Physicist and All-Source Analyst, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton • Reston, VA

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About The Position

Support defense analytical requirements through scientific research; capability, limitation, reverse-engineering, and characterization analysis; and facility and vulnerability assessments. Work across applied and interdisciplinary areas of physics, including astrophysics, biophysics, directed energy weapons, and geophysics. Conduct independent research and technical writing, perform modeling, and oversee or advise allied engineering disciplines on fiber optics, acoustics, semiconductors, lasers, weapons development, and testing. Identify characteristics of hard and deeply buried targets, and prepare products documenting findings and activities.

Requirements

• Experience conducting all-source analytic production on nuclear programs, including production facilities, stockpiles, logistics, systems employment, security, and facility and stockpile vulnerabilities.
• Experience with all-source analysis production, analytic tradecraft, ICD 203 and 206, and DIA writing style.
• Knowledge of applying and querying SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT, and HUMINT data sets and databases.
• Knowledge of nuclear weapons programs, including nuclear weapons effects, the nuclear fuel cycle, and nuclear infrastructure.
• Ability to independently develop high-quality, tailored deliverables, including actionable leads, ICD-compliant written products, network charts, and formal or informal briefings.
• Ability to adjust to changing mission requirements and deliver products within a short time frame.
• Ability to collaborate with mission partners on production and lead briefings at unique events.
• Active TS/SCI clearance and willingness to take a polygraph exam.
• Bachelor’s degree and at least 6 years of intelligence experience, or at least 12 years of intelligence experience in lieu of a degree.

Nice To Haves

• Experience countering missiles and delivery systems, advanced weapons, and CBRN E.
• Experience with data analytics and visualization.
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph.
• Bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Chemical Engineering.

Responsibilities

• Support defense analytical requirements through scientific research, capability or limitation analysis, reverse engineering analysis or characterizations, and facility and vulnerability assessments.
• Conduct independent research, technical writing, and modeling.
• Oversee or advise allied engineering disciplines on fiber optics, acoustics, semiconductors, lasers, weapons development, and testing.
• Identify the characteristics of hard and deeply buried targets.
• Prepare products that describe and document findings and activities.
• Develop tailored analytic deliverables, including actionable leads, ICD-compliant written products, network charts, and formal or informal briefings.
• Collaborate with mission partners on production and take the lead in briefings at unique events.
• Adjust to changing mission requirements and deliver products within short time frames.

Benefits

• Health, life, and disability benefits
• Financial and retirement benefits
• Paid leave
• Professional development
• Tuition assistance
• Work-life programs
• Dependent care
• Recognition awards for exceptional performance and demonstration of company values

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior