Physicist​/source analyst

Position: Physicist and All-Source Analyst
LCATs: Sr
Location: Reston, VA

Required Clearance: TS/SCI clearance. CI poly required; those with active CI polys will have preference.
Physicist and All-Source Analyst, Senior

Support defense analytical requirements with enhanced scientific research, capability or limitation analysis, reverse engineering analysis or characterizations, and facility and vulnerability assessments. Support applied and interdisciplinary fields of physics such as astrophysics, biophysics, directed energy weapons, and geophysics. Conduct independent research, technical writing, modeling, and overseeing or advising of allied engineering disciplines on fiber optics, acoustics, semiconductors, lasers, weapons development, and testing and identify the characteristics of hard and deeply buried targets.

Prepare products to describe and document findings and activities.

• Experience conducting all-source analytic production on nuclear programs, including production facilities, stockpiles, logistics, systems employment, security, and vulnerabilities of facilities and stockpiles
• Experience with all-source analysis production, including analytic tradecraft, ICD 203 and 206, and DIA writing style
• Knowledge of applying and querying SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT, and HUMINT data sets and databases
• Knowledge of nuclear weapons programs, including nuclear weapons effects, nuclear fuel cycle, and nuclear infrastructure
• Ability to independently develop high-quality tailored deliverables, including actionable leads, ICD-compliant written products, network charts, and formal or informal briefings
• Ability to adjust to changing mission requirements and deliver products within a short timeframe
• Ability to collaborate with other mission partners on production and take lead briefing at unique events
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam
• Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of experience with intelligence, or 12+ years of experience with intelligence in lieu of a degree

• Experience countering missiles and delivery systems, advanced weapons, and CBRNE
• Experience with data analytics and visualization
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
• Bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Chemical Engineering

Nalley Consulting is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business working with prime partners to staff Department of Defense and Intelligence Community positions. Created by a U.S. Navy intelligence veteran, Nalley Consulting has grown to include multiple IDIQ vehicles in several states.

Nalley Consulting fringe benefits include:

• Excellent medical, dental, and vision benefits
• PTO
• 11 paid federal holidays
• Tuition assistance
• Paid military-reserve leave
• Paid parental leave for birth or adoption
• 401k matching up to 5 percent of the base salary
• Flex time
• Company-paid short-term disability, long-term disability, and life insurance.