Mid-Level All-Source Intelligence Analyst

Valiant Integrated Services•Arlington, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Valiant is looking for a Temporary Mid-Level All-Source Intelligence Analyst to join our team! This role involves conducting analysis using intelligence and information from multiple sources to assess, interpret, forecast, and explain national security issues. The analyst will provide all-source analytic support to collections, operations, investigations, and other defense intelligence analytic requirements. A key responsibility is monitoring global natural and man-made hazards and disasters that impact National Guard equities and stakeholders, providing analytical support and briefing products on potential impacts. The analyst will also monitor information relevant to NGB J2 Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIR) or NGB Chief’s Critical Information Requirements (CCIR), and action requests for information/assistance (RFI/RFA) within 4 hours. Updates on RFI/RFA status will be provided to NGB J2 leadership. During all-hazard events, the contractor will observe and acquire situational knowledge from lead federal agencies, interagency partners, and impacted state, territory, and District JFHQs. They will provide a report on federal IAA capabilities supporting the all-hazard event and support coordination calls. The analyst will work with the impacted state to assist with collection requirements and analytical tools, providing a report within two hours of the coordination call. The role includes creating unclassified and classified analytical products in response to emergent command requirements, covering areas like IAA, Homeland Defense, Homeland Security, Medical Intelligence, Cyber Intelligence, Information/Influence Operations, and Critical Infrastructure. These products will be based on All-Source, Publicly Available Information, and Geospatial data sources. Compliance with Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Analytic Tradecraft Standards is required. Products will be briefed to National Guard senior leaders and published for nationwide distribution, with analytic products provided at least weekly. In situations requiring NGB J2 support to JFHQ-State or National Guard Joint Liaison Teams (JLT), the analyst may deploy to JFHQ-State(s) to advise the JFHQ-J2 on IAA matters and report back to NGB. This support is expected for an average of ten (10) events per year, per required location. Twice-daily Executive Summaries (EXSUMs) will be provided to NGB J23. Support may extend up to 12 hours daily, without days off, during contingency events, with working hours based on impacted state response efforts. The analyst will assist with updates to the IAA Continuity Book and report procedural changes within 48 hours. Availability for shift work, including 24/7 for extended periods during contingency events, is required, as are support hours set forth by NGB’s ABS level. Extended support (12+ hours) may be required during operational contingencies. Work may occur at alternate locations, including partner agencies in the Washington, D.C. area and locations outside the D.C. area during continuity or contingency events. These events outside D.C. are forecasted to occur four times per year, lasting an average of fourteen (14) days each, but may be extended.

Requirements

Active Top Secret clearance
Master’s Degree in an area related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, and 2 to 3 years experience OR Bachelor's Degree related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and an additional five (5) years of related senior experience.
Comprehensive mission knowledge and skills that affirm completion of all developmental training and experiences for the labor category.
Excellent oral and written communication skills
In-depth knowledge and understanding of the labor category activities required to meet mission requirements.
Mastery of qualitative and quantitative analytic methodologies and pursuing developments in academia or other fields that affect tradecraft methodology.
Ability to define comprehensive, new, or unique research approaches that enable rigorous assessments to address and contribute to high-level tasks.
In-depth analysis of analytic operations and knowledge management issues across organizational and intra-IC boundaries and clearly articulates key findings.
Ability to review analytic products for cogent arguments, tradecraft standards, and adequate support for conclusions; routinely tests the analytic rigor of analytic products.

Responsibilities

Conduct analysis using intelligence and information from multiple sources to assess, interpret, forecast, and explain a range of national security issues and developments that are regional or functional in nature.
Provide all-source analytic support to collections, operations, investigations, and other defense intelligence analytic requirements.
Monitor all global natural and man-made hazards and disasters that impact National Guard equities and stakeholders to provide analytical support and briefing products on potential impacts to National Guard equities, properties, personnel, and equipment.
Monitor information that could apply to any designated NGB J2 Priority Intelligence Requirement (PIR) or NGB Chief’s Critical Information Requirement (CCIR).
Monitor the official system of record for requests for information/assistance (RFI/RFA) from JFHQs applicable to NGB J2, and action RFI/RFAs within 4 hours.
Provide updates to NGB J2 leadership on the status of applicable RFIs/RFAs in accordance with the contingency battle rhythm.
During all-hazard events, observe and acquire situational knowledge from the lead federal agency, interagency partners, and impacted state, territory, and the District JFHQs.
Provide a report of federal IAA capabilities supporting the all-hazard event to the NGB J23 and support coordination calls with the JFHQ-State’s J2.
Work with the impacted state and assist with collection requirements and analytical tools; this report shall be provided within two hours of the coordination call.
Create unclassified and classified analytical products in response to emergent command requirements to include but not limited to IAA, Homeland Defense, Homeland Security, Medical Intelligence, Cyber Intelligence, Information/Influence Operations, and Critical Infrastructure topic areas; these products shall be based on All-Source, Publicly Available Information, and Geospatial data sources in both finished and unfinished forms.
Comply with the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Analytic Tradecraft Standards during the creation, review, editing, and publishing of these products.
Brief these products to National Guard senior leaders and publish for nationwide distribution.
Provide analytic products as dictated by operational requirements and timing, but not less than weekly.
In situations where NGB J2 is required to support the JFHQ-State or National Guard Joint Liaison Team (JLT), deploy in advance of, or with the National Guard JLT to the JFHQ - State(s).
Advise the JFHQ-J2 on all other IAA-related matters and report back to NGB.
Support these situations at an average of ten (10) events per year, per required location (may include Multiple Contractors per event).
Provide twice-daily Executive Summaries (EXSUMs) to the NGB J23.
Provide up to 12 hours of support daily, without days off, to the state response effort, with the working hours based on the impacted state(s) response efforts.
Assist with update to the IAA Continuity Book with all procedural changes to NGB J2 IAA Operations; report any changes within 48 hours to the NGB J2 and update the Continuity Book Summary of Changes Log Sheet.
Be available to work based on operational demands in a shift work environment while at home station or other location as assigned, to include the 24/7 shift work for extended periods during contingency events.
Provide support during the hours set forth by NGB’s ABS level.
Provide 12 or more hours of support if required by operational contingencies.
When necessary, work from alternate locations to include partner agencies in the Washington, D.C., area and locations outside the D.C. area during continuity or contingency events.