Emerging and Disruptive Technology Analyst – Senior
$99,000–$145,200 year
On-site · Reston, Virginia, United States
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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