Ground Systems Analyst, Junior- TS/SCI - Security Clearance Required

Are you interested in using your skills to help shape the Cyber, Security, & Intel space? If so, look no further. We are seeking an Analyst to join our team of passionate individuals.

In this role you will support challenging, mission-critical projects that make a direct impact on the nation’s security and intelligence mission.

This program supports Intelligence Analysis and Scientific Analysis activities in support of Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA), Intelligence (S2), Operations (S3) and Counterintelligence & Human Intelligence (CI / HUMINT) Directorates.

Collaborates with the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and Department of Defense’s (DoD) best trained General Military Intelligence (GMI) professionals.

Will be required to provide stakeholders Intelligence Analytical support for all Intelligence factions. Provides necessary resources with knowledge and experience to support Weapons and Technical Analysis, Geo-spatial Intelligence Science and Analysis, Regional Analysis, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, and Counterintelligence (CI) / Human Intelligence (HUMINT).

Responsibilities :

• Conduct All-Source analytic production of foreign military ground systems including, but not limited to, platforms, sensors, motor transport, armor, anti-armor, artillery, firearms, explosives, logistical and maintenance, readiness, and missions.
• Analyze and assess current and future foreign missile technology to include but not limited to foreign missile system capabilities, vulnerabilities, advanced weapon systems, technical data analysis, and tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Analyze foreign precision weapon systems and indirect fire weapon platforms to forecast future technologies, identify new applications of mature technologies, and assess the impact of technology transfers.
• Work with engineers, scientists, and / or modelers on foreign weapons processes, capabilities, and dual-use technologies.
• Analyzes and assesses current and future foreign, lethal and non-lethal, weapon systems including, but not limited to, system capabilities, vulnerabilities, production, stockpile, deployment, proliferation, and impact to U.

S. and Coalition forces worldwide.

• Conduct all-source analysis to evaluate foreign military systems and technologies.
• Conduct research, create intelligence products, create intelligence estimate assessments, and conduct intelligence briefings on request based on MCIA’s Program of Analysis (POA) and customer-driven requests for information (RFIs).
• Collect, analyze, interpret, evaluate and research using tools, techniques, methodology and software.
• Produce and deliver written intelligence assessments and briefings to support consumers at the tactical, operational, and strategic level as assigned.
• Written products will meet Intelligence Community Standards (e.g., ICD 203, 206, 208) and MCIA standards and adhere to MCIA production and review processes.
• Maintain situational awareness of and analyze the assigned portfolio.
• Conduct research to determine current and future foreign capabilities.
• Follow technology transfer and its military impact and ability of recipient countries to assimilate transferred technology.
• Annually publish / produce at least the minimum number of all-source analysis products (e.g., written and oral reports) as dictated by the production requirements on assigned account.
• Collect, analyze, interpret, evaluate, and integrate complex data from multiple sources to assess the relevance and significance of developments in his / her assigned subject matter and geographic area(s).
• Identify and assess intelligence gaps, recommend, and submit collection requirements to fill gaps.
• Develops collection strategies and composes collection requirements.
• Correlate technically derived data using multiple intelligence disciplines and open-source information.
• Attend, participate in, and contribute to relevant conferences and other events.
• Maintain contact and collaborate with counterparts across MCIA and in other intelligence organizations to keep abreast of current developments, to resolve problems to eliminate duplication, and to provide free flow of information on matters of intelligence interest.
• Deliver subject matter expertise to support the development of new processes, procedures, and technologies.
• Conduct peer reviews and reviews of intelligence products submitted for internal coordination and external intelligence community coordination.
• Provide portfolio specific analysis, expertise, and intelligence production as specified below.
• Conduct Threat Steering Groups with members across USMC Combat Development & Integration to identify key factors and significant risk drivers for potential materiel solutions that may inform lifecycle cost, performance, schedule, and other acquisition decision making.
• Produce and deliver Validated Online Lifecycle Threat Reports (VOLTs), Critical Intelligence Parameters (CIPs), and Capability Development Threat
• Summaries to support Marine Corps Acquisition Programs across the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) process, to support the Defense Acquisition System.

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• Demonstrates working knowledge of the concepts involved in the specific functions outlined in the specified labor category description.
• Knowledgeable of and demonstrates ability to apply IC and DoD classification guidelines and procedures.
• Demonstrates ability to work semi-independently with oversight and direction.
• Demonstrates ability to use logic when evaluating and synthesizing multiple sources of information. Demonstrates understanding of interpreting analysis to include, but not limited to, its meaning, importance, and implications.

Demonstrates ability to defend analytic judgements with sound, logical conclusions and adapt analytic judgments when presented with new information, evolving conditions, or unexpected developments.

Demonstrates ability to produce timely, logical, and concise analytic reports, documents, assessments, studies, and briefing materials in formats including Microsoft Office tools (e.

g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.), electronic / soft copy matrices and / or web-enabled formats.

• Demonstrates ability to communicate complex issues clearly in a concise and organized manner both verbally and non-verbally, with strong grammar skills.
• Demonstrates proficiency using Microsoft Office tools.
• Demonstrates ability to develop structured research including, but not limited to, obtaining, evaluating, organizing, and maintaining information within security and data protocols.
• Demonstrates ability to recognize nuances and resolve contradictions and inconsistencies in information.
• Demonstrates working knowledge using complex analytic methodologies, such as

structured analytic techniques or alternative approaches, to examine biases, assumptions, and theories to eliminate uncertainty, strengthen analytic arguments, and mitigate surprise.

Structured analytic techniques include, but not limited to, Analysis of Competing Hypotheses, Devil’s Advocacy, High-Impact / Low-Impact Analysis, Red Team Analysis and Alternative Futures Analysis.

Demonstrates understanding of intelligence collection capabilities and limitations, to

include but not limited to, technical sensors / platforms and human intelligence sources related to the labor category.

Demonstrates understanding of evaluating collected intelligence reporting, engaging with collection managers, and developing collection requirements.

Clearance Required :

Active TS / SCI

Preferred :

• Minimum 3 years of experience conducting analysis relevant to the specific labor category, with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Bachelor’s degree in an area related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.

S. Department of Education. An additional 4 years of experience in the specific labor category, for a total of 7 years of experience in the specific labor category, may be substituted for a Bachelor’s degree.