Nuclear Weapons Analyst
$61,900–$141,000 year
On-siteCharlottesville, Virginia, United States
Job Summary
Conduct all-source analysis on nuclear programs covering production facilities, stockpiles, logistics, systems employment, security, and vulnerabilities. Monitor and provide supply chain vulnerabilities of controlled and dual-use technologies while performing applied research on radiological and nuclear threats to U.S. and allied nations. Generate written intelligence products adhering to IC Tradecraft Standards and brief senior DoD leaders. Review analytical products for cogent arguments and adequate support, leading surveys to collect and analyze data for decisionmakers.
Required Qualifications
- 12+ years of experience with analysis on nuclear proliferation and monitoring and providing supply chain vulnerabilities of controlled and dual use technologies and materials
- Experience writing to ICD 203 analytic tradecraft standards
- Experience conducting all-source analysis on nuclear programs to include production facilities, stockpiles, logistics, systems employment, security, and vulnerabilities of facilities and stockpiles
- Experience reviewing analytical products for cogent arguments, tradecraft standards, and adequate support
- Experience with in-depth analysis of analytic operations and knowledge management issues across organizational and IC boundaries, and clearly articulating key findings
- Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative analytic methodologies and developments in academia that affect tradecraft methodology
- Ability to define problems, supervise studies, and lead surveys to collect and analyze data to provide advice and recommend solutions
- Ability to provide analytic leadership and expertise in identifying, planning, developing, and executing analytic production methodologies, tradecraft, and techniques aligned with nuclear proliferation
- Active TS/SCI clearance
- Willingness to take a polygraph exam
- Master's degree in Nuclear Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Chemical Engineering
Desired Qualifications
- Experience publishing for the defense intel enterprise
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