Technical Cultural SME

Clear Fracture•Rockville, MD

19h

About The Position

Clear Fracture is seeking a Cultural Subject Matter Expert to provide specialized regional, linguistic, cultural, and analytical expertise in support of intelligence and operational planning activities. The role supports anticipated contract opportunities and combines cultural insight with advanced research, open-source intelligence (OSINT), and social media exploitation capabilities. The SME will collaborate with intelligence analysts, operational planners, and technical specialists to assess complex information, identify trends and threats, and develop mission-relevant intelligence products. The work includes supporting information operations and intelligence planning, assessing information environments, analyzing foreign information activities, and providing regional and cultural context for audience and behavioral analysis. The position requires an active TS/SCI clearance, substantial regional advisory and intelligence analysis experience, a relevant bachelor’s degree or qualifying substitute experience, and native-level Persian (Farsi) proficiency. Clear Fracture describes its environment as mission-focused and collaborative, valuing intellectual curiosity, independent thinking, innovation, ownership, and practical results.

Requirements

Active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance.
Eight or more years of experience providing cultural, regional, or geopolitical advisory and analytical support.
Five or more years of intelligence analysis experience.
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline; four additional years of qualifying experience may substitute for the degree.
Expertise in the history, culture, political systems, military affairs, social dynamics, and geopolitical developments of the assigned region.
Native-level Persian (Farsi) proficiency, including the ability to read, interpret, research, and analyze foreign-language information.
Experience supporting information operations (IO), operations in the information environment (OIE), or intelligence planning within a DoD or Intelligence Community environment.
Experience conducting advanced OSINT research, including social media exploitation, digital information collection, and analysis of publicly available information.
Knowledge of advanced internet research methodologies, including Boolean search techniques, metadata analysis, and research across the surface web, deep web, and other relevant digital sources.
Experience synthesizing complex information from multiple sources into actionable intelligence assessments and analytical products.
Ability to identify emerging trends, assess information credibility, and evaluate the operational significance of digital information.
Excellent analytical writing, briefing, and communication skills.
Ability to collaborate effectively with intelligence professionals, operational planners, and multidisciplinary mission teams.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience supporting Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, Combatant Command, or joint operational organizations.
Experience directly supporting the development, coordination, execution, or assessment of information operations plans and related operational activities.
Experience conducting social media intelligence (SOCMINT), digital media analysis, or foreign information environment assessments.
Familiarity with regional digital platforms, social media ecosystems, and foreign-language online information sources.
Knowledge of foreign influence operations, disinformation, propaganda, strategic communications, and information environment assessment methodologies.
Understanding of cyber threat intelligence, cyber-enabled influence activities, and the relationship between cyberspace operations and information operations.
Familiarity with the Joint Planning Process (JPP), intelligence preparation of the operational environment, or intelligence support to operational planning.
Knowledge of ODNI analytic standards, structured analytic techniques, and DoD intelligence production methodologies.
Experience using commercial OSINT platforms, social media analytics tools, link analysis applications, or data visualization technologies.
Experience supporting intelligence collection management, requirements development, or operational assessment activities.
Experience applying AI-enabled research, data analytics, or automation tools to intelligence collection and analytical workflows.
Additional proficiency in regional languages or dialects relevant to assigned mission requirements.

Responsibilities

Provide cultural, regional, and linguistic expertise for intelligence analysis, information operations, and operational planning.
Support the planning, development, coordination, and assessment of information operations through intelligence research, analysis, and evaluation of information environments.
Conduct advanced OSINT research and social media exploitation across digital platforms, online communities, news outlets, and other publicly available sources.
Analyze social media ecosystems, online narratives, digital communications, and emerging trends to identify patterns, assess influence activities, and evaluate operational implications.
Research and assess cyber-related developments, information activities, and the intersection of cyberspace operations and information operations.
Evaluate foreign information activities, strategic messaging, propaganda, disinformation, and influence operations to support intelligence assessments and operational planning.
Monitor political, military, technological, economic, and socio-cultural developments in assigned areas of responsibility and assess potential operational impacts.
Apply advanced research methodologies, analytical tradecraft, and critical thinking to collect, evaluate, synthesize, and present information from disparate sources.
Develop intelligence assessments, information environment analyses, operational support products, and briefings for strategic and tactical mission requirements.
Provide regional and cultural context for audience analysis, information environment assessments, and evaluation of communication patterns and behavioral trends.
Collaborate with intelligence and operational planning teams to identify intelligence gaps, refine collection requirements, and coordinate analytical support.
Review strategic and tactical guidance related to intelligence activities, information operations, and cyberspace-related missions.
Support intelligence planning, production management, and coordination of analytical requirements across organizational stakeholders.
Identify, prioritize, and coordinate intelligence production requirements, deliverables, and timelines.