Missile Systems Analyst, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton; Chantilly (VA); On-site; USD 86,800 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton is seeking a Senior Missile Systems Analyst in Chantilly, VA. The role focuses on leveraging experience with foreign air and missile defense systems to guide intelligence analysis and threat characterization.

You will provide senior technical direction across IADS, radars, C2, interceptors, and related threat systems, translating findings into actionable insights for defense architectures.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in foreign air and missile defense systems (C2, radar, interceptors)
• Experience with IADS architectures and threat-system operations
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to polygraph

Responsibilities

• Lead threat-analysis efforts for foreign missile defense systems and IADS
• Provide senior technical direction for intelligence analysis of radar, C2, interceptors and related platforms
• Conduct engineering analyses and reverse-engineering studies to assess architectures and signatures
• Translate intelligence findings into actionable insights for missile defense architectures and M&S
• Guide analyses of foreign sensor, C2, and weapon-system capabilities, including kill-chain concepts

Skills

Missile defense

C2 networks

Radar systems

Threat analysis

SIGINT data

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Job description

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Leverage experience with design and operations of foreign conventional missile systems to orchestrate and prioritize team threat analysis and characterization efforts. Provide senior technical direction or subject matter expertise to guide intelligence analysis efforts focused on foreign air and missile defense systems, integrated air defense systems (IADS), radars, command and control (C2), interceptors, effectors, and threat-system operations.Conduct engineering analyses and reverse‑engineering studies to determine architecture inter- and intra‑dependencies. Serve as a principal technical advisor to efforts supporting foreign threat system analysis, foreign materiel exploitation (FME), technical signals intelligence (SIGINT) analysis, radar and electronic order‑of‑battle assessment, and threat‑system performance characterization. Guide analytic approaches for characterizing foreign sensor, C2, and weapon‑system capabilities, including radar modes, operating concepts, engagement timelines, kill‑chain behavior, system‑of‑systems integration, mobility, survivability, and operational employment.Lead analysis of foreign ground‑based air defense radars, missile defense radars, fire‑control radars, acquisition and surveillance radars, command posts, launchers, interceptors, and associated communications and data‑link architectures. Assess draft Research and Development system products and timelines, designs, configurations, capabilities, performance, operations, employment strategies, and signatures to evaluate products validity, stability and rigor. Tailor assessments informing space initiatives generating, evaluating, and recommending force designs that enhance U.S. space‑based systems, services, and architectures, such as those for ISR and missile warning. Translate intelligence findings into actionable technical insights for missile defense architecture assessment, test planning, modeling and simulation (M&S), system engineering, and operational threat representation.

You Have:

12+ years of experience in foreign air and missile defense systems relating to C2, radar, interceptors and effectors, engagement operations, IADS architectures, missile defense, and technical signals

5+ years of experience working with Scientific and Technical Intelligence Center organizations, Service intelligence centers, DoW intelligence production organizations, national laboratories, or technical intelligence customers

Experience applying radar system fundamentals, including radar modes, waveforms, antenna concepts, electronic scanning, tracking, fire‑control functions, discrimination, signal processing, electronic protection, and operational signatures

Experience interpreting or applying Technical SIGINT, FME‑derived data, intelligence reports, test data, engineering data, or all‑source intelligence to characterize foreign threat‑system performance and operational capability

Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Physical Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Operational Research, or Computer Science

Nice If You Have:

Experience with foreign surface‑to‑air missile systems, theater missile defense systems, strategic missile defense systems, counter‑air architectures, and sensor‑to‑shooter kill chains, foreign radar exploitation, emitter characterization, ELINT, FISINT, and MASINT‑informed analysis, radar parametric assessment, or threat‑system reverse engineering

Experience developing M&S products such as threat models, system performance estimates, engagement timelines, parametric databases, intelligence‑informed M&S inputs, or test threat representations

Experience working in special access program and special access required environments

Knowledge of foreign C2 networks, air‑defense doctrine, missile engagement operations, electronic warfare, datalinks, battle management, and operational employment concepts

Master's degree in a STEM field a plus

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well‑being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work‑life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full‑time and part‑time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract‑specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Missile Systems Analyst, Senior

The Opportunity:

Leverage experience with design and operations of foreign conventional missile systems to orchestrate and prioritize team threat analysis and characterization efforts. Provide senior technical direction or subject matter expertise to guide intelligence analysis efforts focused on foreign air and missile defense systems, integrated air defense systems (IADS), radars, command and control (C2), interceptors, effectors, and threat‑system operations.Conduct engineering analyses and reverse‑engineering studies to determine architecture inter- and intra‑dependencies. Serve as a principal technical advisor to efforts supporting foreign threat system analysis, foreign materiel exploitation (FME), technical signals intelligence (SIGINT) analysis, radar and electronic order‑of‑battle assessment, and threat‑system performance characterization. Guide analytic approaches for characterizing foreign sensor, C2, and weapon‑system capabilities, including radar modes, operating concepts, engagement timelines, kill‑chain behavior, system‑of‑systems integration, mobility, survivability, and operational employment.Lead analysis of foreign ground‑based air defense radars, missile defense radars, fire‑control radars, acquisition and surveillance radars, command posts, launchers, interceptors, and associated communications and data‑link architectures. Assess draft Research and Development system products and timelines, designs, configurations, capabilities, performance, operations, employment strategies, and signatures to evaluate products validity, stability and rigor. Tailor assessments informing space initiatives generating, evaluating, and recommending force designs that enhance U.S. space‑based systems, services, and architectures, such as those for ISR and missile warning. Translate intelligence findings into actionable technical insights for missile defense architecture assessment, test planning, modeling and simulation (M&S), system engineering, and operational threat representation.

You Have:

• 12+ years of experience in foreign air and missile defense systems relating to C2, radar, interceptors and effectors, engagement operations, IADS architectures, missile defense, and technical signals

• 5+ years of experience working with Scientific and Technical Intelligence Center organizations, Service intelligence centers, DoW intelligence production organizations, national laboratories, or technical intelligence customers

• Experience applying radar system fundamentals, including radar modes, waveforms, antenna concepts, electronic scanning, tracking, fire‑control functions, discrimination, signal processing, electronic protection, and operational signatures

• Experience interpreting or applying Technical SIGINT, FME‑derived data, intelligence reports, test data, engineering data, or all‑source intelligence to characterize foreign threat‑system performance and operational capability

• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Physical Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Operational Research, or Computer Science

Nice If You Have:

• Experience with foreign surface‑to‑air missile systems, theater missile defense systems, strategic missile defense systems, counter‑air architectures, and sensor‑to‑shooter kill chains, foreign radar exploitation, emitter characterization, ELINT, FISINT, and MASINT‑informed analysis, radar parametric assessment, or threat‑system reverse engineering

• Experience developing M&S products such as threat models, system performance estimates, engagement timelines, parametric databases, intelligence‑informed M&S inputs, or test threat representations

• Experience working in special access program and special access required environments

• Knowledge of foreign C2 networks, air‑defense doctrine, missile engagement operations, electronic warfare, datalinks, battle management, and operational employment concepts

• Master's degree in a STEM field a plus

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well‑being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work‑life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full‑time and part‑time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract‑specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date.

Identity Statement

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Candidate AI Usage Policy

AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in‑person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.

Work Model
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• Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.

• Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen facility frequently, in alignment with leadership expectations and the needs of the role. You may also be required to work from or visit a customer facility.

• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed at a Booz Allen office or customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.

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.