Intel Policy, Strategy, and Analyst

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Department Summary:

The Intelligence Mission Enablement Department (L643) supports numerous sponsor's within the intelligence community. Our department enhances the Nation's capabilities in Warfighter Support, Counterintelligence and Insider Threats, Scientific and Technical Intelligence, Counterterrorism, Intelligence Fusion, Adversary Intelligence, Mission Engineering, and Data-Driven Strategy and Policy.

MITRE is seeking technically accomplished and mission focused candidates to bring fresh insights to our work program. We are looking for recent graduates interested in pursuing careers that advance the U.S. Intelligence Community's capabilities and contributions to our nation's security. We combine our domain expertise with leading technical capabilities to solve the hardest emerging and enduring problems challenging the national security enterprise.

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Contribute to approaches and strategies to modernize intelligence tools, techniques, and analysis
• Contributing to the development and delivery of impactful MITRE work through technical research, presentations, and written deliverables
• Assist in the development of a variety of analytical models to address sponsor challenges
• Work with teams to produce concrete, short-term, tangible outputs that make progress towards larger, impactful outcomes

Basic Qualifications:

• Typically requires less than 1 year of related experience with a related Bachelor's degree, or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.
• Demonstrated interest in relevant topics: national security policy, the organizations of the intelligence community and their roles, the intelligence cycle, counterintelligence and security, Department of War operations, etc.
• Excellent critical thinking, analytical, written, and oral communication skills
• An inquisitive, self-motivated and flexible approach to problem-solving
• 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 has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site

Preferred Qualifications:

• Preferred qualifications vary based on the specific work program a successful candidate would support, but may include any of the following:
• Significant academic background or prior work experience in a relevant field
• Demonstrated technical skills as applied to intelligence requirements with a strong knowledge of the intelligence community and intelligence processes
• Deep socio-political or cultural knowledge of key countries or regions or working knowledge or proficiency in a foreign language
• Experience in web or app development, web services, web standards, and orchestration tools, and familiarity working in cloud-based environments
• Technical proficiency in key cybersecurity approaches and technologies, as well as an understanding of cybersecurity policy principles
• Demonstrated ability to manipulate large datasets and perform calculations with modern programming languages like Python, C++, R, or Java, as well as the use of multi-dimensional data visualization tools

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:
$76,800 - $96,000 - $115,200 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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