Weapons System Analyst - Junior - TS/SCI - Quantico, VA

Global Dimensions is a HUBZone, service disabled, veteran-owned small business based in Fredericksburg, VA. We are a dynamic, expanding company with exciting opportunities in language/culture, training/education/instruction, IT, cyber security, and intelligence (analysts, CI, HUMINT, SIGINT, etc.). Global Dimensions is currently seeking a Junior Weapons System Analyst for a position in Quantico, Virginia. Junior Weapons System Analyst will: Evaluate current and future foreign weapon systems, both lethal and non-lethal, focusing on system capabilities, vulnerabilities, production, stockpile, deployment, proliferation, and impact to U.S. and Coalition forces globally. Develops analytical products to inform the U.S. National, Defense, and Acquisition Communities of developments in foreign weapon systems. Perform all-source intelligence analysis to assess foreign military capabilities and technologies. Carry out research, develop intelligence products estimate assessments, deliver intelligence briefings in response to MCIA’s Program of Analysis (POA) and specific Requests for Information (RFIs). Utilize a variety of tools, methods, and software to collect, evaluate, interpret, and analyze data. Create and present written intelligence assessments and briefings tailored to tactical, operational, and strategic-level consumers, ensuring all products comply with Intelligence Community and MCIA standards and production guidelines. Monitor and evaluate developments within the assigned portfolio to maintain up-to-date situational awareness. Conduct forward-looking research to identify existing and emerging foreign capabilities. Follow technology transfer and its military impact and ability of recipient countries to assimilate transferred technology. Meet annual production quotas for all-source intelligence outputs, including written reports and oral presentations, based on assigned responsibilities. Integrate and analyze complex data from diverse sources to determine the significance and implications of relevant developments within assigned subject matter and geographic areas. Identify intelligence shortfalls, recommend solutions, and submit collection requirements to address information gaps. Design and draft collection strategies and intelligence collection requirements. Correlate technically derived information across multiple intelligence disciplines and open-source data to support comprehensive analysis. Actively participate in and contribute to relevant conferences, forums, and events. Collaborate and communicate with counterparts across MCIA and other intelligence agencies to keep abreast of current developments, resolve issues, prevent redundancy, and to provide free flow of information on matters of intelligence interest. Provide specialized expertise to assist in the creation and improvement of processes, procedures, and technological innovations. Conduct peer reviews and evaluate intelligence products for internal quality control and external coordination within the intelligence community. Provide portfolio-specific analysis, expertise, and intelligence production as outlined below. Conduct Threat Steering Groups with participants from USMC Combat Development & Integration to identify key factors and significant risk drivers for potential material solutions that may influence lifecycle cost, performance, schedule, and other acquisition decisions. Produce and deliver Validated Online Lifecycle Threat Reports (VOLTs), Critical Intelligence Parameters (CIPs), and Capability Development Threat Summaries to support Marine Corps Acquisition Programs throughout the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) process, assisting the Defense Acquisition System. Requirements TS/SCI Security Clearance Desired Experience: At least 3 years of experience conducting analysis relevant to the labor category, with at least some of the experience within the last 2 years. Desired Education: Bachelor’s degree in a field related to the labor category from an accredited college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Alternatively, an additional 4 years of experience in the specific labor category, totaling 7 years, may substitute for a Bachelor’s degree. Demonstrates a working knowledge of the concepts involved in the specific functions outlined in the labor category description. Knowledgeable of and demonstrates the ability to apply IC and DoD classification guidelines and procedures. Demonstrates the ability to work semi-independently with oversight and direction. Demonstrates the ability to apply logic when evaluating and synthesizing multiple sources of information. Shows understanding of interpreting analysis, including its meaning, significance, and implications. Demonstrates the ability to defend analytic judgments with sound, logical conclusions, and to adapt these judgments when new information, changing conditions, or unexpected developments arise. Demonstrates the ability to produce timely, logical, and concise analytic reports, documents, assessments, studies, and briefing materials in various formats, including Microsoft Office tools (e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint), electronic/soft copy matrices, and/or web-enabled formats. Demonstrates the ability to clearly communicate complex issues in a concise and organized manner, both verbally and non-verbally, with strong grammar skills. Demonstrates proficiency with Microsoft Office tools. Demonstrates the ability to develop structured research, including but not limited to obtaining, evaluating, organizing, and maintaining information within security and data protocols. Demonstrates the ability to recognize nuances and resolve contradictions and inconsistencies in information. Demonstrates working knowledge of complex analytic methodologies, such as structured analytic techniques or alternative approaches, to examine biases, assumptions, and theories, reducing uncertainty, strengthening analytic arguments, and mitigating surprise. Structured analytic techniques include, but are not limited to, Analysis of Competing Hypotheses, Devil’s Advocacy, High-Impact / Low-Impact Analysis, Red Team Analysis, and Alternative Futures Analysis. Demonstrates understanding of intelligence collection capabilities and limitations, including but not limited to technical sensors/platforms and human intelligence sources relevant to the labor category. Demonstrates understanding of evaluating collected intelligence reporting, engaging with collection managers, and developing collection requirements. Global Dimensions does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.