All Source Intellingence Analyst - The Hire Method LLC

Job location: Fairborn, OH

Work week: Monday through Friday 

Compensation: $82,600 to $157,300

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, EAP, Onsite Fitness Facility, Wellness Programs, FSA, 4+ weeks PTO, Parental Leave, Tuition Reimbursement/Support, Leadership development and skills training, mentoring and employee resource groups, short-term and long-term disability, life insurance, TIAA/Retirement Plan with match (10% employer contribution at 5% employee contribution)

Education / Certifications:  Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience in Aerospace, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering with 10+ years related experience with S&TI of foreign Special Mission Aircraft or comparable experience with U.S. military special mission aviation, avionics, airborne reconnaissance platforms, or airborne battle management platforms.

Required Experience:

• Active TS/SCI clearance is required. (or recently de-activated TS/SCI within the past 2 years)
• Experience with SIGINT or NASIC
• Experience performing classified and unclassified research on performance, characteristics, capabilities, and vulnerabilities of aviation subjects.
• Experience with written all-source assessments that meet ICD 203 and NASIC or other IPC analytical tradecraft standards.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience identifying datalink and communications systems critical to the operation and functionality of Special Mission Aircraft is a plus.
• Professional experience with Special Mission Aircraft preferred.
• Specific experience providing written all-source assessments that meet both ICD 203 and NASIC or other Intelligence Production Center (IPC) analytical tradecraft standards regarding characteristics, performance, capabilities, and vulnerabilities of foreign aviation subjects is highly desirable.

Job Highlights: We are looking for someone who has prior intelligence analysis experience against the foreign Special Mission Aircraft or who has flown on/maintained/helped to procure U.S. Special Mission Aircraft. This person would be performing classified and unclassified research on performance, characteristics, capabilities, and vulnerabilities of aviation subjects. This person would be compiling data from all sources of intelligence, writing specific assessments on special mission aircraft..

Abilities: 

• Ability to communicate complex information, concepts, or ideas in a confident and well-organized manner through verbal, written, and/or visual means.
• Ability to accurately and completely source all data used in intelligence, assessment and/or planning products.
• Ability to clearly articulate intelligence requirements into well-formulated research questions and data tracking variables for inquiry tracking purposes.
• Ability to develop or recommend analytic approaches or solutions to problems and situations for which information is incomplete or for which no precedent exists.
• Ability to effectively collaborate with intelligence community partners
• Ability to evaluate information for reliability, validity, and relevance.
• Ability to evaluate, analyze, and synthesize large quantities of data (which may be fragmented and contradictory) into high quality, fused targeting/intelligence products.
• Ability to exercise judgment when policies are not well-defined.
• Ability to focus research efforts to meet the customer’s decision-making needs.
• Ability to function effectively in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to function in a collaborative environment, seeking continuous consultation with other analysts and experts—both internal and external to the organization—to leverage analytical and technical expertise.
• Ability to identify intelligence gaps.
• Ability to recognize and mitigate cognitive biases which may affect analysis.
• Ability to recognize and mitigate deception in reporting and analysis.
• Ability to think critically.
• Ability to utilize multiple intelligence sources across all intelligence disciplines.

Knowledge: 

• Knowledge of analytical constructs and their use in assessing the operational environment.
• Knowledge of classification and control markings standards, policies, and procedures.
• Knowledge of intelligence confidence levels.
• Knowledge of intelligence disciplines.

 Tasks: 

• Conduct in-depth research and analysis in order to produce timely, fused, all-source intelligence products (e.g., threat assessments, briefings, intelligence studies, country studies).
• Answer requests for information and generate requests for information.
• Provide subject matter expertise on foreign special mission aircraft.
• Assist in the coordination, validation, and management of all-source collection requirements, plans, and/or activities.
• Assist in the identification of intelligence collection shortfalls.
• Brief threat and/or target current situations.
• Collaborate with intelligence analysts/targeting organizations involved in related areas.
• Develop information requirements necessary for answering priority information requests.
• Engage customers to understand customers' intelligence needs and wants.
• Identify and submit intelligence requirements for the purposes of designating priority information requirements.
• Identify intelligence gaps and shortfalls.
• Provide subject-matter expertise and support to planning/developmental forums and working groups as appropriate.
• Provide current intelligence support to critical internal/external stakeholders as appropriate.
• Provide evaluation and feedback necessary for improving intelligence production, intelligence reporting, collection requirements, and operations.