Intelligence Analyst - Z Program - Active Security Clearance Required

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

$168,780 - $256,824 Annually

$168,780 - $214,032 Annually for the SES.3 level

$202,500 - $256,824 Annually for the SES.4 level

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 an Intelligence Analyst to join an interdisciplinary team conducting analysis to support the Counterterrorism (CT) Group and other analytic groups within the International Assessments (IA) Program. As a member of the IA Program, you will analyze foreign nuclear programs, threats involving radiological or nuclear (R/N) terrorism, and potential vulnerabilities of R/N materials, and identify the implications of their analysis 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 International Assessments (IA) Program within Global Security Principal Directorate’s Z Program.

In this role, you will

• Conduct independent research on sensitive, politically significant national security topics, with a focus on nuclear weapon/material security and R/N terrorism, and foreign nuclear programs as they intersect with these issues. Maintain awareness of relevant current events and information in assigned areas.
• Assist in identifying analytic priorities, defining problems, and proposing complex analytic research methodologies with minimal direction.
• Write reports and present analytic findings in support of sponsor and stakeholder objectives, which will require some domestic and possibly international travel, that adhere to intelligence community analytic standards.
• Contribute to the development of a focused national security research program in assigned areas that addresses key science and technology and policy questions, using independent judgment.
• Contribute to the development of new program opportunities, including the definition and development of research proposals and interaction with potential sponsors and customers under minimal direction.
• 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.

Additional job responsibilities, at the SES.4 Level

• Represent the organization as the primary subject matter expert on multiple intelligence related tasks and large projects, working effectively with conflicting priorities.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams assigned highly complex analytic tasks and contribute highly advanced subject matter knowledge on national security issues to inform the development of strategies and plans to meet programmatic objectives.
• Independently develop proposals for analytic papers, studies, and research topics and create innovative technical tools and evaluate competing characteristics to determine solutions that meet stakeholder objectives; provide decision insight to customers and stakeholders in highly complex problem areas.
• Participate in programmatic sustainment and growth by identifying and addressing complex sponsor needs and prioritizing collaborations with LLNL staff and across the community.

Qualifications

• This position requires an Active DOE Q clearance (or active Top-Secret clearance) with Active Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access.
• Bachelor’s degree in political science, international relations, relevant scientific or engineering discipline, or the equivalent combination of education and related experience, and demonstrated ability to perform independent