What are the responsibilities and job description for the Defense and Acquisition Analyst (D&D) - Mid position at Global Dimensions, LLC?
Global Dimensions is a HUBZone, service disabled, veteran-owned small business based in Fredericksburg, VA. We are a dynamic, expanding company with exciting opportunities in language/culture, training/education/instruction, IT, cyber security, and intelligence (analysts, CI, HUMINT, SIGINT, etc.). Global Dimensions is currently seeking a Mid level Defense and Acquisition (D&D) Analyst for a position in Quantico, Virginia.
Defense and Acquisition (D&D) Analyst will:
Defense and Acquisition (D&D) Analyst will:
- Perform All-Source analysis to assess foreign states and non-state actors' capabilities to deceive an adversary through manipulation, distortion, or falsification of evidence, aiming to influence a targeted observer's reactions in a way that harms their interests.
- Conduct All-Source analysis of adversarial efforts to control U.S. intelligence collection assets and activities, with the intent to manipulate perceptions, shape decision-making, and influence the actions of policymakers.
- Perform All-Source analysis of foreign activities and programs aimed at eliminating, impairing, degrading, or neutralizing the effectiveness of U.S. intelligence collection across all intelligence disciplines
- Perform all-source analysis to assess foreign military systems and technologies.
- Conduct research, generate intelligence products, develop intelligence estimate assessments, and provide intelligence briefings upon request based on MCIA's Program of Analysis (POA) and customer-driven requests for information (RFIs).
- Gather, analyze, interpret, evaluate, and research using various tools, techniques, methodologies, and software.
- Produce and present written intelligence assessments and briefings to support consumers at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels as assigned. Written products will adhere to Intelligence Community Standards (e.g., ICD 203, 206, 208), MCIA standards, and follow MCIA production and review processes.
- Maintain situational awareness and conduct analysis of the assigned portfolio.
- Conduct research to evaluate both current and future foreign capabilities.
- Monitor technology transfer processes and assess their military impact and the recipient countries' capacity to assimilate the transferred technology.
- Annually produce at least the minimum number of all-source analysis products (e.g., written reports and oral briefings) as specified by the production requirements for the assigned account.
- Gather, analyze, interpret, evaluate, and integrate complex data from multiple sources to assess the relevance and significance of developments in the assigned subject matter and geographic areas.
- Identify and evaluate intelligence gaps, propose, and submit collection requirements to address those gaps.
- Develop collection strategies and write collection requirements.
- Synthesize technically derived data by correlating it with multiple intelligence disciplines and open-source information.
- Attend, engage in, and contribute to relevant conferences and other events.
- Maintain communication and collaborate with counterparts across MCIA and other intelligence organizations to stay informed of current developments, resolve issues to avoid duplication, and facilitate the free flow of information on intelligence-related matters.
- Provide subject matter expertise to support the development of new processes, procedures, and technologies.
- Conduct peer reviews and review intelligence products submitted for internal coordination and external intelligence community coordination
- Provide portfolio-specific analysis, expertise, and intelligence production as outlined below.
- Facilitate Threat Steering Groups with members from USMC Combat Development & Integration to pinpoint key factors and major risk drivers for potential material solutions that could influence lifecycle cost, performance, schedule, and other acquisition decisions.
- Generate and deliver Validated Online Lifecycle Threat Reports (VOLTs), Critical Intelligence Parameters (CIPs), and Capability Development Threat Summaries to assist Marine Corps Acquisition Programs throughout the Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) process, supporting the Defense Acquisition System.
- TS/SCI Security Clearance
- Desired Experience: A minimum of 8 years of experience conducting analysis relevant to the specific labor category, with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years
- Desired Education: Bachelor's degree in a field related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education
- Demonstrates comprehensive mission knowledge and skills that confirm the completion of all developmental training and experiences for the labor category
- Demonstrates the ability to communicate understanding from information that may be incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and/or technically advanced. Shows the ability to structure analysis based on trends in reporting and a variety of analytic perspectives from other analysts, organizations, and intelligence disciplines
- Demonstrates the ability to work independently with minimal supervision and direction
- Demonstrates the ability to collaborate with other IC members on information sharing, driving collection efforts, and resolving analytic disputes and conflicts
- Demonstrates the ability to develop clear, insightful, and comprehensive products for defense intelligence
- Demonstrates the ability to lead teams in researching complex or critical problems. Provides guidance in selecting, designing, and applying analytic methodologies, using argument evaluation and validated analytic methods to challenge differing perspectives