Amentum is seeking a Mid Counterintelligence Analyst to support our U.S. Department of Energy and Counterintelligence (DOE-IN) contract.
Responsibilities Serves as Counterintelligence Analyst, specific duties and functions include, but are not limited to:
- Assess the foreign intelligence, international terrorist, and technological collection threats directed against DOE personnel, resources, S&T, facilities and programs.
- Produce CI products for circulation within DOE, and for external dissemination throughout the USIC.
- Develops liaison contacts within the USIC to further research and analytical objectives and goals of the Program.
- Works with the Program Director to contribute to the integration of field and headquarters analysis.
- Makes oral presentations, which convey ideas, facts, conclusions, estimates, and projections to a variety of DOE and USIC personnel.
- Prepares a variety of written communications and documents, including but not limited to reports, national security studies, and policy recommendations at the direction of the CI management.
Requirements
- Active Top Secret Clearance
- A Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university or college relevant to geopolitical or national security studies is preferred.
- Minimum of five (5) years of experience in intelligence analysis, which may be a combination of private sector, civil service, or military.
- Must have demonstrated evidence of excellent oral and written communication skills and proven performance delivering high-quality products under sometimes seemingly enormous pressure to meet tight deadlines.
- Extensive knowledge of CI tradecraft, analytic standards and integrity, methodology and tools is required.
Knowledge of adversary methodologies and collection interests is also required. Special expertise, such as area or country specialization, foreign language fluency, emerging science and technology research is desired. - The individual must demonstrate direct and current knowledge of the mission, structure, and key intelligence programs of the USIC, to include tactical analysis in support of predicating CI investigations, international political, economic, and military matters as they impact U.S. national security policy and issues, all aspects of the intelligence cycle, and must demonstrate core analytical competencies to include critical thinking skills, strong collaboration skills, and a customer focus to espouse counterintelligence issues with an analysis dimension.
- Foreign language proficiency, written and spoken (such as Russian, Arabic, Farsi, Hindi, or related languages), is desirable.
Compensation & Benefits:
The annual starting salary for this position is between $106,000-$146,000 annually. Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.
Amentum offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical dental and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, long term and short-term disability insurance, 15 days of paid time off, paid sick and safe time (all under the same umbrella), and 4 weeks of parental leave.
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Skills Required
- Active Top Secret Clearance
- Bachelor's Degree in geopolitical or national security studies
- 5 years of experience in intelligence analysis
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Extensive knowledge of CI tradecraft and methodologies
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