OSINT Analyst Mid TS/SCI Quantico, VA

Job description

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 seeking Mid level OSINT Analysts for positions in Quantico, VA.

OSINT Analysts will:


+ Conduct OSINT activities in response to Government Request for Information (RFI) or tasking from the OIC, including collaborating with the Government to clarify and refine the RFI, collecting, exploiting, and analyzing open-source information online, and preparing reports in the required format, with minimal supervision, using commercial internet, NIPRNet, SIPRNet, and SCINet systems and tools.

+ Populate and maintain databases in support of and in coordination with Data Analysts and Data Scientists.

+ Document the types and structure of open-source data, analyze and mine data to identify patterns and correlations, trace and map data from system to system or source to source, and design and create data reports.

+ Assist the OSINT Team in utilizing and evaluating available Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) tools.

+ Use COTS tools to aggregate, structure, visualize, and assess available open-source information, while inferring and evaluating the relevance, veracity, and credibility of the information and its source.

+ Utilize managed attribution (MA) software and associated online tradecraft during OSINT collection activities, demonstrating an understanding of the limitations of MA tools.

+ Develop innovative methods to combine data from various tools to produce analytical results that provide 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 fulfill mission requirements.

+ Leverage language skills and cultural/area knowledge to support OSINT activities, including proficiency in Arabic, Farsi/Persian, Korean, Mandarin, and Russian, with a DLPT score of 3/3 or higher (DLPT score must be no older than 5 years at the time of hire).

+ Develop open-source research strategies to address specific information gaps.

+ Manually search, exploit, and analyze various online open sources, including media, social media, academic literature, videos, maps, etc., in the target language to complement information from other sources or to fill information gaps.

+ Use various tools and methods to verify the authenticity and currency of information gathered from the internet.

+ Create reports using Word and PowerPoint to communicate research findings, generating Open-Source Intelligence Reports (OSIRs).

+ Verbally present findings and research methods to various stakeholders.

+ Use language skills to search for and translate foreign articles, journals, and other media into English.

+ Participate in meetings, conferences, and exercises.


Requirements


+ 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.

+ Leverage language skills and cultural/area expertise to support OSINT activities in Mandarin or Russian, with a DLPT score of 3/3 or higher (DLPT score must be no older than 5 years at the time of hire).

+ Completed a joint-accredited OSINT course.

Joint-accredited OSINT courses include: 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 joint-accredited OSINT courses include: CASO (Black Horse Solutions), and SEC 497 and SEC 587 (SANS Institute).

+ 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.



Global Dimensions does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, color, religion, age, national origin, marital status, disability, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other reason prohibited by law in provision of employment opportunities and benefits.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

Required Skill Profession

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