National Guard Employment Network
Missile Systems Analyst (Reston, VA)
National Guard Employment Network, Reston, Virginia, United States, 22090
Job Description
ATTENTION MILITARY AFFILIATED JOB SEEKERS - Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. If you have the required skill set, education requirements, and experience, please click the submit button and follow the next steps.
DescriptionThe Capital Area Division (CAD) of Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) has an outstanding opportunity for a talented Missile Systems Analyst with experience identifying, characterizing, and assessing global missile developments, proliferation, and procurement trends. This position provides Defense, Service, and Interagency audiences with timely and accurate assessments of adversary missile programs, strategic threats, and weapons-related S&T developments. The right candidate will routinely contribute to Defense Intelligence Enterprise deliverables, including but not limited to foundational assessments, warning reports, technical briefings, and other analytic documents. The position collaborates with the Intelligence Community, Defense Department, national labs, and academia to address missile-related threat issues. The Missile Analyst provides guidance to less experienced staff, reviews the work of others, authoritatively contributes to multi-functional analytic teams, and maintains currency in understanding relevant missile-related technologies, trends, and threats. The position is expected to understand and articulate official government analytic positions during customer engagements and represent Defense Intelligence Enterprise analytic units as directed.
This position is contingent upon contract award with an anticipated start date in November 2024.
Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities
Required Qualifications:
BS or BA degree and tangible intelligence analysis experience5+ years of experience with intelligence analysis, including employing multi-INT databases to develop analytic assessments and briefingsDemonstrated knowledge of missile programs, trends, and technologies, missile defense developments, WMD delivery, and/or counterproliferationPractical understanding of the technical requirements - both established and improvised - required to improve lethality of missilesA working familiarity with global missile defense-related programs, technologies, and initiativesUnderstanding of global technology control, arms-control, and nonproliferation efforts associated with missiles (MTCR, New START)Experience characterizing and assessing technical improvements related to other advanced weapons systems, including cruise missiles, UAVs, and long-range rocketsWorking familiarity with established Intelligence Community directives, standards, and tradecraft documentsDemonstrated ability to work effectively within or lead a team of peers, as well as excellent interpersonal and communications skillsAbility to communicate complex analyses at a level comprehensible to diverse military audiences and senior-level government representativesAbility to clearly express in writing technical analysis results and program characterizationsWord, Excel and PowerPoint proficiencyActive TS clearance with SCI eligibilityDesired Qualifications:
Advanced degree and/or technical training applicable to the aerospace or WMD problem set.Familiarity with state nuclear, biological, and/or chemical (NBC) programs, strategic weapons developments, and WMD-related proliferation and procurement.Understanding of the Defense Intelligence Enterprise, DIA, and Service intelligence production centers.Experience effectively devising, utilizing, and communicating methodological approaches to complex problem sets.Familiarity working with missile, delivery system, and S&T analytic centers within the DOD, IC and/or Interagency.
ATTENTION MILITARY AFFILIATED JOB SEEKERS - Our organization works with partner companies to source qualified talent for their open roles. The following position is available to Veterans, Transitioning Military, National Guard and Reserve Members, Military Spouses, Wounded Warriors, and their Caregivers. If you have the required skill set, education requirements, and experience, please click the submit button and follow the next steps.
DescriptionThe Capital Area Division (CAD) of Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) has an outstanding opportunity for a talented Missile Systems Analyst with experience identifying, characterizing, and assessing global missile developments, proliferation, and procurement trends. This position provides Defense, Service, and Interagency audiences with timely and accurate assessments of adversary missile programs, strategic threats, and weapons-related S&T developments. The right candidate will routinely contribute to Defense Intelligence Enterprise deliverables, including but not limited to foundational assessments, warning reports, technical briefings, and other analytic documents. The position collaborates with the Intelligence Community, Defense Department, national labs, and academia to address missile-related threat issues. The Missile Analyst provides guidance to less experienced staff, reviews the work of others, authoritatively contributes to multi-functional analytic teams, and maintains currency in understanding relevant missile-related technologies, trends, and threats. The position is expected to understand and articulate official government analytic positions during customer engagements and represent Defense Intelligence Enterprise analytic units as directed.
This position is contingent upon contract award with an anticipated start date in November 2024.
Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities
Required Qualifications:
BS or BA degree and tangible intelligence analysis experience5+ years of experience with intelligence analysis, including employing multi-INT databases to develop analytic assessments and briefingsDemonstrated knowledge of missile programs, trends, and technologies, missile defense developments, WMD delivery, and/or counterproliferationPractical understanding of the technical requirements - both established and improvised - required to improve lethality of missilesA working familiarity with global missile defense-related programs, technologies, and initiativesUnderstanding of global technology control, arms-control, and nonproliferation efforts associated with missiles (MTCR, New START)Experience characterizing and assessing technical improvements related to other advanced weapons systems, including cruise missiles, UAVs, and long-range rocketsWorking familiarity with established Intelligence Community directives, standards, and tradecraft documentsDemonstrated ability to work effectively within or lead a team of peers, as well as excellent interpersonal and communications skillsAbility to communicate complex analyses at a level comprehensible to diverse military audiences and senior-level government representativesAbility to clearly express in writing technical analysis results and program characterizationsWord, Excel and PowerPoint proficiencyActive TS clearance with SCI eligibilityDesired Qualifications:
Advanced degree and/or technical training applicable to the aerospace or WMD problem set.Familiarity with state nuclear, biological, and/or chemical (NBC) programs, strategic weapons developments, and WMD-related proliferation and procurement.Understanding of the Defense Intelligence Enterprise, DIA, and Service intelligence production centers.Experience effectively devising, utilizing, and communicating methodological approaches to complex problem sets.Familiarity working with missile, delivery system, and S&T analytic centers within the DOD, IC and/or Interagency.