Physicist and All-Source Analyst, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton•Charlottesville, VA

13h•$61,900 - $141,000•Onsite

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 fields 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, and security and vulnerabilities of facilities and stockpiles.
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 datasets 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 8+ years of intelligence experience, or 12+ years of intelligence experience in lieu of a degree.

Nice To Haves

Experience countering missiles and delivery systems, advanced weapons, and CBRNE.
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

Conduct scientific research and analysis supporting defense analytical requirements.
Analyze capabilities, limitations, reverse engineering, characterizations, facilities, and vulnerabilities.
Conduct independent research, technical writing, and modeling in applied and interdisciplinary physics.
Oversee or advise allied engineering disciplines on fiber optics, acoustics, semiconductors, lasers, weapons development, and testing.
Identify characteristics of hard and deeply buried targets.
Prepare products documenting findings and activities.
Produce all-source analysis on nuclear programs, including production facilities, stockpiles, logistics, systems employment, and security and vulnerabilities.
Develop tailored analytical deliverables, including actionable leads, written products, network charts, and briefings.
Collaborate with mission partners on production and lead briefings at unique events.