Senior All-Source OSINT - Focused Analyst Support - AFCENT

Overview

This role is being passively advertised to build a pool of qualified candidates for future openings as they become available.

• Provide expert analytic support to Open-Source Analysis; lead and manage the systematic collection of publicly available information (PAI) in the USCENTCOM AOR across subject areas to meet client needs.
• Provide senior analytical advising for military and DoD civilian personnel. Ad hoc/anticipated products relating to this subtask include briefings, tipper reports, PowerPoint presentations, OSINT summary reports, and social media roll-ups.
• Develop strategies and plans for the collection of PAI in response to intelligence gaps, including the tools and methodologies needed to accomplish the task.
• Develop, acquire, evaluate, and implement PAI collection tools and methodologies, metadata schema, or other information discoverability processes.
• Lead the integration of intelligence data and information; analyze and produce open-source intelligence in response to Priority Intelligence Requirements (PIR) on political, military, economic, social, criminal, and counter terrorism issues.
• Provide PAI research support to long-term, deliberate intelligence products.
• Provide expert written and verbal translation support to the 9AF (AFCENT)/A2 mission across USCENTCOM AOR subject areas to meet client needs.
• Apply knowledge of AOR history, local customs, and current events in targeting, assessment, and trend analysis processes.
• Utilize open-source tools to provide near-real-time threat warning based on client criteria, including Essential Elements of Information (EEI) and Commander’s Critical Information Requirements (CCIR).
• Serve as 9AF (AFCENT)’s focal point for subject matter expertise on current and emerging PAI technologies and tactics, techniques, and procedures.
• Leverage formal and informal analytic exchanges and training opportunities to foster peer-to-peer collaboration, ensure thorough vetting of products, and deliberately pursue and maintain acuity on essential elements of tradecraft.
• Maintain coordination and collaboration with outside entities critical to mission success, including, but not limited to, the National Command Authority; national, international, and service intelligence centers; combatant commands; air components; and wing intelligence.
• Maintain specialized intelligence and operations community access pertinent to the functional area to enhance situational awareness and planning support, including, but not limited to, Alternate Compensatory Control Measures (ACCM).
• Utilize optional ancillary software and services provided by the contractor and approved by the Government, such as Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled translation tools, to aid in execution of assigned tasks and increase capability and capacity.

• Must have a minimum of a Top-Secret security clearance with Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS/SCI) eligibility.
• Bachelor’s degree or eight (8) years of direct relevant intelligence analysis experience.
• At least eight (8) years of analytical experience at the tactical/operational level within DoD or equivalent Government agencies.
• Former MOS 35F, 350F, 18F, 35D, 34A, or equivalent such as USMC 0204, 0210, 0211 Counterintelligence/Human Intelligence (CI/HUMINT) Specialist, 0231 Intelligence Specialist; U.S. Navy Intelligence Specialist; or USAF 1N7X1 Human Intelligence Specialist, 1N4X1 Intelligence Fusion Analyst, 1N0X1 All Source Intelligence Analyst.
• Proficient in utilizing standard computer applications and intelligence-related automation to support analytical efforts and product development.
• Familiar with and capable of using social media platforms.
• Capable of effectively operating as a member of an analytical team in support of Combined Joint Operating Area (CJOA)-I requirements.
• Able to travel to CJOA-C in order to provide and receive training.
• Strong briefing skills, including the ability to clearly articulate information.
• Language-enabled based on current or emerging needs of the assigned unit:
  Arabic and/or one Arabic or Russian language, independently tested to ensure ability to listen, read, write,…