All-Source Analyst (Middle East), Mid

Location: Quantico, VA

Job Type: Full-Time

Clearance: TS/SCI and the ability to obtain/maintain a CI Poly as required

Must be a U.S. Citizen

Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401k matching, generous PTO, paid holidays, professional training opportunities, and even pet insurance to ensure your furry friends are cared for too.

Job Summary

Castalia Systems is seeking an All-Source Analyst (Middle East), Mid to support our Intelligence Client’s mission sets.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Conduct research, create intelligence products, create intelligence estimate assessments, and conduct intelligence briefings on request based on MCIA’s Program of Analysis (POA) and its Key Intelligence Questions (KIQ).
• Annually publish/produce at least the minimum number of all-source analysis products (e.g., written and oral reports) as dictated by production requirements on assigned account.
• Collect, analyze, interpret, evaluate and integrate complex data from multiple sources to assess the relevance and significance of developments in his/her assigned subject matter and geographic area(s).
• Attend, participate in, and contribute to relevant conferences and other events.
• Maintain contact with counterparts in other intelligence organizations to keep abreast of current developments, to resolve problems to eliminate duplication, and to provide free flow of information on matters of intelligence interest.
• Identify intelligence gaps, recommend and submit collection requirements to fill gaps.
• Collect, analyze, interpret, evaluate and research utilizing Open-Source tools, techniques, methodology and software.
• Deliver subject matter expertise to support the development of new processes, procedures, and technologies.
• Conduct all-source analysis to assess foreign military order of battle, organizational structure, unit disposition, and unit missions; and identify discrepancies with current data holdings and update/revise accordingly.
• Conduct all-source analysis to evaluate foreign military systems to include, but not limited to, air defense, coastal defense, medium- and long-range ballistic missiles and their associated platforms and targeting systems.
• Conduct all-source analysis to evaluate foreign military operations and exercises to identify tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), strategy, doctrine, readiness, and proficiency in employing various military capabilities and supporting activities including, but not limited to, survivability, denial and deception, Command, Control, Communications and Computers (C4), targeting, and logistics.
• Analyze foreign military forces, potential activities and assets to include, but not limited to, movements, logistics and maintenance, readiness, C4, defensive systems, and survivability tactics.
• Conduct all-source methods to project the discovery, development, and deployment of advanced technologies and their potential impact on USMC forces.
• Follow technology transfer and its military impact and ability of recipient actors to assimilate transferred technology.
• Apply knowledge of foreign military system capabilities and limitations to assess opportunities for USMC exploitation and USMC system and doctrine vulnerabilities.
• Produce written intelligence assessments and briefings to support consumers at the tactical, operational, and strategic level.
• Assess information gaps, develop collection strategies, compose collection requirements, and provide feedback to collection officers.
• Produce and deliver written intelligence assessments and briefings to support consumers at the tactical, operational, and strategic level as assigned. Written products will meet Intelligence Community Standards (e.g., ICD 203, 206, 208) and MCIA standards and adhere to MCIA production and review processes.

Required Qualifications

• Meets all qualifications and skills of a Junior, plus:
• Demonstrates comprehensive mission knowledge and skills that affirms completion of all developmental training and experiences for the labor category.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate understanding from information that may be incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and / or technically advanced. Demonstrates ability to structure analysis based on trends in reporting and a range of analytic perspectives from other analysts, organizations, and intelligence disciplines.
• Demonstrates ability to work independently with minimal oversight and direction.
• Demonstrates ability to collaborate and work with other IC members on information sharing, driving collection, and addressing analytic disputes and conflict