Intel Policy, Strategy, and Analyst Intern

Mitre Corporation; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 77,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

MITRE seeks a motivated candidate to support the Intelligence Mission Enablement Department in McLean. You will help modernize intelligence tools, contribute to research outputs, and develop analytical models addressing sponsor challenges.

The role emphasizes teamwork, rigorous analysis, and clear communication, with an on-site requirement and access to dynamic national-security projects.

Qualifications

• This position typically requires less than 1 year of related experience with a related Bachelor’s degree, or an equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Demonstrated interest in topics related to national security policy and the intelligence community.
• Excellent critical, analytical, written, and oral communication skills; self-motivated and flexible problem-solving approach.
• This on-site role requires 5 days per week on-site.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to approaches and strategies to modernize intelligence tools and analysis.
• Contribute to development and delivery of MITRE work through technical research, presentations, and written deliverables.
• Assist in developing analytical models to address sponsor challenges.
• Work with teams to produce concrete outputs advancing larger, impactful outcomes.

Skills

National security policy

Intelligence community

Intelligence cycle

Counterintelligence and security

War operations

Programming languages

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

At MITRE, your passion fuels work that impacts our nation and improves lives. This is where your skills strengthen national security, cybersecurity, health, transportation, and citizen services. We’re a nonprofit engineering, applied research, and advanced technology organization working in the public interest. With objectivity and integrity at our core, we lead federally funded research and development centers for U.S. government agencies – collaborating with industry and academia to deliver integrated, high-impact solutions that advance our nation’s health, security, and prosperity. Our people tackle the toughest technical challenges, supported by competitive benefits, meaningful career development, and a culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. Choose MITRE for a career with purpose — and help shape the future.

Department Summary:

The Intelligence Mission Enablement Department (L643) supports numerous sponsor’s within the intelligence community. Our department enhances the Nation’s capabilities in Warfighter Support, Counterintelligence and Insider Threats, Scientific and Technical Intelligence, Counterterrorism, Intelligence Fusion, Adversary Intelligence, Mission Engineering, and Data-Driven Strategy and Policy.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Contribute to approaches and strategies to modernize intelligence tools, techniques, and analysis
• Contributing to the development and delivery of impactful MITRE work through technical research, presentations, and written deliverables
• Assist in the development of a variety of analytical models to address sponsor challenges
• Work with teams to produce concrete, short-term, tangible outputs that make progress towards larger, impactful outcomes

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires less than 1 year of related experience with a related Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Demonstrated interest in relevant topics: national security policy, the organizations of the intelligence community and their roles, the intelligence cycle, counterintelligence and security, Department of War operations, etc.
• Excellent critical thinking, analytical, written, and oral communication skills
• An inquisitive, self-motivated and flexible approach to problem-solving
• This position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site

Preferred Qualifications:

• Preferred qualifications vary based on the specific work program a successful candidate would support, but may include any of the following:
• Significant academic background or prior work experience in a relevant field
• Demonstrated technical skills as applied to intelligence requirements with a strong knowledge of the intelligence community and intelligence processes
• Deep socio-political or cultural knowledge of key countries or regions or working knowledge or proficiency in a foreign language
• Experience in web or app development, web services, web standards, and orchestration tools, and familiarity working in cloud-based environments
• Technical proficiency in key cybersecurity approaches and technologies, as well as an understanding of cybersecurity policy principles
• Demonstrated ability to manipulate large datasets and perform calculations with modern programming languages like Python, C++, R, or Java, as well as the use of multi-dimensional data visualization tools

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

None

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Top Secret/SCI

Salary compensation range and midpoint:

$76,800 - $96,000 - $115,200 Annual

Work Location Type:

Onsite

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.

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