Physicist and All Source Analyst - Sr

Nalley Consulting, Llc; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Nalley Consulting, LLC is seeking a Physicist and All Source Analyst to support defense analytical requirements in Reston, VA or Charlottesville, VA. This senior role requires TS/SCI with polygraph; CI poly preferred.

Responsibilities include independent research, technical writing, modeling, and advising on nuclear and geophysical topics; deliverables include ICD-compliant written products, network charts, and formal or informal briefings.

Qualifications

• Experience conducting all-source analytic production on nuclear programs and facilities
• Knowledge of SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT, and HUMINT data sets
• Ability to deliver ICD-compliant written products and briefings

Responsibilities

• Support defense analytical requirements with analysis of capabilities, limitations, and vulnerabilities
• Apply physics disciplines to interdisciplinary fields such as astrophysics, biophysics, directed energy, and geophysics
• Conduct independent research, modeling, and provide guidance on fiber optics, acoustics, semiconductors, lasers, and weapons testing

Skills

All Source Analysis

Nuclear Knowledge

Independent Research

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Chemical Engineering

Job description

Join the Nalley Consulting team as a Physicist and All Source Analyst.

Position: Physicist and All Source Analyst
LCAT:Senior
Location:Reston, VA or Charlottesville, VA
Required Clearance and polygraph: TS/SCI and CI poly required. Candidates with current CI poly conducted within the past 7 years strongly prioritized.
Required experience and education: Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience with intelligence, or 12+ years of experience with intelligence in lieu of a degree.

Description

• 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 weapon s, and geophysics
• Conduct independent research, technical writing, modeling, and oversight or advising of allied engineering disciplines on fiber optics, acoustics, semiconductors, lasers, weapon s development, and testing, and identifythe characteristics of hard and deeply buried targets

Qualifications

• 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 weapon s programs, including nuclear weapon s 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 withina short timeframe
• 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

Other qualifications

• Experience countering missiles and delivery systems, advanced weapon s, and CBRN E
• 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