Technical Cultural SME

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DIRECT Full Time Clear Fracture LLC-MD, Rockville, MD, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $ To $ Annually

Overview

Clear Fracture specializes in providing organizations with niche intelligence services, open-source software capabilities, and a Research-as-a-Service type offering, which bundles our internally developed open-source and artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities with analysts possessing deep cultural insights into various regions of interest only attainable through true immersion into the region of interest. To that end, we are looking to expand our cadre of culturally attuned intelligence experts in support of new contract opportunities expected to be awarded in 2025.

As a Cultural Subject Matter Expert, you will provide specialized regional, linguistic, cultural, and analytical expertise in support of intelligence and operational planning activities. The position requires advanced research capabilities, proficiency in open-source intelligence collection and social media exploitation, and experience supporting information operations and intelligence planning requirements.

The ideal candidate will combine extensive regional and cultural knowledge with demonstrated experience conducting intelligence analysis, assessing information environments, and supporting operational planning activities. You will collaborate with intelligence analysts, operational planners, and technical specialists to evaluate complex information, identify emerging trends and threats, and develop mission-relevant intelligence products.

Responsibilities

• Provide cultural, regional, and linguistic expertise supporting intelligence analysis, information operations (IO), and operational planning requirements.
• Support the planning, development, coordination, and assessment of information operations through intelligence research, analysis, and evaluation of relevant information environments.
• Conduct advanced open-source intelligence (OSINT) research and social media exploitation across digital platforms, online communities, news outlets, and other publicly available information sources.
• Analyze social media ecosystems, online narratives, digital communications, and emerging trends to identify patterns, assess influence activities, and evaluate potential operational implications.
• Research and assess cyber-related developments, information activities, and the intersection of cyberspace operations and information operations.
• Evaluate foreign information activities, strategic messaging, propaganda, disinformation, and influence operations to support intelligence assessments and operational planning.
• Monitor political, military, technological, economic, and socio-cultural developments within assigned areas of responsibility and assess their potential operational impacts.
• Apply advanced research methodologies, analytical tradecraft, and critical thinking to collect, evaluate, synthesize, and present information from disparate sources.
• Develop intelligence assessments, information environment analyses, operational support products, and briefings addressing strategic and tactical mission requirements.
• Provide regional and cultural context to support audience analysis, information environment assessments, and the evaluation of relevant communication patterns and behavioral trends.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary intelligence and operational planning teams to identify intelligence gaps, refine collection requirements, and coordinate analytical support.
• Review relevant strategic and tactical guidance pertaining to intelligence activities, information operations, and cyberspace-related missions.
• Support intelligence planning, production management, and coordination of analytical requirements across organizational stakeholders.
• Identify, prioritize, and coordinate intelligence production requirements, deliverables, and associated timelines.

Qualifications

Minimum

• Active Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) security clearance.
• Eight (8) or more years of experience providing cultural, regional, or geopolitical advisory and analytical support.
• Five (5) or more years of intelligence analysis experience.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline. Four (4) additional years of qualifying experience may be substituted for the degree.
• Demonstrated expertise in the history, culture,…