Intelligence Analyst 2 with Security Clearance

Cornerstone Defense; Vienna (VA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental and Vision Plans

401(k)

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Cornerstone Defense LLC in Vienna, VA seeks a Junior Intelligence Analyst to join a fast-paced federal program supporting watchlist screening for the U.S. Government.

You will provide embedded and reach-back analysis, integrating multi-source data to identify patterns and support national security missions. The role requires TS/SCI with polygraph to apply and offers exposure to leadership, daily feedback, and opportunities for training.

Qualifications

• Must have strong analytical thinking and problem solving skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication with ability to brief executives.
• Experience collaborating in cross-functional teams and with government partners.

Responsibilities

• Apply complex direction and guidance to intelligence tasks.
• Communicate clearly with executive management and partner agencies, providing formal reports and briefings.
• Conduct research and analysis to produce finished all-source intelligence products for tactical and strategic customers.
• Provide daily feedback to the team lead.
• Support processing of threat actor nominations, data integrity, encounter management, and information sharing.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Clear communication

Team collaboration

Education

Degree in security or intelligence studies

Tools

IC tools and databases

Job description

Title: Intelligence Analyst 2 Location: Vienna, VA

• Clearance:
• Active TS/SCI w/ Polygraph needed to apply
• Company Overview: Cornerstone Defense is the Employer of Choice within the Intelligence, Defense, and Space communities of the U.S. Government. Realizing early on that our most prized assets are our employees, we continually focus our attention on improving the overall work/life experience they have supporting the mission. Our Team is pushed every day to use their industry leading knowledge to provide end-to-end solutions to combat our nation's toughest and most secure problems. If you are looking for a place to not only be professionally challenged, but encouraged and supported by a company that cares, don't look any further than Cornerstone Defense. Benefits Overview : Cornerstone Defense offers a very comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to: Medical, Dental and Vision Plans
• Generous PTO Policy
• 401(k)
• HSA and FSA options
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Tuition Reimbursement and Training
• Perks at Work Discount Program
• Referral Program
• Leads Generation Program
• CollegeAmerica 529
• Fitness Reimbursement Program
• Travel Assistance
• Norton Lifelock Benefit Solutions
• Life Planning Financial & Legal Services
• Job Description We are looking for a Junior Intelligence Analyst ready to be a member of a dynamic and fast paced intel analysis program for a federal agency supporting the US Government's threat watchlisting and screening mission. As a Junior Intelligence Analyst, you will provide embedded analysis and reach back support to a federal agency and their partners. You will provide multi-source intelligence analysis and fusion that integrates existing national-level products and databases to define patterns of operations. As required, you will interact directly with government leadership and deployed intelligence consumers during the development of intelligence products and ongoing screening operations to meet intelligence requirements across the watchlist enterprise. Duties may include the processing and verification of national security threat actor nominations, data integrity/quality control, encounter management, information sharing, and/or multiple discipline intelligence analysis. Primary Responsibilities:
• Apply complex direction, including standard operating procedures and operations manuals documentation as well as appropriate oral and written guidance received.
• Communicates clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing, in order to tactfully and persuasively advise and guide executive management relative to a variety of issues which can be delicate in nature; includes making presentations and preparing complete, clear, and concise formal and informal reports, correspondence, briefings, charts, tables, and graphs that are distributed throughout the government and its partner agencies.
• Conduct research and analysis of data, information, and intelligence to produce a wide range of finished all-source intelligence products. Finished intelligence products shall include standard and non-standard Agency products as well as briefings for the tactical and strategic customers
• You should be able to provide daily feedback to the team lead. Basic Qualifications:
• Apply complex direction, including standard operating procedures and operations manuals documentation as well as appropriate oral and written guidance received.
• Communicates clearly and effectively, both orally and in writing, in order to tactfully and persuasively advise and guide executive management relative to a variety of issues which can be delicate in nature; includes making presentations and preparing complete, clear, and concise formal and informal reports, correspondence, briefings, charts, tables, and graphs that are distributed throughout the government and its partner agencies.
• Conduct research and analysis of data, information, and intelligence to produce a wide range of finished all-source intelligence products. Finished intelligence products shall include standard and non-standard Agency products as well as briefings for the tactical and strategic customers
• You should be able to provide daily feedback to the team lead Preferred Qualifications:
• 2-4 years of experience
• Experience working with IC tools and databases
• Degree in security or intelligence studies with a recommended focus on terrorism or other transnational security threats is highly desired
• Completion certificate from a commercial, military, or US government all source analysis training course or a specialized intelligence career field.