All Source Analyst – Farsi Linguist

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

(ARA) has an outstanding opportunity for an accomplished All-Source Analyst – Farsi Linguist with experience using intelligence and information from multiple sources to assess, interpret, forecast, and explain a range of national security issues and developments that are regional and/or functional in nature.

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 a variety of foreign adversary and threat issues.  The All-Source Analyst provides guidance to less experienced staff, reviews the work of others, and authoritatively contributes to multi-functional analytic teams.

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 recent experience with intelligence analysis, including employing multi-INT databases to develop analytic assessments and briefings; or, 12 years of same experience without a bachelor’s degree.


* 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.


* Farsi language proficiency at the DLPT 3 level with the ability to read and analyze technical documents, grey literature, and academic journals.


* 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.


* Familiarity with intelligence cycle processes and outcomes and ability to enhance intelligence cycle functioning with tailored all-source support.


* Experience providing all-source intelligence support to military planning, operations, and exercise efforts.


* Understanding of the Defense Intelligence Enterprise, DIA, and Service intelligence production centers.


* Experience responding to and effectively answering requests for intelligence/information (RFI).


* Word, Excel and PowerPoint proficiency.


* Active TS/SCI clearance.

Desired Qualifications:


* Advanced degree and/or specialized Intelligence Community-related training(s).


* Military or defense-related experience and working familiarity with strategies, policies, and plans that enable defense against CBRN threats and prevent the proliferation of WMD.


* Experience effectively devising, utilizing, and communicating methodo...