Physicist/All-source analyst with Security Clearance

Nalley Consulting, Llc; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent medical benefits

PTO

11 paid federal holidays

Tuition assistance

Paid military-reserve leave

Parental leave for birth/adoption

401k matching up to 5%

Flex time

Disability & life insurance

Job summary

Nalley Consulting seeks a Senior Physicist and All-Source Analyst in Reston, VA to support defense analytic requirements, conduct research, and prepare actionable reports. You will work with SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT, and HUMINT data, applying ICD 203/206, and brief stakeholders while maintaining TS/SCI clearance and willingness to polygraph.

You will lead or advise on physics-related topics such as nuclear physics, directed energy, and materials science, coordinating with engineers and analysts to

Qualifications

• Experience conducting all-source analytic production on nuclear programs, including facilities, stockpiles, logistics and vulnerabilities.
• Familiarity with analytic tradecraft, ICD 203 and 206, and the DIA writing style.
• Knowledge of SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT, and HUMINT data sets and databases.
• Understanding of nuclear weapons programs, effects, fuel cycle and infrastructure.
• Ability to develop high-quality tailored deliverables and briefings.

Responsibilities

• Support defense analytical requirements with research, analysis and characterization.
• Prepare products describing findings and activities for documentation.
• Lead or advise on related engineering disciplines and brief stakeholders.
• Adapt to changing mission requirements and deliver within tight timeframes.
• Collaborate with mission partners and take lead briefings at events.

Skills

All-source analysis

Nuclear programs knowledge

DIA writing style

Intelligence data sets

TS/SCI clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nuclear Eng/Physics/ME/AE/ChE

8+ years intelligence experience

12+ years intelligence in lieu of degree

Tools

ICD 203/206

Job description

Join the Nalley Consulting team as a physicist and all-source analyst. Position: Physicist and All-Source Analyst

LCATs: Sr

Location: Reston, VA Required Clearance: TS/SCI clearance. CI poly required; those with active CI polys will have preference.

Physicist and All-Source Analyst, Senior The Opportunity: Support defense analytical requirements with enhanced scientific research, capability or limitation analysis, reverse engineering analysis or characterizations, and facility and vulnerability assessments. Support applied and interdisciplinary fields of physics such as astrophysics, biophysics, directed energy weapons, and geophysics. Conduct independent research, technical writing, modeling, and overseeing or advising of allied engineering disciplines on fiber optics, acoustics, semiconductors, lasers, weapons development, and testing and identify the characteristics of hard and deeply buried targets. Prepare products to describe and document findings and activities.

Required:

• Experience conducting all-source analytic production on nuclear programs, including production facilities, stockpiles, logistics, systems employment, security, and vulnerabilities of facilities and stockpiles
• Experience with all-source analysis production, including analytic tradecraft, ICD 203 and 206, and DIA writing style
• Knowledge of applying and querying SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT, and HUMINT data sets and databases
• Knowledge of nuclear weapons programs, including nuclear weapons effects, nuclear fuel cycle, and nuclear infrastructure
• Ability to independently develop high-quality tailored deliverables, including actionable leads, ICD-compliant written products, network charts, and formal or informal briefings
• Ability to adjust to changing mission requirements and deliver products within a short time frame
• Ability to collaborate with other mission partners on production and take lead briefing at unique events
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
• Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of experience with intelligence, or 12+ years of experience with intelligence in lieu of a degree
• Nice If You Have: * Experience countering missiles and delivery systems, advanced weapons, and CBRNE
• Experience with data analytics and visualization
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
• Bachelor's degree in Nuclear Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Chemical Engineering

ABOUT NALLEY CONSULTING Nalley Consulting is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business working with prime partners to staff Department of Defense and Intelligence Community positions. Created by a U.S. Navy intelligence veteran, Nalley Consulting has grown to include multiple IDIQ vehicles in several states. Nalley Consulting fringe benefits include:

• Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits
• PTO
• 11 paid federal holidays
• Tuition assistance
• Paid military-reserve leave
• Paid parental leave for birth or adoption
• 401k matching up to 5 percent of the base salary
• Flex time
• Company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance