BigBear.ai is seeking a Subject Matter Expert (SME) All Source Analyst to conduct analysis using intelligence and information from multiple sources to assess, interpret, forecast, and explain a range of national security issues and developments that are regional or functional in nature. A successful candidate will be able to balance intelligence analysis with good management and leadership principles for a small team of 3-5 junior/mid-grade analysts. This position will be based out of Washington, D.C. or the greater National Capital Region (NCR). This is an opportunity to get in on the “ground level” of a new and exciting program with a critical Department of War (DoW) customer.
- Lead and mentor a team of 3–5 all-source analysts, providing analytic and management oversight of team production and professional development.
- Provide all-source analytic support to collections, operations, investigations, and other defense intelligence analytic requirements.
- Define problems, supervise studies, and lead surveys to collect and analyze data, providing advice and recommending solutions to customer leadership.
- Identify, plan, develop, and execute analytic production methodologies, tradecraft, and techniques aligned with the customer's mission.
- Provide strategic advice and technical guidance to Defense planners and policymakers, up to the Undersecretary level or higher.
- Collaborate with data engineers, data scientists, analytic methodologists, computer scientists, and other technical disciplines to design, build, and implement intelligence production tools and applications for use by the U.S. Intelligence Community.
- Review and quality-check team analytic products to ensure compliance with Intelligence Community (IC) tradecraft standards, including source validation, objectivity, and structured analytic techniques.
- Serve as a liaison between the analytic team and customer stakeholders to align production priorities with mission requirements.
Must possess a TS/SCI clearance with a CI Poly
Master’s degree from an accredited education institution
Minimum of 12 years of experience conducting intelligence analysis (an additional 4 years of experience may be substituted for the above education requirements
An additional 5 years of experience may be substituted for the above educational requirement
Ability to define problems, supervise studies, and lead surveys to collect and analyze data to provide advice and recommend solutions
Analytic leadership and expertise in identifying, planning, developing, and executing analytic production methodologies, tradecraft, and techniques aligned with the customer’s mission
Extensive ability to provide strategic advice, technical guidance and expertise to Defense planners and policymakers (e.g., Undersecretary level or higher)
Master’s degree in an intelligence or STEM discipline
At least 20 years of experience conducting intelligence analysis
Experience creating products for Object Based Intelligence purposes
Vast experience within the DoW and/or US Intelligence Community
Experience working with AI/ML tools for intelligence analysis and production
A desire to shape how the DoW will use machine-assisted tools and applications for the foreseeable future
BigBear.ai is a leading provider of AI-powered decision intelligence solutions for national security, supply chain management, and digital identity. Customers and partners rely on Bigbear.ai’s predictive analytics capabilities in highly complex, distributed, mission-based operating environments. Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, BigBear.ai is a public company traded on the NYSE under the symbol BBAI. For more information, visit https://bigbear.ai/ and follow BigBear.ai on LinkedIn: @BigBear.ai and X: @BigBearai.
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