Nuclear Weapons Analyst

Booz Allen Hamilton•Reston, VA

2d•$62,000 - $141,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Nuclear Weapons Analyst conducts all-source analysis of nuclear programs, including production facilities, stockpiles, logistics, systems employment, security, and vulnerabilities. The role analyzes and monitors supply-chain vulnerabilities involving controlled and dual-use technologies, materials, and expertise, and assesses state adherence to and implementation of international and bilateral commitments related to nuclear weapons. It also involves applied research on intelligence issues related to radiological and nuclear threats to the United States and allied nations. The analyst produces written intelligence products in accordance with Intelligence Community tradecraft standards and briefs senior Department of Defense leaders. As part of a multidisciplinary team, the analyst helps partners fuse operations and intelligence information to support government efforts against emerging radiological and nuclear threats, counterproliferation efforts, and threat networks that facilitate or employ those threats. The position requires analytic leadership, review of analytical products, and the ability to define problems, lead studies and surveys, and recommend solutions.

Requirements

12+ years of experience analyzing nuclear proliferation and monitoring and providing supply-chain vulnerabilities of controlled and dual-use technologies and materials.
Experience writing to ICD 203 analytic tradecraft standards.
Experience conducting all-source analysis on nuclear programs, including production facilities, stockpiles, logistics, systems employment, security, and vulnerabilities.
Experience reviewing analytical products for cogent arguments, tradecraft standards, and adequate support.
Experience analyzing analytic operations and knowledge-management issues across organizational and Intelligence Community boundaries and clearly articulating key findings.
Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative analytic methodologies and academic developments affecting tradecraft methodology.
Ability to define problems, supervise studies, and lead surveys to collect and analyze data, provide advice, and recommend solutions.
Ability to provide analytic leadership in identifying, planning, developing, and executing analytic production methodologies, tradecraft, and techniques aligned with nuclear proliferation.
Active TS/SCI clearance and willingness to take a polygraph exam.
Master's degree in Nuclear Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Chemical Engineering.

Nice To Haves

Experience publishing for the defense intelligence enterprise.
Ability to work independently with minimal oversight.

Responsibilities

Conduct all-source analysis of nuclear programs, including production facilities, stockpiles, logistics, systems employment, security, and vulnerabilities.
Analyze and monitor supply-chain vulnerabilities involving controlled and dual-use technologies, materials, and expertise.
Assess state adherence to and implementation of international and bilateral commitments related to nuclear weapons.
Conduct applied research on intelligence issues related to radiological and nuclear threats to the United States and allied nations.
Generate written intelligence products in accordance with Intelligence Community tradecraft standards, using a wide range of intelligence resources and tools.
Brief analysis to senior Department of Defense leaders.
Assist partners in fusing operations and intelligence information to address radiological and nuclear threats, counterproliferation, and related threat networks.
Review analytical products for cogent arguments, adherence to tradecraft standards, and adequate support.
Define problems, supervise studies, and lead surveys to collect and analyze data, provide advice, and recommend solutions.
Provide analytic leadership in identifying, planning, developing, and executing production methodologies, tradecraft, and techniques aligned with nuclear proliferation.
Conduct in-depth analysis of analytic operations and knowledge-management issues across organizational and Intelligence Community boundaries, and articulate key findings.