Job Description

Intelligence Analyst

Location: Newport News, VA or Remote

Clearance: U.S. citizenship and active Secret clearance; TS/SCI or eligibility preferred

Job Description

The Intelligence Analyst role will collect, interpret, and transform raw operational, geospatial, and threat-related information into actionable intelligence while helping guide the development and modernization of intelligence capabilities within enterprise command-and-control. The ideal candidate is disciplined, security-focused, operationally credible, and able to translate real-world mission needs into clear recommendations for leadership and technical teams.

Core Roles

• Data Collector - Gather and organize intelligence from reports, imagery, message traffic, communications, operational data, and other relevant sources.
• Threat Assessor - Analyze adversary capabilities, patterns, movements, and intent to identify risks, support warning functions, and anticipate likely courses of action.
• Briefing Specialist - Convert complex operational and intelligence information into clear, concise products for commanders, program leadership, and engineering teams.
• Mission-to-Product Translator - Help guide command-and-control modernization by translating analyst workflows, operational requirements, and mission pain points into inputs for product owners, systems engineers, developers, and testers.

Key Responsibilities

• Collect, review, and assess intelligence from multiple sources, including reports, imagery, maps, historical records, operational data, and message traffic.
• Research targets, threat networks, operational environments, and adversary patterns to support situational awareness and mission planning.
• Monitor threat activity, communications, and movement trends to identify relevant indicators, anomalies, and emerging risks.
• Produce intelligence summaries, threat assessments, decision-support products, daily reports, and time-sensitive warning updates for leadership and mission stakeholders.
• Answer high-priority requests for information from commanders, program leaders, engineers, and other mission partners.
• Brief complex intelligence findings in a concise, decision-focused manner to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Support intelligence capability development by identifying user needs, analyst workflows, data gaps, and operational pain points.
• Translate mission requirements into clear recommendations, candidate features, user stories, acceptance considerations, or workflow improvements for command-and-control modernization teams.
• Collaborate with product owners, systems engineers, software engineers, and test teams to ensure intelligence-related capabilities align with operational realities and user expectations.
• Participate in demonstrations, reviews, and feedback sessions to validate that intelligence tools, data flows, and operational outputs support real-world mission use.
• Help evaluate how intelligence data sources and analyst functions integrate into command-and-control workflows across the Intelligence product area.
• Maintain strict adherence to classification guidance, security procedures, information handling rules, and operational protocols.

Basic Qualifications

• Current or recent military experience in any aspects of All-source intelligence “HUMINT, MASINT, SIGINT, GEOINT, IMINT, OSINT, TECHINT”, Targeting and Operational Mission Planning.
• Strong analytical thinking with the ability to evaluate incomplete, conflicting, or time-sensitive information and produce sound assessments.
• Ability to transform raw information into actionable intelligence products for operational or leadership use.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to write reports and deliver clear, concise briefings.
• Working knowledge of intelligence processes, military reporting, threat analysis, and support to command and control operations.
• Ability to translate operational problems, analyst needs, and mission workflows into structured recommendations for technical teams.
• Ability to work in a disciplined, high-accountability, mission-focused environment with minimal supervision.
• Strong attention to detail and the ability to maintain accuracy under pressure.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with operational users, leadership, and cross-functional development teams.
• Understanding of security protocols, classified handling procedures, and information protection requirements.
• U.S. citizenship and an active Secret clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active Top Secret / SCI clearance or eligibility.
• Experience with enterprise command-and-control, Joint C2 systems, Combatant Command operations, or intelligence support to command and control environments.
• Experience briefing senior leaders and turning complex intelligence into decision-focused recommendations.
• Familiarity with intelligence data integration, ISR workflows, imagery exploitation, or analyst support tools used in DoD environments.
• Exposure to Agile, DevSecOps, product development, backlog refinement, user feedback, or operational test and evaluation activities.
• Ability to work effectively with geographically dispersed mission and engineering teams in a modernization environment.