Operational Support Research Analyst Expert
Listed on 2026-10-21
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Security
Cybersecurity
Type of Requisition:
Regular
Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:
Top Secret SCI + Polygraph
Public Trust/Other
Required:
None
Job Family:
Science and Research
Skills:
Human Intelligence (HUMINT),Research Activities,Tradecraft
Experience:
20 + years of related experience
US Citizenship
Required:
Yes
Job Description:
The Expert-Level HUMINT Operational Support Research Analyst provides advanced research, analysis, operational support, and tradecraft-development expertise to enhance Human Intelligence (HUMINT) capabilities within the cyber domain. The analyst serves as a senior subject-matter expert responsible for translating operational experience, research findings, emerging cyber-domain challenges, and lessons learned into validated HUMINT best practices, tactics, techniques, procedures (TTPs), methodologies, training requirements, and enduring tradecraft.
The position supports operational planning and execution by conducting complex research, identifying operational and intelligence gaps, fusing human-centric information with cyber and digital-domain context, and developing products that are relevant, actionable, appropriately sourced, and responsive to mission requirements.
A primary responsibility is the systematic identification and capture of best practices and lessons learned through the Joint Lessons Learned Process (JLLP), operational observations, exercises, training events, and research activities. The analyst evaluates these observations, validates their applicability, develops recommended resolutions, assesses their effectiveness, and disseminates validated practices to improve HUMINT tradecraft across the organization.
What You Will Need to SucceedEducation: Master's in Information Technology
Clearance: TS/SCI eligible and able to obtain and maintain a polygraph
Years of
Experience:
20
Identify technical surveillance vulnerabilities created by mobile devices, geolocation services, biometrics, social media, commercial data, and interconnected sensor environments.
Evaluate digital signatures, patterns of life, and other observable indicators that could expose personnel, sources, operational activity, or sensitive locations.
Develop and recommend UTS mitigation strategies, operational security measures, and risk-reduction techniques for HUMINT and CI activities.
Incorporate UTS considerations into operational planning, threat and vulnerability assessments, CONOPs, TTPs, doctrine, and training.
Translate emerging surveillance technologies and technical threats into practical guidance for collectors, operators, analysts, and mission leadership.
Demonstrated experience supporting functional support to CI/HUMINT or Information Operations in the cyber domain.
Must be a US Citizen
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The likely salary range for this position is $187,179 - $218,500. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.
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