Mid-Level Research Support Analyst

Leyden Solutions, Inc. is looking for a mid‑level Research Analyst Support personnel to support a client program at Fort Meade. The role is a full‑time on‑site position located at Fort Meade, MD. The primary responsibility of the mid‑level analyst is to provide analytical support to analyst teams by researching and analyzing intelligence on force protection and foreign terrorist threats to the U.S. Army and the DoD worldwide.

• Conduct research and analysis to produce finished intelligence and responses to RFI on force protection and foreign terrorist threats to the U.S. Army and the DoD worldwide.
• Conduct analysis using intelligence and information from multiple sources to assess, interpret, forecast, and explain a range of national security issues and developments that are regional or functional in nature.
• Provide all‑source analytic support to collections, operations, investigations, and other defense intelligence analytic requirements.
• Identify, monitor, and assess foreign intelligence efforts attempting collection of sensitive national security information on U.S. persons, activities and interests, including threats posed by emerging technologies to U.S. operations and interests.
• Apply understanding of foreign intelligence capabilities / activities and U.S. and foreign partner CI capabilities and TTPs for in‑depth analytic research and production of all‑source CI studies and contribute to developing CI strategies. Conduct, develop, produce, and present programs of instruction in specified collection operations TTPs, and related or supporting processes, relevant to the various human intelligence and technical intelligence operations under DoD authorities.
• Graduate of in‑residence Fundamentals of Intelligence Analysis course or Military Service equivalent.
• Analyze OSINT, HUMINT, SIGINT and IMINT reporting from a wide variety of sources available through various Government databases to identify current and emerging threats, ascertain the degree and immediacy of those threats, and make reasoned and well‑founded conclusions concerning the future evolution of the threats.
• In the course of their research and analysis, the contractor’s analysts shall seek to identify investigative leads and operational opportunities for possible exploitation by Army CI.
• During the course of their analysis, the contractor’s analysts shall identify intelligence gaps concerning current and emerging threats, and develop intelligence information report evaluations, source‑directed requirements, and collection requirements of emphases to focus collection activities against those gaps.
• Communicate their analytic findings in written assessments, formal analytic notes, briefings with graphics, written inputs to designated intelligence products or responses to RFIs, and informal verbal briefings regarding participation in working groups, conferences, and one‑on‑one sessions with consumers of intelligence and counterintelligence information.
• Maintain collaborative contact with their counterparts in the greater intelligence community concerning their analytic efforts and findings to ensure that all threats to the Army and DoD are addressed.
• Establish regional desks supporting existing production requirements for European Command (EUCOM), Indo‑Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), Africa Command (AFRICOM), Central Command (CENTCOM), and the Americas Desk which encompasses both the Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) and Northern Command (NORTHCOM) AORs.

Active Top Secret required

Fort Meade, MD

• High School Diploma – 20 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Associate’s Degree – 16 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Bachelor’s Degree – 14 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Master’s Degree or higher – 12 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Training:
  Must be a graduate of any of the following Military Department Courses:
  • Army – 35F Course (or Military Department / IC…