Biological Weapons Analyst - Senior
Company Description
Founded in 1989, SOSi is among the largest private, founder-owned technology and services integrators in the defense and government services industry. We deliver tailored solutions, tested leadership, and trusted results to enable national security missions worldwide.
Job Description
Overview
SOSi is seeking a Senior level Biological Weapons Analyst (Joint Intelligence Preparation of the Operational Environment) to join our team in Ft Belvoir, VA in support of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA)’s counter WMD proliferation analytical efforts.
Essential Job Duties
- Perform Biological Weapons programs analysis, to include and not limited to national doctrine, strategy, plans, policies, intentions, command authorities, and resources relating to current, emerging, and future Biological Weapons programs.
- Identify technical capabilities, security, and vulnerabilities to Biological Weapons programs, to include, but not limited to, Biological Weapons production, stockpile, logistics and security, research and development, testing, Biological Weapons employment, scientists, Biological Weapons facility characteristics, and other related Biological Weapons facilities.
- Perform Biological Weapons proliferation and procurement analysis by identifying and monitoring entities involved in the sale and or transfer of controlled and dual use Biological Weapons related goods.
- Perform supply chain vulnerability analysis as well as procurement needs for Biological Weapons programs.
- Perform analysis of foreign governments’ adherence and implementation of international and bilateral commitments to destroy Biological Weapons capabilities and stockpiles.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
- BA degree in relevant field.
- 8 years of experience or a total of 12 years in lieu of a degree with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
- Active DoD Top Secret Clearance with SCI and must be able to obtain CI Poly.
- Proficient in conducting all-source analysis of foreign defense industrial programs, infrastructure, and capabilities supporting a foreign country’s ability to develop, equip, sustain, and employ its military forces across basic, strategic, and military industrial sectors.
- Experience assessing the research, development, acquisition, test, evaluation and production of foreign weapon systems and equipment; their associated facilities and output levels, knowledge of emerging and enabling technologies; and supporting industrial supply networks from raw materials to finished weapon systems.
- Experience conducting analysis including but is not limited to overall industrial organization, production processes, industrial control systems, design and surge capacities, cooperative arrangements with foreign defense industries and reliance on foreign technologies.
- Demonstrates in-depth knowledge and understanding of the related field activities required to meet mission requirements.
- Demonstrates mastery of qualitative and quantitative analytic methodologies and pursue developments in academia or other fields that affect tradecraft methodology.
- Demonstrates ability to define comprehensive, new, or unique research approaches that enable rigorous assessments to address and contribute to high-level tasks.
- Demonstrates in-depth analysis of analytic operations and knowledge management issues across organizational and intra-IC boundaries and clearly articulates key findings.
- Demonstrates ability to work independently and with minimal oversight.
- Demonstrates ability to review analytic products for cogent arguments, tradecraft standards, and adequate support for conclusions; routinely tests analytic rigor of analytic products.
Preferred Qualifications
- A strong grasp of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, or missile programs.
- Defense certified analysts; preferably with military service analyst certifications.
- Detailed knowledge of NGIC, Army, DIA, NSA, CIA, and/or interagency operations.
- Superior understanding of DoD Intelligence processes, activities, standards, and available analytic tools.
Additional Information
Work Environment
- Normal office conditions
- On government site in Fort Belvoir, Virginia
Working at SOSi
All interested individuals will receive consideration and will not be discriminated against for any reason.
