AI Intelligence Analyst (Technical Targeting) - 50% telework

If you're an experienced targeting or intelligence analyst who has seen what AI can do for the mission and wants to help shape it, keep reading.

Linchpin Software is a small, growing company, and we're hiring an AI Intelligence Analyst in Chantilly, VA (50% telework). You'll be the senior analytic voice on a team building AI-enabled analytic tools: entity extraction and resolution, multi-source data exploitation, geospatial and temporal analysis, and traceable, source-cited results. You'll use these capabilities to develop actionable intelligence, and you'll help the engineers make them better.

You don't need to be a programmer. You do need deep analytic tradecraft and real curiosity about AI and data.

Here's what we care about, and we hire for it:
- Be helpful. Answer the question, share what you know, and leave things better than you found them.
- Take care of the customer. Our customers have hard missions. We listen, follow through, and make their day easier.
- Be a good teammate. Share the lead, help the engineers understand the mission, and celebrate the wins together.

What You'll Do:
- Lead AI-enabled targeting and intelligence analysis against high-priority threats
- Analyze large, complex datasets from multiple intelligence and operational sources
- Develop intelligence products, targeting packages, and executive-level briefings
- Shape how AI and data tools are designed, evaluated, and used responsibly
- Help define knowledge models and entity relationships that make analysis structured and traceable
- Advise senior stakeholders and lead complex analytic efforts

Required:
- Active Top Secret, TS/SCI, or Intel Agency clearance
- Bachelor's degree
- 10+ years of intelligence, targeting, or analytic experience
- Advanced analytic techniques, data exploitation tools, and collection methodologies
- Working knowledge of AI, machine learning, and data-driven analytic methods
- Experience producing intelligence products and briefing senior leaders
- Strong critical thinking and investigative skills
- Clear communication and a genuine willingness to help customers and teammates

Preferred:
- Master's degree in intelligence, data science, cybersecurity, analytics, or a related field
- Federal, defense, intelligence, law enforcement, or national security mission experience
- Cyber threat intelligence, network analysis, digital forensics, or OSINT
- Hands-on experience with AI/ML, data engineering, or advanced analytics platforms
- Ontology, knowledge graph, or entity resolution experience
- Intelligence analysis, cybersecurity, data science, or AI/ML certifications

The Honest Details:
- Location: Chantilly, VA, 50% telework. You'll be on site about half the time, and we mean it.
- Pay: $130,000 - $230,000, based on experience and what you bring.
- Clearance: active Top Secret, TS/SCI, or Intel Agency clearance required. We can't sponsor one for this role.

What You'll Gain:
- A direct hand in how AI changes intelligence analysis
- A small team where your expertise shapes what gets built
- Meaningful mission work with modern tools
- Competitive compensation and benefits

If you're an analyst who wants to help build the tools, not just use them, apply. A real person on our team reads every application.