Weapons Systems Analyst, Senior

Booz Allen Hamilton•Riverdale Park, MD

19h•$77,600 - $176,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Weapons Systems Analyst leverages experience with foreign conventional weapons systems to orchestrate and prioritize threat analysis and characterization. The role provides technical direction and subject matter expertise for intelligence analysis of foreign air and missile defense systems, integrated air defense systems (IADS), radars, command and control (C2), interceptors, effectors, and threat-system operations. The analyst conducts engineering analyses and reverse-engineering studies to determine system architecture dependencies, and advises on foreign threat-system analysis, foreign materiel exploitation (FME), technical signals intelligence (SIGINT), radar and electronic order-of-battle assessment, and threat-system performance characterization. The role guides analysis of foreign sensor, C2, and weapon-system capabilities, including radar modes, operating concepts, engagement timelines, kill-chain behavior, system integration, mobility, survivability, and operational employment. The position leads analysis of foreign air-defense and missile-defense radars, command posts, launchers, interceptors, and related communications and data-link architectures. It assesses draft research and development system products, timelines, designs, configurations, capabilities, performance, operations, employment strategies, and signatures for validity, stability, and rigor. The analyst also tailors assessments supporting space initiatives and force designs for U.S. space-based systems, services, and architectures, including ISR and missile warning. Intelligence findings are translated into technical insights for missile defense architecture assessment, test planning, modeling and simulation (M&S), systems engineering, and operational threat representation. The position is listed as non-remote and is located in Riverdale, Maryland. An active TS/SCI clearance is required, and candidates must be willing to take a polygraph exam.

Requirements

12+ years of experience with foreign air and missile defense systems involving C2, radar, interceptors and effectors, engagement operations, IADS architectures, missile defense, and technical signals.
5+ years of experience working with Scientific and Technical Intelligence Center organizations, Service intelligence centers, DoW intelligence production organizations, national laboratories, or technical intelligence customers.
Experience applying radar system fundamentals, including radar modes, waveforms, antenna concepts, electronic scanning, tracking, fire-control functions, discrimination, signal processing, electronic protection, and operational signatures.
Experience interpreting or applying technical SIGINT, FME-derived data, intelligence reports, test data, engineering data, or all-source intelligence to characterize foreign threat-system performance and operational capability.
Active TS/SCI clearance and willingness to take a polygraph exam.
Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Physical Science, Engineering, Physics, Mathematics, Operational Research, or Computer Science.

Nice To Haves

Experience with foreign surface-to-air missile systems, theater missile defense systems, strategic missile defense systems, counter-air architectures, and sensor-to-shooter kill chains.
Experience with foreign radar exploitation, emitter characterization, ELINT, FISINT, and MASINT-informed analysis, radar parametric assessment, or threat-system reverse engineering.
Experience developing M&S products such as threat models, system performance estimates, engagement timelines, parametric databases, intelligence-informed M&S inputs, or test threat representations.
Experience working in special access program and special access required environments.
Knowledge of foreign C2 networks, air-defense doctrine, missile engagement operations, electronic warfare, datalinks, battle management, and operational employment concepts.
Master's degree in a STEM field.

Responsibilities

Orchestrate and prioritize team threat analysis and characterization efforts involving foreign conventional weapons systems.
Provide technical direction and subject matter expertise for intelligence analysis of foreign air and missile defense systems, IADS, radars, C2, interceptors, effectors, and threat-system operations.
Conduct engineering analyses and reverse-engineering studies to determine architecture inter- and intra-dependencies.
Advise efforts supporting foreign threat-system analysis, FME, technical SIGINT analysis, radar and electronic order-of-battle assessment, and threat-system performance characterization.
Guide analysis of foreign sensor, C2, and weapon-system capabilities, including radar modes, operating concepts, engagement timelines, kill-chain behavior, system integration, mobility, survivability, and operational employment.
Lead analysis of foreign air-defense and missile-defense radars, command posts, launchers, interceptors, and related communications and data-link architectures.
Assess draft research and development system products and timelines, designs, configurations, capabilities, performance, operations, employment strategies, and signatures for validity, stability, and rigor.
Tailor assessments supporting space initiatives and force designs for U.S. space-based systems, services, and architectures, including ISR and missile warning.
Translate intelligence findings into technical insights for missile defense architecture assessment, test planning, M&S, systems engineering, and operational threat representation.