Chemical Weapons (CW) Analyst

The Capabilities, Analysis and Development (CAD) of Applied Research Associates, Inc.

(ARA) has an outstanding opportunity for an exceptional Chemical Weapons (CW) Analyst with experience identifying, characterizing, and assessing global chemical threats and associated proliferation and procurement trends.

This position provides Defense, Service, and Interagency audiences with timely and accurate assessments of adversary chemical threats, WMD programs, and weapons-related S&T developments.

This position routinely contributes to Defense Intelligence Enterprise deliverables, including but not limited to foundational assessments, warning reports, technical briefings, and other analytic documents.

The position collaborates with the Intelligence Community, Defense Department, national labs, and academia to address WMD-related threat issues.  The CW Analyst conducts all-source analytic production of foreign doctrine, strategy, plans, policies, objectives, goals, intentions, command authorities, force structures, and resources relating to current, emerging, and future CW programs and capabilities.  The position is expected to understand and articulate official government analytic positions during customer engagements and represent Defense Intelligence Enterprise analytic units as directed.

Required Qualifications:


* Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of experience conducting intelligence cycle functions and/or creating intelligence reports, assessments, or deliverables; or, 12 years of same experience without a bachelor’s degree.


* Experience creating intelligence reports, assessments, or deliverables directly related to adversary WMD programs.


* Demonstrate current familiarity – experience within the last two years – identifying, assessing, and developing products associated with adversary WMD programs and/or developments.


* Tangible experience with intelligence analysis, including employing multi-INT databases to develop analytic assessments and briefings.


* Demonstrated knowledge of foreign chemical programs, strategic weapons developments, and WMD-related proliferation and procurement.


* Practical understanding of the technical requirements – both established and improvised – necessary to weaponize chemical materials.


* Understanding of global technology control, arms-control, OPCW, CWC, nonproliferation, and threat reduction efforts associated with combating WMD.


* Experience characterizing and assessing consequence management variables associated with chemical weapons use and CBRN contaminated environments.


* Working familiarity with established Intelligence Community directives, standards, and tradecraft documents.


* Demonstrated ability to work effectively within or lead a team of peers, as well as excellent interpersonal and communications skills.


* Ability to communicate complex analyses at a level comprehensible to diverse military audiences and senior-level government repre...