Weapons Systems Analyst

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

(ARA) has an outstanding opportunity for a talented Weapons Systems Analyst with experience identifying, characterizing, and assessing foreign weapons development, production, deployment, and proliferation.

This position routinely contributes to and prepares analytic products informing the U.S.

National, Defense and Acquisition Communities of foreign weapon system developments.

The Weapons Systems Analyst provides Defense, Service, and Interagency audiences with timely and accurate assessments of adversary weapons programs, strategic threats, 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 foreign weapons-related threat issues.  The Weapons Systems Analyst provides guidance to less experienced staff, reviews the work of others, authoritatively contributes to multi-functional analytic teams, and maintains currency in understanding relevant missile-related technologies, trends, and threats.  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 8 years of experience conducting intelligence cycle functions and/or creating intelligence reports, assessments, or deliverables or 12 years of experience in lieu of a degree.


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


* Demonstrated knowledge of foreign weapons development programs, production capacities, stockpiles, and order-of-battle trends, particularly foreign weapons systems capable of WMD delivery and/or achieving strategic effects.


* Practical understanding of the technical requirements – both established and improvised – required to improve lethality and/or effectiveness of weapons systems.


* 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 representatives.


* Ability to clearly express in writing technical analysis results and program characterizations.


* Active TS/SCI clearance.

Desired Qualifications:


* Advanced degree and/or specialized training related to intelligence, engineering, defense and security studies, or related field.


* Familiarity char...