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Maxar4 days ago

Emerging and Disruptive Technology Analyst – Senior

$99,000–$145,200 year

On-site · Reston, Virginia, United States

Type
Full Time
Level
Senior Level
Education
Not Specified
Company size
Large

Job Summary

Responsibilities include producing assessments projecting the discovery, development, and deployment of advanced technologies and the potential impact to Defense Critical Infrastructure and U.S. nuclear weapons worldwide; producing intelligence supporting national security threat assessments and global baselines; providing early warning of disruptive developments to ensure Intelligence Community awareness; conducting all-source analysis to assess the strategic impact of emerging technologies on national security; developing and refining ontologies to support OBI production and semantic interoperability within the Defense Intelligence Core Ontology; applying structured analytic techniques (e.g., ACH, scenario analysis, key assumptions check) to forecast disruptive shifts; monitoring global R&D, innovation ecosystems, and technology adoption to inform strategic foresight; collaborating with data scientists and technologists to integrate advanced analytics, machine learning, and semantic technologies into analytic workflows; documenting analytic processes to support automation and reproducibility; producing assessments and senior-level briefings highlighting risks, opportunities, and strategic implications of emerging technologies.

Required Qualifications

  • Must be a U.S. citizen
  • Active TS/SCI with CI poly
  • 12 years of experience and an advanced degree
  • Experience conducting strategic foresight or horizon scanning in a national security or technology context
  • Strong oral and written communication skills
  • Ability to describe findings to both technical and nontechnical decision makers
  • Preferred: deep understanding of emerging technology domains (AI, quantum, biotech, space systems, autonomy)
  • Experience supporting OBI production and defense intelligence ontologies
  • Ability to lead multi-disciplinary data science projects
  • Experience applying statistical and data visualization skills
  • EOE/EEO statements and accommodations availability may be included in the posting
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