Senior Intelligence Analyst

Job Title:

Contract Senior Intelligence Analyst Required Security Clearance: TS/SCI

Location:

National Ground Intelligence Center (NGIC) - Charlottesville, VA Position Overview

Leidos is seeking a Senior Intelligence Analyst to serve as the FUSION program's principal contractor authority for analytic tradecraft, methodology, rigor, and finishedintelligence quality
. This senior leader will guide analysts in selecting and applying appropriate methods, conduct final contractor reviews prior to Government submission, mentor the analytic workforce, and help integrate AIenabled analytic tools into production while preserving objectivity, transparency, sourcing discipline, and human judgment.

• Serve as the senior contractor advisor for analytic tradecraft, methodology, rigor, and finishedintelligence quality.
• Guide analysts in applying structured analytic techniques, quantitative methods, qualitative methods, and advanced analytic tools.
• Review contractor intelligence products prior to Government review to ensure they fully address customer requirements.
• Train and mentor analysts on analytic standards, production processes, and effective human machine teaming.
• Evaluate and guide responsible use of AI-including generative AI-in analytic research, production, and quality control in accordance with U.S. Government policy.

• Participate in project kickoffs, analytic design reviews, and in progress reviews to establish sound methodology throughout the product lifecycle.
• Review analytical design worksheets and advise analysts on methods, assumptions, sourcing, and limitations.
• Track contractor finishedintelligence production and identify risks to quality, schedule, or customer responsiveness.
• Conduct final contractor review for grammar, clarity, logic, sourcing, classification, metadata, analytic standards, and compliance with the NGIC Product Review Guide.
• Assess whether intelligence products clearly answer customer questions and distinguish facts, assumptions, judgments, and uncertainty.
• Provide training, coaching, and mentorship to new and experienced analysts.
• Serve as the contractor technical representative for tradecraft, methodology, analytic quality, and assessment production.
• Evaluate AI assisted analytic approaches for suitability, transparency, bias, reliability, sourcing, and security.
• Ensure AI generated or AI assisted content is validated by qualified analysts and complies with ICD 203, ICD 206, classification guidance, and Government policy.

• Current Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility at time of hire.
• Ability to work fulltime onsite at NGIC in Charlottesville, VA, beginning Day 1.
• Ability to comply with all security, intelligenceoversight, informationhandling, and training requirements.
• Master's degree in intelligence studies, national security, international affairs, data analytics, or related field.
• Twenty (20) years of progressively responsible intelligence analysis experience supporting DoD or IC missions.
• Minimum five (5) years serving as a senior intelligence analyst, analytic methodologist, tradecraft lead, branchlevel reviewer, or equivalent analytic leader.
• Extensive experience producing and reviewing allsource finished intelligence.
• Demonstrated expertise applying IC analytic standards, structured analytic techniques, and appropriate quantitative/qualitative methods.
• Experience mentoring analysts and conducting formal product reviews for rigor, sourcing, classification, and customer relevance.
• Strong working knowledge or training in AIenabled analytic tools, generative AI, data analytics, or human machine teaming.

• Certified Defense All Source Analysis - Intelligence (CDASAI).
• Intelligence Fundamentals Professional Certification (IFPC) or comparable IC credential.
• Experience supporting NGIC, INSCOM, DIA, Army G2, or other Defense Intelligence Enterprise organizations.
• Experience serving as a Government or contractor Senior Intelligence Analyst, analytic methodologist, tradecraft lead, analytic ombudsman, or product quality evaluator.
• Experience reviewing products against ICD 203, ICD 206, and agency specific production guides.
• Experience integrating secure generative AI, NLP, machine learning, or advanced analytics into intelligence workflows.
• Experience across two or more FUSION mission areas (e.g., GMI, I2, S&TI, GEOINT, SIGINT, OSINT, targeting, watchlisting, wargaming).

This position is contingent upon contract award and requires fulltime, onsite support site work is subject to Government approval.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Original Posting:
August 6, 2026

Pay Range:
Pay Range $ - $

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving…