Research Operations Specialist - Senior

Nightwing; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Nightwing is looking for a Senior Research Operations Specialist to lead comprehensive document searches in the Herndon, VA area. This full-time role requires expertise in handling government documents and significant experience in the Intelligence Community. The ideal candidate will have a TS/SCI clearance and the ability to coordinate workflows effectively. Join a collaborative team striving to shape the future of cybersecurity and intelligence.

Qualifications

• Six or more years of experience in document review and analysis.
• TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph required.
• Significant experience working within the Intelligence Community.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive searches within client repositories.
• Analyze search results to determine document applicability.
• Collaborate with scanning teams and train new members.

Skills

Document review

Analysis

Team collaboration

Organizational skills

Customer relations

Job description

Nightwing provides technically advanced full-spectrum cyber, data operations, systems integration, and intelligence mission support services to meet our customers’ most demanding challenges. Our capabilities include cyber space operations, cyber defense and resiliency, vulnerability research, ubiquitous technical surveillance, data intelligence, lifecycle mission enablement, and software modernization. Nightwing brings disruptive technologies, agility, and competitive offerings to customers in the intelligence community, defense, civil, and commercial markets.

Position: Senior Research Operations Specialist

Nightwing seeks a full-time Research Operations Specialist (Senior) with six or more years of experience in conducting comprehensive searches within client repositories, including archived records in response to FOIA, Privacy Act requests, Congressional inquiries, and Office of General Counsel investigations. Candidates should have significant experience within the Intelligence Community (IC). The work will be performed as part of a search team in the Herndon, VA area.

The team’s mission is to run queries and perform in-depth searches to provide retrievable copies of documents collected or produced by the customer. These documents will be used by our Information Review and Release Analysts. The ideal candidate will have substantial prior customer knowledge and relevant experience to effectively perform searches. They will analyze results to determine document applicability, ensuring compliance with customer guidelines.

Requirements

• TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph required from Day 1
• Experience in document review, organization, and analysis for government and private sector requests
• Ability to cover the full scope of search requests, reduce duplicates, and document search details
• Coordinate with scanning teams for document digitization
• Assist in training new team members
• Collaborate with client POCs to improve processes and workflows
• Work hours: Monday-Friday, 6:00 AM - 6:00 PM, with occasional surge support outside normal hours

Work Environment

At Nightwing, we value collaboration and teamwork. You will work alongside talented individuals passionate about their work. Together, we leverage collective expertise to drive innovation, solve complex problems, and deliver exceptional results.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Nightwing is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, or other protected classes.

Thank you for considering joining us as we shape the future of cybersecurity and intelligence as part of the Nightwing team.