WMD Analyst (Nuclear Enterprise Defense)

ARA Brand; Reston (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) seeks a WMD Analyst (Nuclear Enterprise Defense) to identify, monitor, and assess foreign threats to the U.S. nuclear enterprise and its information systems.

The role involves generating all-source analyses to warn and protect nuclear, strategic, and C4I elements, and collaborating with IC/DoD, labs, and academia. The analyst will contribute to Defense Intelligence Enterprise deliverables, mentor staff, and articulate official positions in engagements.

Qualifications

• Experience with intelligence cycle functions and producing intelligence reports or deliverables.
• Familiarity with IC directives, standards, and tradecraft.
• Ability to work in or lead analytical teams and communicate complex analyses.

Responsibilities

• Identify, monitor, and assess foreign threats to U.S. nuclear enterprise and its information systems.
• Conduct all-source analyses to characterize foreign actors and threats for warnings and protections.
• Collaborate with IC, DoD, national labs, and academia; contribute to DIA deliverables.
• Provide guidance to junior staff and represent Defense Intelligence Enterprise analytic units.

Skills

Intelligence analysis

Multi-INT databases

Written communication

Team leadership

Threat assessment

C4I/CNA knowledge

Cyber threat understanding

Education

Bachelor’s degree

7 years experience without degree

Job description

The Capabilities, Analysis and Development (CAD) division of Applied Research Associates, Inc. (ARA) has an outstanding opportunity for a WMD Analyst (Nuclear Enterprise Defense) with experience identifying, monitoring, and assessing foreign threats to the U.S. nuclear enterprise and its information systems, networks, and/or critical infrastructure. This position routinely conducts technical and all-source analyses that characterize foreign actors and threats in order to effectively warn and protect U.S. nuclear-, strategic, and C4I-related elements. The Intelligence Analyst contributes to Defense Intelligence Enterprise deliverables, including but not limited to foundational assessments, warning reports, technical briefings, and other analytic documents. The position collaborates with the Intelligence Community, Defense Department, national labs, and academia to address nuclear enterprise-related threat issues. The Intelligence Analyst provides guidance to less experienced staff, reviews the work of others, authoritatively contributes to multi-functional analytic teams, and maintains currency in understanding relevant technologies, trends, and threats. The position is expected to understand and articulate official government analytic positions during customer engagements and represent Defense Intelligence Enterprise analytic units as directed.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of experience conducting intelligence cycle functions and/or creating intelligence reports, assessments, or deliverables; or, 7 years of same experience without a bachelor’s degree.
• Demonstrate current familiarity – experience within the last two years – identifying, assessing, and developing products associated with foreign threats to U.S. nuclear-related information systems, critical infrastructure, personnel, and resources.
• Tangible experience with intelligence analysis, including employing multi-INT databases to develop analytic assessments and briefings.
• Working familiarity with established Intelligence Community directives, standards, and tradecraft documents.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within or lead a team of peers, as well as excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
• Ability to communicate complex analyses at a level comprehensible to diverse military audiences and senior-level government representatives.
• Ability to clearly express in writing technical analysis results and program characterizations.
• Experience assessing risks to identify potential impacts and vulnerabilities associated with foreign and malign cyber threat actors.
• Familiarity characterizing and assessing foreign adversary nuclear and strategic weapons programs, developments, and its supporting infrastructure.
• Understanding of foreign military and adversary C4I and CNA capabilities and technologies.
• Understanding of global technology control, arms-control, nonproliferation, and threat reduction efforts associated with combating WMD.
• Active TS clearance with SCI eligibility.

Desired Qualifications:

• Military or defense-related experience and working familiarity Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) missions and entities.
• Familiarity characterizing and assessing foreign adversary maritime nuclear and strategic weapons programs, developments, and its supporting infrastructure.
• Understanding of the Defense Intelligence Enterprise, DIA, and Service intelligence production centers.
• Experience participating in or leading nuclear security and/or strategic exercises, forums, and working groups.
• Experience effectively devising, utilizing, and communicating methodological approaches to complex problem sets.
• Familiarity working with USSTRATCOM, DTRA, and S&T analytic centers within the DOD, IC and/or Interagency.

Compensation & Benefits: Pay Ranges: From $100,000.00 - $120,000.00 per year based on years of experience, degree and any special skills and knowledge that you may bring to the position. We mostly reserve the upper half of our compensation bands for internal growth. During all call with one of our recruiters or hiring managers, they can further clarify the salary range and total compensation. ARA offers competitive benefits that address our employees’ needs now and in the future. Learn more about each of our benefits at https://www.ara.com/benefits/

COMPANY INFORMATION:

Applied Research Associates, Inc. is an employee-owned international research and engineering company recognized for providing technically superior solutions to complex and challenging problems in the physical sciences. The company, founded in Albuquerque, NM, in 1979, currently employs over 1200 professionals. ARA offices throughout the United States and Canada provide a broad range of technical expertise in defense technologies, civil technologies, computer software and simulation, systems analysis, environmental technologies, and testing and measurement. The corporation also provides sophisticated technical products for environmental site characterization, pavement analysis, and robotics.

At ARA, employees are our greatest assets. The corporation realizes that employee ownership fosters greater creativity and initiative along with higher performance and customer satisfaction levels. ARA gives its employees the tools, training, and opportunities to take more active roles as owners. The culture is challenging; innovation and experimentation are the norm. Employees are eligible for contributions which not only add to the company’s success, but also their own through the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). The motto, "Engineering and Science for Fun and Profit" sums up the ARA experience. For additional information and an opportunity to join this unique workplace, please visit our website at www.ara.com