OSINT Intelligence Analyst

Open-Source Intelligence Analyst in support of a Maritime effort for (MAGIC) Marine Corps Intelligence Activity Analysis, Geospatial Imagery, and Counterintelligence Support Services program.

Will provide direct support to MCIA to provide situational awareness and intelligence production and analysis for numerous AORs.

Will conduct all-source analytic production on sources and products of information available from public, private, and US and foreign government open-source materials within established security protocols. Analyze foreign and domestic-based publicly available information to identify trends, patterns, and relationships that provide unique insights to address defense intelligence requirements.

Must be able to demonstrate the ability to, in the areas as stated below:

• In-depth mission knowledge and skills related to All-Source Analysis.
• A mastery of qualitative and quantitative analytic methodologies.
• Work independently with minimal oversight.
• In-depth analysis of analytic operations and knowledge management issues across organizational and IC boundaries and clearly articulate findings.

Candidates will be expected to:

• Conduct OSINT activities in response to Government Request for Information (RFI) or tasking by
  the OIC including working with the Government to clarify and refine the RFI, collecting,
  exploiting, and analyzing-online open-source information, and preparing a report in the format
  required by the task, with minimal supervision using commercial internet, NIPRNet, SIPRNet and
  SCINet systems and tools.
  • Populate and maintain databases in support of and in conjunction with Data Analysts and Data
  Scientists.
  • Document types and structure of open-source data, analyze and mine data to identify patterns and
  correlations, map and trace data from system to system or source to source, design and create data
  reports.
  • Assist the OSINT Team in using and evaluating available Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS)
  tools.
  • Employ COTS tools to aggregate, structure, visualize, and assess available open-source
  information; infer and assess the relevance, veracity, and credibility of the information and its
  source.
  • Employ managed attribution (MA) software and associated online tradecraft while executing
  OSINT collection activities; demonstrate an understanding of the limitations of MA tools.
  • Develop innovative ways to combine data from different tools to provide analytical results that are
  of greater value and relevance to Operational Forces.
  • Train and mentor Marines in OSINT tradecraft and best practices, including the ability to
  administer MCIA’s Expeditionary OSINT Course.
  • Identify, develop, and formalize new OSINT tradecraft and other SOPs to meet mission
  requirement.
  • Develops open-source research strategies to support specific information gaps.
  • Use various tools and methods to determine authenticity and currency of information acquired
  from the Internet.
  • Create reports using Word and PowerPoint to convey research findings; generate Open-Source
  Intelligence Reports (OSIRs).
  • Verbally brief findings and research methods to various consumers.
  • Participate in meetings, conferences, and exercises.
  • Candidates will have completed a joint-accredited OSINT course. Joint-accredited OSINT courses
  include but are not limited to: EOSINT (USMC), OS301 and OS302 (Army), ONI OSINT
  Fundamentals Course (Navy), Introduction to OSINT (USAF), DIA BOTC (DIA), NGA OSINT
  Course (NGA), NERD (SOCOM). Commercial alternatives to a joint-accredited OSINT course
  include but are not limited to: CASO (Black Horse Solutions), and SEC 497 and SEC 587 (SANS
  Institute).