Intelligence Analyst: Z Program

Intelligence Analyst: Z Program

Join us and make YOUR mark on the World!

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has turned bold ideas into world-changing impact advancing science and technology to strengthen U.S. security and promote global stability.

Our mission spans four critical national security areas nuclear deterrence, threat preparedness, energy security, and multi-domain defense empowering teams to take on the toughest challenges of today and tomorrow. With a culture built on innovation and operational excellence, LLNL is a place where your expertise can make a real impact.

We have multiple openings for Scientific and Technical Intelligence Analysts to join an interdisciplinary team investigating topics critical to the national security interests of the United States. We seek creative, rigorous analysts with a demonstrated ability to evaluate complex technical information related to one or more scientific or engineering disciplines, and synthesize findings into clear, concise, and actionable insights.

Our teams perform high-impact analysis on advanced, emerging, and critical technologies and produce finished assessments for senior U.S. Government decision makers. In this role, you will apply strong research, analytic, writing, and communication skills to support sponsor priorities, engage with a wide variety of U.S. Government stakeholders, and contribute to project and organizational objectives. You will be expected to translate technical understanding into analytic judgments relevant to foreign capabilities, technology trajectories, and national security implications.

You will leverage your expertise and experience in one or more of the following areas to deliver impactful analysis for national security partners: advanced computing, advanced aerospace, missile and space systems, artificial intelligence and machine learning, autonomous systems and robotics, biotechnology, materials science, microelectronics, and quantum sciences.

These positions are in the Science and Technology Assessments (STA) Program within the Global Security Directorate's Z Program and may be filled at the SES.
2 or SES.
3 level, depending on qualifications, experience, and demonstrated skills. Responsibilities will be assigned commensurate with the selected level.

These positions require full-time on-site presence due to the nature of the work.

In this role, you will:

• Contribute to independent research, under limited direction, on sensitive and politically significant national security topics, with a focus on advanced, emerging, and critical technologies.
• Identify and define problems, propose analytic methodologies, collect data, write reports documenting results, and present analytic findings in support of sponsor and stakeholder objectives that adhere to intelligence community analytic standards.
• Research, prioritize, and validate information related to assigned national security issues; maintain awareness of relevant technical, geopolitical, and policy developments.
• Contribute to the development of a focused research agenda in assigned topic areas that addresses key science, technology, and policy questions.
• Provide technical and analytic contributions to organizational objectives by presenting substantive analysis to sponsors, customers, and other stakeholders.
• Collaborate effectively with internal and external subject matter experts, sponsors, and partners.
• Travel as needed to engage with sponsors, stakeholders, and partner organizations.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Additional job responsibilities at the SES.
3 level:

• Assist in identifying analytic priorities, defining problems, and proposing complex analytic research methodologies with minimal direction.
• Conduct technical development of new program opportunities, including the definition and development of research proposals and interaction with potential sponsors and customers under minimal direction.
• May lead multidisciplinary teams assigned to complex analytic tasks on relevant national security issues to inform the development of strategies and plans, and to meet programmatic objectives.
• Represent the organization as a primary technical point of contact for intelligence related tasks and moderate-sized projects, balancing competing priorities effectively.

• This position requires an active Department of Energy (DOE) Q-level clearance or active Top-Secret clearance issued by another U.S. government agency at time of hire. Also, you must have the ability to obtain and maintain Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access.
• Bachelor's degree in political science, international relations, or a relevant scientific or engineering discipline, or the equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Comprehensive experience working within or with the Intelligence Community (IC), or equivalent combination of education and experience conducting analysis on national security issues related to scientific and technical intelligence or advanced,…