Intelligence Analyst (Senior-Level): Z Program

Company Description

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Are you interested in joining some of the brightest talent in the world to strengthen the United States’ security? Come join Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) where our employees apply their expertise to create solutions for BIG ideas that make our world a better place.

We are dedicated to fostering a culture that values individuals, talents, partnerships, ideas, experiences, and different perspectives, recognizing their importance to the continued success of the Laboratory’s mission.

Pay Range

$202,500 - $256,824 Annually

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting; pay will not be below any applicable local minimum wage.  An employee’s position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, specific competencies, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs.

Job Description

We have an opening for a senior Science and Technology Intelligence Analyst to join an interdisciplinary team conducting analysis of critical and emerging technology issues, and their implications for the national security interests of the United States. You will perform analysis and lead projects that integrate complex information from all sources into finished assessments and make formal verbal and written presentations, interface with Program sponsors and Intelligence Community (IC) stakeholders and contribute to project and organizational goals. This position is in the Science and Technology Assessments (STA) Program within Global Security Principal Directorate’s Z Program.

In this role, you will

• Direct independent research under consultative direction on sensitive, politically significant national security topics, with a focus on critical, emerging, and disruptive technologies, potentially including advanced computing, artificial intelligence, autonomous and robotic systems, microelectronics, and space issues.
• Identify and define problems, collect data, propose highly complex analytic research methodologies, write reports documenting results, and present analytic findings in support of sponsor and stakeholder objectives that adhere to Intelligence Community (IC) analytic standards, with consultative direction. 
• Provide solutions, in-depth analysis, and decision insight to sponsors, customers, and stakeholders in highly complex problem areas, and traveling as necessary.
• Represent the organization as the primary technical contact on assigned intelligence related tasks and may oversee large projects, working effectively across a range of priorities.
• Research, prioritize, and validate information on relevant national security topics; maintain an awareness of relevant current events and information in assigned areas.
• May have lead responsibilities assigned to highly complex analytic tasks and contribute subject matter knowledge on national security issues to inform the development of strategies and plans, and to meet programmatic objectives.
• Assist in shaping analytic priorities and the development of a focused national security research program in assigned areas that address key science and technology and policy questions, using independent judgment and subject matter expertise.
• Participate in programmatic sustainment and growth by identifying and addressing complex sponsor needs and driving collaborations with LLNL staff and external partners.
• Independently develop proposals for analytic papers, studies, and research topics; create and refine innovative technical tools and methodologies to produce solutions that meet stakeholder objectives.
• Obtain and maintain required security in a Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) environment for information that is under the analyst’s direct control.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance and obtain and maintain required security in a Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) environment for information that is under the analyst’s direct control.
• Bachelor’s degree in political science, international relations, relevant scientific or engineering discipline, or the equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Expert level knowledge and significant experience working within or with the Intelligence Community (IC) and with scientific and technological issues relevant to the set of critical, emerging, and disruptive technologies.
• Proven success leading multi-disciplinary teams and delivering expert-level, high-quality, impactful technicall