Intel Operations Support Analyst - Intermediate

Peraton; Fort Belvoir (VA); On-site; USD 104,000 - 166,000; Full time

Job summary

Peraton in Fort Belvoir, VA is seeking an Intel Operations Support Analyst at the intermediate level to support a national defense space mission. You will deliver timely intelligence enabling mission leaders and IC partners to identify evolving counterspace threats.

The role emphasizes orbit/ground threat awareness, collaboration with flight safety and engineering teams, and participation in 24/7 mission protection activities.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with adjudicated Polygraph.
• Experience providing intelligence products to mission leaders and IC partners.
• Ability to translate complex data into actionable insights for space operations.

Responsibilities

• Monitor real-time operations and analyze IC reporting to support decision-makers across space operations centers.
• Develop intelligence assessments to enhance space domain awareness and mission planning.
• Provide expertise to identify emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for improvement.
• Support training, strategic planning, contingency planning, and exercises.
• Collaborate across flight safety, mission protection, engineering, strategy, planning, and operations.
• Maintain required crew certifications and proficiency for real-world operations and exercises.
• Support daily mission protection by monitoring space-related events and threats.
• Participate in 24/7 crew operations during mission events and elevated tempo.
• Lead and participate in meetings and briefings for senior military and civilian stakeholders.
• Contribute to threat prioritization and analytical efforts to close knowledge gaps.

Skills

Intelligence analysis

Executive-level briefings

All-source analysis

Collaboration across teams

Briefings to leadership

Education

12 years w/o a degree

AS/AA

BS/BA

MS/MA

PhD

Job description

Intel Operations Support Analyst - Intermediate

Job Locations

US-VA-Fort Belvoir

Responsibilities

Support a critical national defense space warfighting mission at the forefront of space security and mission assurance. As an Intelligence Analyst, you will deliver timely, actionable intelligence that enables mission leaders, operators, and Intelligence Community partners to identify, assess, and respond to evolving counterspace threats. Your analysis will directly inform operational decisions that protect high-value space and ground assets conducting 24/7 mission protection operations.

This role is ideally suited for a space intelligence professional with deep expertise in terrestrial and on-orbit counterspace threats, including both kinetic and non-kinetic capabilities. You will help shape intelligence assessments, guide research efforts, and contribute to a highly collaborative Intelligence Division focused on operational space superiority. Working alongside mission protection, flight safety, and engineering teams, you will support Indications & Warning (I&W) integration initiatives, improve intelligence-driven operational processes, and enhance organizational understanding of the rapidly evolving space domain.

Successful candidates will demonstrate a passion for intelligence analysis, a commitment to mission excellence, and the ability to transform complex data into clear, actionable insights that strengthen mission readiness and resilience.

Key Responsibilities

• Monitor real-time operations and analyze relevant Intelligence Community reporting to produce and disseminate intelligence products supporting operational decision-makers across space operations centers.
• Conduct research and develop intelligence assessments that enhance organizational space domain awareness and support mission planning and execution.
• Provide intelligence expertise and operational perspectives to identify emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and opportunities for mission improvement.
• Support training development initiatives as well as strategic planning, contingency planning, and exercise execution efforts.
• Collaborate across multiple functional areas-including flight safety, mission protection, engineering, strategy, planning, and operations-to address intelligence requirements and assessment inquiries.
• Maintain required crew certifications and technical proficiency to support real-world operations and exercise scenarios in accordance with approved procedures and checklists.
• Support daily mission protection activities by monitoring, assessing, and reporting on significant space-related events and mission-impacting threat developments.
• Participate in 24/7 crew operations during mission events and periods of elevated operational tempo.
• Lead and participate in meetings, briefings, and working groups, providing subject matter expertise on space intelligence topics to senior military and civilian government stakeholders.
• Contribute to intelligence collection prioritization and analytical efforts that help close organizational knowledge gaps and improve mission effectiveness.

This position is contingent upon contract award.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 years w/o a degree or 10 years with AS/AA or 8 years with BS/BA; or 6 years with MS/MA or 3 years with PhD
• Active TS/SCI clearance with adjudicated Polygraph

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced knowledge of foreign and domestic space and ground-system threat capabilities.
• 8+ years of experience supporting Defensive Space Control and/or intelligence analysis missions.
• 2+ years of experience supporting the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO).
• Experience with all-source intelligence analysis and collection requirements management.
• Intermediate to advanced understanding of orbital mechanics and space mission applications.
• Experience supporting joint and interagency exercise planning and execution.
• Demonstrated experience developing and delivering executive-level briefings and presentations for military and civilian leadership.
• Strong collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary operational and intelligence teams.

Worklocation

• Fort Belvoir

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$104,000 - $166,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual's experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.

EEO

EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.