Open Source Collector

Booz Allen Hamilton; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 78,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

Booz Allen Hamilton in St. Louis, MO seeks an Open Source Collector to support warfighters and policymakers with timely, accurate data.

You will analyze sources, develop collection methodologies, validate information, and provide actionable intelligence for internal clients and US IC-wide products.

This role offers growth into tradecraft, translation, automation, and mentoring within a team that values timely delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience conducting open-source collection, analysis, or image geolocation.
• Experience conducting safe searches online using web browsing tools and advanced searching techniques.
• Experience using Microsoft Office software.
• Experience engaging with partners or customers.
• Completion of coursework in coding.
• TS/SCI clearance required.
• Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of open-source experience, or 5+ years of experience in lieu of a degree.

Responsibilities

• Develop collection reports to provide actionable intelligence and context for clients.
• Validate information and develop tradecraft while answering requests from targeters, warfighters, and policymakers.
• Grow expertise into areas like tradecraft, translation, automation, and scripting; mentor other collectors.

Skills

Open-source collection

Web search techniques

Microsoft Office

Partner engagement

Web scrapers / media tools

ILR Hebrew 2/2

TS/SCI clearance

Coding coursework

Education

Bachelor’s degree

3+ years open source experience or 5+ years in lieu of degree

Tools

ArcGIS

GoogleEarth

Web scraping tools

Job description

Join a culture of empowerment and connectivity.

Develop your craft

Learn the skills you need to accelerate your career.

Discover benefits that support your life and work.

Innovate with intention

Build mission-ready tech that protects the nation.

With all the information available today, it takes a skilled intelligence collector to know how to find and present the best data to give their clients the right answers. With the critical decisions made in the military every day, we need an open source collector like you to do just that. As an open source collector, you use your specialized language, regional, and functional experience and your attention to detail to develop collection reports to give your client the actionable intelligence and context they need. If you have strong analytical skills and a problem-solving mindset, we have an opportunity to use those skills to support our warfighters, protect our national security, and inform our nation’s leaders.

As an open source collector on our team, you’ll help your client understand their specific targets, or topics of interest. Using your comprehensive understanding of various collection platforms, you’ll explore new data sources and develop effective collection methodologies to combine information from disparate sources. You’ll validate information and develop tradecraft as you answer requests from targeters, warfighters, and senior policymakers for internal client publications and US IC-wide products. As the authority on your region, your client will look to you for time-critical responses, often under pressure.

This is a chance to grow your expertise and broaden your skillset into areas like open source tradecraft, report writing, translation, tool benchmarking, policy recommendations, automation and scripting. You’ll share your expertise with other collectors through leadership and mentoring. We focus on growing as a team to deliver the best support to our customers, so you’ll have resources to learn new skills and tools.

Work with us as we provide the right information at the right time to support the critical needs of our warfighters, policymakers, and nation’s leaders.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• Experience conducting open-source collection, analysis, or image geolocation
• Experience conducting safe searches online using web browsing tools and advanced searching techniques
• Experience using Microsoft Office software
• Experience engaging with partners or customers
• Experience building web scrapers or media veracity tools
• Ability to demonstrate a score of ILR 2/2 in reading, writing, and listening on the Defense Language Proficiency Test in Hebrew
• TS/SCI clearance
• Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of experience with open source, or 5+ years of experience with open source in lieu of a degree
• Completion of course work in coding

Nice If You Have:

• Experience using various translation tools
• Experience living in the region
• Knowledge of geospatial technologies such as ArcGIS or GoogleEarth
• Knowledge of DoD or IC databases and services
• Knowledge of social media platforms in critical regions

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 $77,500.00 to $176,000.00 (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.

Open Source Collector

The Opportunity:

With all the information available today, it takes a skilled intelligence collector to know how to find and present the best data to give their clients the right answers. With the critical decisions made in the military every day, we need an open source collector like you to do just that. As an open source collector, you use your specialized language, regional, and functional experience and your attention to detail to develop collection reports to give your client the actionable intelligence and context they need. If you have strong analytical skills and a problem-solving mindset, we have an opportunity to use those skills to support our warfighters, protect our national security, and inform our nation’s leaders.

As an open source collector on our team, you’ll help your client understand their specific targets, or topics of interest. Using your comprehensive understanding of various collection platforms, you’ll explore new data sources and develop effective collection methodologies to combine information from disparate sources. You’ll validate information and develop tradecraft as you answer requests from targeters, warfighters, and senior policymakers for internal client publications and US IC-wide products. As the authority on your region, your client will look to you for time-critical responses, often under pressure.

This is a chance to grow your expertise and broaden your skillset into areas like open source tradecraft, report writing, translation, tool benchmarking, policy recommendations, automation and scripting. You’ll share your expertise with other collectors through leadership and mentoring. We focus on growing as a team to deliver the best support to our customers, so you’ll have resources to learn new skills and tools.

Work with us as we provide the right information at the right time to support the critical needs of our warfighters, policymakers, and nation’s leaders.

Join us. The world can’t wait.

You Have:

• Experience conducting open-source collection, analysis, or image geolocation
• Experience conducting safe searches online using web browsing tools and advanced searching techniques
• Experience using Microsoft Office software
• Experience engaging with partners or customers
• Experience building web scrapers or media veracity tools
• Ability to demonstrate a score of ILR 2/2 in reading, writing, and listening on the Defense Language Proficiency Test in Hebrew
• TS/SCI clearance
• Bachelor’s degree and 3+ years of experience with open source, or 5+ years of experience with open source in lieu of a degree
• Completion of course work in coding

Nice If You Have:

• Experience using various translation tools
• Experience living in the region
• Knowledge of geospatial technologies such as ArcGIS or GoogleEarth
• Knowledge of DoD or IC databases and services
• Knowledge of social media platforms in critical regions

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 $77,500.00 to $176,000.00 (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

As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.

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
Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.

• 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 or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
• Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a 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.