Space Threat Analyst with Security Clearance

Job Title

Space Warfare and Foreign Materiel Program (FMP) Threat Analyst Location

Alexandria – VA Position Requirements

Active Department of War (DoW) Top Secret / SCI Clearance

Counterintelligence Polygraph

Willingness to travel as needed JOB SPECIFIC TAG LINE Threat Intelligence Analyst to serve as the Space and FMP subject matter expert supporting multiple lines of effort for the Test & Evaluation Threat Resource Activity (TETRA) in support of the Office of the Director, Operational Test & Evaluation (DOT&E). TETRA’s core mission is to inform DOT&E of intelligence defining current and emerging future threats to DoW weapons and systems to facilitate realistic, operationally relevant test and evaluation prior to fielding in contested warfare environments. DOT&E’s mission is to determine a system’s operational effectiveness, suitability, survivability, and lethality – supporting every Soldier, Sailor, Airmen, Marine, and Guardian, along with the strategists and decision makers in the chain of command. DOT&E serves as the independent, unbiased assessor of American warfighting capability. MINIMUM SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree and eight (8) years' relevant work-related experience
• Core defense intelligence all-source analysis experience working with Intelligence Production Centers, and using intelligence tools and tradecraft to solve complex problems
• Strong Space Warfare background with a deep understanding of current foreign threats
• Proven ability and history of briefing senior DoW leadership and stakeholders
• Strong analytical, research, and critical thinking skills
• Excellent problem-solving skills and demonstrated ability to develop innovative solutions
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a multidisciplinary team environment
• Excellent verbal, writing, and briefing skills with the ability to document and convey both technical and operational information to wide-ranging audiences
• Familiarity with intelligence tools including Defense Intelligence Threat Library, Validated Online Lifecycle Threat reports, Community On-Line Intelligence System for End Users and Managers, Intelligence Production Center “Request for Information” process, Intelligence Community databases, Intelligence Mission Data, Machine-assisted Analytic Rapid-repository System, Lifecycle Mission Data Plans, and Critical Intelligence Parameters DESIRED SKILLS:
• Engineering background (i.e., education credentials and/or work experience)
• Foreign materiel acquisition experience
• Ability to leverage foreign material expertise to develop comprehensive threat analyses
• Possess a detailed understanding of the Foreign Materiel Review Board operations
• Familiarity with DoW operations, policy, doctrine, and intelligence driven processes
• Experience with threat emulation capability resource requirements
• Familiarity with operational/developmental testing and threat exploitation agencies
• Validation, verification, and accreditation process experience
• Understanding of Defense Acquisition policy and the linkage between T&E activities and the Defense Acquisition System (DAS)
• Self-starter capable of working autonomously in a fast-paced high-pressure environment
• High degree of attention to detail with strong organizational skills
• Pentagon and/or Office of the Secretary of War-level experience PRIMARY DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES & ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:
• TETRA’s central customer collocated onsite Space Warfare and foreign material authority, responsible for gathering DOT&E and Operational Test Agency (OTA) task requirements including defining task scope and parameters, establishing suspense, and selecting response product format
• Provide subject matter expertise and analytical intelligence support to DOT&E, OTAs, and other relevant T&E stakeholders.
• Conduct intelligence analysis to produce response products that answer DOT&E / OTA information requirements
• Manage TETRA’s FMP liaising with the Defense Intelligence Agency's Joint Foreign Materiel Program Office to ensure T&E FMP concerns are represented and addressed
• Manage incoming foreign material tasking, conduct analysis, and coordinate FMP activities with TETRA’s Intel Team to provide timely relevant T&E support
• Coordinate annual DOT&E Foreign Material Requirements Prioritization to rank high priority foreign material requirements needed to support T&E
• Champion DOT&E FMP concerns during the Foreign Materiel Review Board process
• Review and provide expert input into critical threat intelligence, T&E and DAS documents including Initial Capabilities Documents, Capabilities Production Documents, T&E Master Plans, Test Plans, Defense Intelligence Threat Library Modules, Validated Online Lifecycle Threat reports, and T&E memorandums
• Define test concept and test equipment threat requirements for testing operation of U. S. weapon systems in the presence of current and emerging threats
• Evaluate proposed Space Warfare threat scenarios to inform threat realism for evaluating operational effectiveness, suitability, survivability, and lethality of military systems
• Determine threat resource requirements, availability, adequacy, and define gap between threat emulation capability and the actual threat
• Perform as part of a local or distributed team to develop intelligence briefings and analytic products to define operational threat environments
• Liaison between the intelligence, acquisition and T&E communities
• Provide oversight and guidance of threat M&S used to support T&E implementations
• Provide administrative and logistical preparation/planning and support for T&E resources and infrastructure investment portfolios
• Responsible for working independently and taking broad Government leadership guidance and direction to develop and maintain an overall performance roadmap