly relevant industry experience. Experience includes: senior-level management and direction on client engagements, extensive experience in all aspects of leading a project, understanding business needs, experience in formulating project definition, isolating success factors, and aligning firm objectives with client needs
• BA or BS degree in a cyber technical discipline or the equivalent combination of education, professional training, or work/military experience.
• Experience with program management – reviews, assessments and analysis, design and development of solutions, monitoring budget allotments, issues resolutions, and implementation
• Experience in management of local resources, administration of project work plans and processes, and core capabilities in information systems design and technical solutions.
• Ability to communicate effectively in intelligence analytic terms

Competencies:

• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong technical skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Customer/Client Focus
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Team player

Clearance:

Candidates selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Location: Northern VA
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: None
Shift: Day Job
Potential for Teleworking: No
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Key Roles:

Serve as a Program Analyst – Senior Manager focused on providing strong senior-level management and direction.  Helps and supports our client’s strategy, and provides business and action planning. Involved in process and productivity improvement, as well as, systems alignment. Assumes responsibility for overall project delivery and oversight of key technical enablers on projects and identification of needs for new tools. Assumes regular interaction and communications with the Government Contracting Officer (CO) and delegated government representatives. Maintains responsibility for managing technical solutions, delegating appropriate resources, and fostering quality assurance principles across projects and deliverables.  Specifically, leading organizational assessments, and program audits, and evaluations are also performed by this position.

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum of 8 years of consulting and/or directly relevant industry experience. Experience includes: engagement experience in project scope and approach, focus on project delivery and business and technical integration, ability to drive business strategy and planning changes at the executive levels, oversight of key business and process enablers, and management of project resources
• BA or BS degree in a cyber technical discipline or the equivalent combination of education, professional training, or work/military experience.
• Experience with maintaining responsibility for managing the project team and daily operations of project development and fostering client comfort and feasibility with the project objectives and goals.
• Experience with engaging with the client and project managers and management of multiple projects across various industry lines.
• Experience with program management – reviews, assessments and analysis, design and development of solutions, monitoring budget allotments, issues resolutions, and implementation
• Experience in management of local resources, administration of project work plans and processes, and core capabilities in information systems design and technical solutions.
• Ability to communicate effectively in intelligence analytic terms

Competencies:

• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Strong technical skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Customer/Client Focus
• Ability to communicate effectively
• Team player

Clearance:

Candidates selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Location: Ft. Meade, MD
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: None
Shift: Day Job
Potential for Teleworking: No
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Key Roles:

The Target Analyst Reporter prioritizes, assesses, evaluates and reports information obtained from passive and active collection, network evaluation and analysis, combined with related collateral sources when appropriate to provide synthesized product to customers. The Target Analyst Reporter writes reports which may require significant editing; may require assistance in determining reportability of an activity; requires assistance in locating reportable information (i.e. can only run basic queries or may require raw information to be provided); may require assistance in determining the focus of report; is familiar with basic SIGINT reporting policies; may require familiarization with SIGINT and collateral report repositories to conduct research that would enhance reporting the ability to pull information from multiple sources and combine it into reports/products in response to requests by management and external customers; and requires mentorship and/or significant guidance from Government personnel.

Required Qualifications:

• Must have an active/current TS/SCI with Polygraph
• At least 3 years demonstrated experience related to job description, 2 of which must have been within the last 5 years.
• Experience in drafting and/or editing for release finished, serialized SIGINT product reports
• Ability to author reports based off simple traffic or a limited amount of traffic.
• Knowledgeable of various technologies and/or topics to identify analytic vectors.
• Experienced in the principles and methods of exploiting foreign communications and communication systems to identify, collect, analyze process and disseminate SIGINT information in accordance with established requirements and priorities.
• Experienced in the use of software applications and databases associated with SIGINT report writing and target development.

Clearance:

Candidates selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; an active/current TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Location: Ft. Meade, MD
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: None
Shift: Day Job
Potential for Teleworking: No
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Key Roles:

The Target Analyst Reporter prioritizes, assesses, evaluates and reports information obtained from passive and active collection, network evaluation and analysis, combined with related collateral sources when appropriate to provide synthesized product to customers. The Target Analyst Reporter writes reports which may require significant editing; may require assistance in determining reportability of an activity; requires assistance in locating reportable information (i.e. can only run basic queries or may require raw information to be provided); may require assistance in determining the focus of report; is familiar with basic SIGINT reporting policies; may require familiarization with SIGINT and collateral report repositories to conduct research that would enhance reporting the ability to pull information from multiple sources and combine it into reports/products in response to requests by management and external customers; and requires mentorship and/or significant guidance from Government personnel.

Required Qualifications:

• At least 8 years demonstrated experience related to job description, 2 of which must have been within the last 5 years.
• Experience in drafting and/or editing for release finished, serialized SIGINT product reports
• Ability to author reports based off simple traffic or a limited amount of traffic.
• Knowledgeable of various technologies and/or topics to identify analytic vectors.
• Experienced in the principles and methods of exploiting foreign communications and communication systems to identify, collect, analyze process and disseminate SIGINT information in accordance with established requirements and priorities.
• Experienced in the use of software applications and databases associated with SIGINT report writing and target development.
• Familiar with more advanced SIGINT reporting policies, e.g. the use of STI, unusual tearlines, Post-Publication actions, RFIs, etc.
• Familiar with SIGINT and collateral report repositories and demonstrates incorporating independent research to enhance reporting.

Clearance:

Candidates selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; an active/current TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.

Location: Ft. Meade, MD
Schedule: Full-time
Travel: None
Shift: Day Job
Potential for Teleworking: No
Clearance Level Must Currently Possess: Top Secret/SCI with Polygraph

Key Roles:

The Target Analyst Reporter prioritizes, assesses, evaluates and reports information obtained from passive and active collection, network evaluation and analysis, combined with related collateral sources when appropriate to provide synthesized product to customers. The Target Analyst Reporter writes reports which may require significant editing; may require assistance in determining reportability of an activity; requires assistance in locating reportable information (i.e. can only run basic queries or may require raw information to be provided); may require assistance in determining the focus of report; is familiar with basic SIGINT reporting policies; may require familiarization with SIGINT and collateral report repositories to conduct research that would enhance reporting the ability to pull information from multiple sources and combine it into reports/products in response to requests by management and external customers; and requires mentorship and/or significant guidance from Government personnel.

Required Qualifications:

• At least 12 years demonstrated experience related to job description, 2 of which must have been within the last 5 years.
• At least 3 years of experience as a SIGINT Geospatial Analyst, Network Exploitation Analyst, or Target Digital Network Analyst.
• Experience in drafting and/or editing for release finished, serialized SIGINT product reports.
• Ability to author reports based off simple traffic or a limited amount of traffic.
• Knowledgeable of various technologies and/or topics to identify analytic vectors.
• Experienced in the principles and methods of exploiting foreign communications and communication systems to identify, collect, analyze process and disseminate SIGINT information in accordance with established requirements and priorities.
• Experienced in the use of software applications and databases associated with SIGINT report writing and target development.
• Demonstrated application of advanced SIGINT reporting, e.g. the use of STI, unusual tearlines, Post-Publication actions, RFIs, etc.
• Familiar with SIGINT and collateral report repositories and demonstrates incorporating independent research to enhance reporting
• Demonstrated ability to independently discover reportable information within office workflow tools.

Clearance:

Candidates selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; an active/current TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required.