Naval Mission Senior Analyst

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MITRE's National Security Sector supports the Department of the Navy and joint mission partners with independent analysis of future missions and capabilities. Naval Mission Futures identifies evidence-based gaps and options across Navy, Marine Corps, Combatant Command, and cross-Service missions.

The Naval Mission Futures Senior Analyst is a senior individual contributor in a Part Time On Call role, supporting an enduring portfolio of defense studies and sponsor decisions.

Roles & Responsibilities:


Working with MITRE project teams and government stakeholders, the analyst will:

• Plan and conduct mission studies, operational and campaign analysis, and independent assessments addressing current and emerging Navy, Marine Corps, and joint needs across near-, mid-, and longer-term horizons.
• Synthesize evidence from wargames, exercises, experimentation, prior studies, lessons learned, and other authoritative sources; test methods, assumptions, data quality, and evidence sufficiency; and identify analytical deficiencies and corrective or supplemental work.
• Identify and prioritize mission gaps and opportunities in command and control, data, communications, integration, mission and systems engineering, requirements, prototyping, acquisition, and portfolios using campaign metrics and other objective methods.
• Use authorized intelligence and Intelligence Community engagement to assess adversary intent, strategies, capabilities, investments, vulnerabilities, and emerging technologies and their implications for U.S. missions.
• Relate findings to Geographic and Functional Combatant Command strategies, operational environments, and theater-specific or cross-cutting needs; identify implications for other Military Services.
• Review related Department of Defense research, experimentation, and capability investments; engage Navy and Marine Corps sponsors, operational users, Service laboratories, warfare centers, FFRDCs, UARCs, industry, and academia as appropriate.
• Produce concise research plans, interim findings, sponsor briefings, and supporting reports that distinguish supported conclusions from unresolved questions, explain limitations, and recommend follow-on analysis, experimentation, or technical investigation.

Basic Qualifications:

• Requires a minimum of 15 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree ; or 12 years and a Master's degree; or a PhD with 10 years' experience; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Demonstrated senior-level experience planning, conducting, or leading defense mission studies, operational or campaign analyses, or independent assessments that informed government mission or capability decisions.
• Ability to evaluate analytical methods, assumptions, data, uncertainty, and evidence sufficiency; identify deficiencies in prior studies; and specify corrective or supplemental analysis.
• Deep working knowledge of Navy, Marine Corps, joint, or Combatant Command missions, operational environments, and capability needs.
• Ability to synthesize technical, operational, intelligence, and program evidence into prioritized mission gaps, defensible findings, and clear options for decision makers.
• Experience with requirements, mission or systems engineering, acquisition, portfolio analysis, or related capability decision support.
• Experience incorporating authorized adversary analysis, Combatant Command priorities, and relevant Department of Defense activities into mission assessments.
• Ability to engage government sponsors and multidisciplinary partners and to communicate analytical findings, uncertainty, and recommendations in clear writing and senior-level briefings.
• Must have an active Top Secret/SCI U.S Government issued Security Clearance. Per the U.S. Government's eligibility requirements, you must be a U.S Citizen to be considered for a security clearance.
• This position requires a minimum of 3 days a week on-site.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Post-graduate degree in applicable discipline and 15 years of related experience; Doctorate degree preferred
• Recent experience supporting the Department of the Navy, U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, Office of Naval Research, Naval Research Laboratory, or Naval warfare centers.
• Experience with wargames, exercises, experimentation, campaign metrics, operations research, modeling and simulation, or mission engineering.
• Experience assessing related research and investments across DARPA, the Strategic Capabilities Office, Service laboratories, and warfare centers for dependencies, duplication, and unmet needs.
• Experience identifying cross-Service implications of Naval findings, including relevance to the U.S. Air Force and joint mission partners.
• Experience working with FFRDCs, university affiliated research centers, Service laboratories, the Intelligence Community, or comparable national security research organizations.

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):
Top Secret/SCI

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):
Top Secret/SCI

Salary compensation range and midpoint:
$190,000 - $237,500 - $285,000 Annual

Work Location Type:
Onsite

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local or international law.

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