Mid. Defense Industry Analyst with Security Clearance

Prescient Edge; Suitland (MD); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Prescient Edge in Suitland, MD seeks a seasoned all-source defense analyst with TS/SCI clearance. You will evaluate foreign defense industrial programs, infrastructures, and capabilities to inform strategic decisions.

The role requires at least 12 years of relevant experience, a bachelor's degree, and the ability to work independently and with teams; on-site duty at the National Maritime Intelligence Center (NMI) in CONUS/OCONUS.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in a field related to the labor category.
• Minimum 12 years of experience in the labor category may substitute for a degree.
• Ability to communicate complex analytic findings clearly.

Responsibilities

• Conduct all-source analysis of foreign defense industrial programs and capabilities.
• Assess research, development, acquisition, test, evaluation, and production of foreign weapons systems.
• Lead teams and provide guidance on analytic methodologies.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in related field

Job description

Benefits: At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule. Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.
• Salary range: $80,000 - $100,000. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills and the abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data Description:
• Conducts all-source analysis of foreign defense industrial programs, infrastructure, and capabilities supporting a foreign country's ability to develop, equip, sustain, and employ its military forces across basic, strategic, and military industrial sectors.
• Includes assessing the research, development, acquisition, test, evaluation and production of foreign weapon systems and equipment; their associated facilities and output levels, knowledge of emerging and enabling technologies; and supporting industrial supply networks from raw materials to finished weapon systems.
• Analysis includes but is not limited to overall industrial organization, production processes, industrial control systems, design and surge capacities, cooperative arrangements with foreign defense industries and reliance on foreign technologies. Desired experiences:
• At least 8 years of experience conducting analysis relevant to the specific labor category with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Demonstrates comprehensive mission knowledge and skills that affirms completion of all developmental training and experiences for the labor category.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate understanding from information that may be incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and / or technically advanced. Demonstrates ability to structure analysis based on trends in reporting and a range of analytic perspectives from other analysts, organization, and intelligence disciplines.
• Demonstrates ability to work independently with minimal oversight and direction.
• Demonstrates ability to collaborate and work with other IC members on information sharing, driving collection, and addressing analytic disputes and conflict resolution.
• Demonstrates ability to develop concise, insightful, and comprehensive products for defense intelligence.
• Demonstrates ability to lead teams in researching multifaceted or critical problems.
• Provides guidance in selecting, designing, and applying analytic methodologies.
• Uses argument evaluation and validated analytic methodologies to challenge differing perspectives. Desired education:
• 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 12 years of experience in the specific labor category, may be substituted for a bachelor’s degree. Security Clearance:
• Security clearance required TS/SCI. Location:
• Suitland, MD. National Maritime Intelligence Center (NMI)., CONUS and OCONUS.