Emerging Disruptive Technology Analyst
About The Position
Cherokee Strategic Edge is seeking a mid-level Emerging Disruptive Technologies (EDT) Analyst to assess advanced technologies, their military applications, and their potential impact on Defense Critical Infrastructure and U.S. nuclear weapons worldwide. The analyst produces intelligence assessments on technology discovery, development, deployment, foreign technology developments, trends, and futures, including intelligence supporting the National Security Threat Capabilities Assessment and other threat assessments. The role collaborates with all-source analysts across the Defense Intelligence Enterprise or Intelligence Community and with science and technology partners. It involves communicating insights from complex or incomplete information, structuring analysis using reporting trends and varied analytic perspectives, supporting information sharing and collection efforts, addressing analytic disputes, and producing concise, insightful, comprehensive defense intelligence products. The analyst also leads teams researching multifaceted or critical problems and guides the selection, design, and application of analytic methodologies. The position is based on-site in Reston, Virginia, and reports to the Program Manager. It requires U.S. citizenship or legal permanent residency, documented for eligibility, and an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with a Counterintelligence polygraph. Candidates with the clearance but without the polygraph may be considered if they can obtain it as part of the hiring process. Work is primarily in a climate-controlled environment.
Requirements
- Strong analytical skills, including the ability to analyze complex information and identify trends.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills to convey complex concepts and insights effectively.
- Ability to work independently with minimal oversight and direction.
- Proficiency in research methodologies and ability to apply them to multifaceted problems.
- Demonstrated ability to lead and collaborate effectively with teams.
- Familiarity with intelligence collection methods and ability to drive collection efforts.
- Critical-thinking and problem-solving skills to evaluate and challenge differing perspectives.
- Knowledge of defense intelligence processes and products.
- Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with a Counterintelligence polygraph; candidates without the polygraph may be selected if they can obtain it as a condition of the position.
- Must provide documentation of U.S. citizenship or legal permanent residency.
- Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal.
- The work may involve prolonged sitting at a desk and working on a computer, and may occasionally require standing or moving about the office for extended periods.
Nice To Haves
- At least eight years of related experience preferred.
- Bachelor's degree preferred.
Responsibilities
- Analyze and assess future technologies and their military applications by foreign states and non-state actors.
- Produce assessments projecting the discovery, development, and deployment of advanced technologies and their potential impacts.
- Produce assessments of foreign technology developments, trends, and futures.
- Collaborate with all-source analysts across the Defense Intelligence Enterprise or Intelligence Community, and with science and technology partners.
- Produce intelligence supporting the National Security Threat Capabilities Assessment and threat assessments for the labor category.
- Communicate understanding of information that may be incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, or technically advanced.
- Structure analysis based on reporting trends and a range of analytic perspectives from other analysts, organizations, and intelligence disciplines.
- Collaborate with Intelligence Community members on information sharing, driving collection efforts, and resolving analytic disputes and conflicts.
- Develop concise, insightful, and comprehensive products for defense intelligence.
- Lead teams researching multifaceted or critical problems and provide guidance on selecting, designing, and applying analytic methodologies.
- Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Up to a 6% 401(k) company match.
- Paid time off.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus prescription drug coverage.
- Basic life and AD&D insurance, with supplemental life options.
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage.
- Paid holidays.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) options.
- Professional development, training, and certification support.
- Voluntary accident, critical illness, and identity theft protection benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
