Open Source Analyst, Junior

The Bison Group•Quantico, VA

About The Position

Bison Group LLC is a people-focused small business that values trust, respect, and impact, with a strong commitment to the veteran community. As a defense contractor, your work will directly support the U.S. Marine Corps, Department of Defense, and national security objectives. This role offers the opportunity to grow skills in multi-source intelligence, biometrics, and identity intelligence within a team environment where individual contributions are recognized and have a clear purpose. The company culture is transparent and flexible, with leadership that listens, and a proven commitment to veterans and professionals who have served.

Requirements

Completed joint-accredited OSINT course (e.g., EOSINT (USMC), OS301 and OS302 (Army), ONI OSINT Fundamentals Course (Navy), Introduction to OSINT (USAF), DIA BOTC (DIA), NGA OSINT Course (NGA), NERD (SOCOM)).
Commercial alternatives to a joint-accredited OSINT course include CASO (Black Horse Solutions), and SEC 497 and SEC 587 (SANS Institute).
TS/SCI Clearance
1-3 years experience in OSINT to include Military, Law Enforcement, and/or Intelligence Community.

Responsibilities

Conduct OSINT activities in response to Government Request for Information (RFI) or tasking by the OIC, including working with the Government to clarify and refine the RFI.
Collect, exploit, and analyze online open-source information.
Prepare 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 conjunction with Data Analysts and Data Scientists.
Document types and structure of open-source data, analyze and mine data to identify patterns and correlations, map and trace data from system to system or source to source, design and create data reports.
Employ managed attribution (MA) software and associated online tradecraft while executing OSINT collection activities; demonstrate an understanding of the limitations of MA tools.
Develop innovative ways to combine data from different tools to provide analytical results that are of greater value and relevance to Operational Forces.
Identify, develop, and formalize new OSINT tradecraft and other SOPs to meet mission requirements.
Develop open-source research strategies to support specific information gaps.
Manually search for, exploit and analyze a variety of online open sources to include media, social media, academic literature, videos, maps etc. in target language to augment information acquired through other sources and/or to fill information gaps.
Use various tools and methods to determine authenticity and currency of information acquired from the Internet.
Create reports using Word and PowerPoint to convey research findings; generate Open-Source Intelligence Reports (OSIRs).
Verbally brief findings and research methods to various consumers.