Intelligence Analyst, Jr

Junior OSINT Analyst will:

• Conduct OSINT activities in response to Government Request for Information (RFI) or tasking from the OIC, including collaborating with the Government to clarify and refine the RFI, collecting, exploiting, and analyzing open-source information online, and preparing reports in the required format, with minimal supervision, using commercial internet, NIPRNet, SIPRNet, and SCINet systems and tools.
• Populate and maintain databases in support of and in coordination with Data Analysts and Data Scientists.
• Document the types and structure of open-source data, analyze and mine data to identify patterns and correlations, trace and map data from system to system or source to source, and design and create data reports.
• Assist the OSINT Team in utilizing and evaluating available Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) tools.
• Use COTS tools to aggregate, structure, visualize, and assess available open-source information, while inferring and evaluating the relevance, veracity, and credibility of the information and its source.
• Utilize managed attribution (MA) software and associated online tradecraft during OSINT collection activities, demonstrating an understanding of the limitations of MA tools.
• Develop innovative methods to combine data from various tools to produce analytical results that provide greater value and relevance to Operational Forces.
• Train and mentor Marines in OSINT tradecraft and best practices, including the ability to administer MCIA's Expeditionary OSINT Course.
• Identify, develop, and formalize new OSINT tradecraft and other SOPs to fulfill mission requirements.
• Leverage language skills and cultural/area knowledge to support OSINT activities, including proficiency in Arabic, Farsi/Persian, Korean, Mandarin, and Russian, with a DLPT score of 3/3 or higher (DLPT score must be no older than 5 years at the time of hire).
• Develop open-source research strategies to address specific information gaps.
• Manually search, exploit, and analyze various online open sources, including media, social media, academic literature, videos, maps, etc., in the target language to complement information from other sources or to fill information gaps.
• Use various tools and methods to verify the authenticity and currency of information gathered from the internet.
• Create reports using Word and PowerPoint to communicate research findings, generating Open-Source Intelligence Reports (OSIRs).
• Verbally present findings and research methods to various stakeholders.
• Use language skills to search for and translate foreign articles, journals, and other media into English.
• Participate in meetings, conferences, and exercises.

TS/SCI

OSINT certification