Physicist/All-source analyst
Role Overview
Senior Physicist and All-Source Analyst supporting defense analytical requirements.
The role combines scientific research, physics analysis, nuclear-program intelligence analysis, technical writing, and vulnerability assessment.
Key Skills for This Role
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Position
Senior Physicist and All-Source Analyst supporting defense analytical requirements.
The role combines scientific research, physics analysis, nuclear-program intelligence analysis, technical writing, and vulnerability assessment.
Location
- The posting lists Reston, Virginia as the position location; it does not specify a workplace arrangement.
Clearance
- Active TS/SCI clearance and willingness to take a polygraph exam are required.
- A CI polygraph is required; candidates with an active CI polygraph are preferred.
Analytical and scientific work
- Conduct scientific research, capability and limitation analysis, reverse-engineering analysis, characterization, and facility and vulnerability assessments.
- Support applied physics fields including astrophysics, biophysics, directed-energy weapons, and geophysics.
- Research, write technical products, model, and advise engineering disciplines on fiber optics, acoustics, semiconductors, lasers, weapons development, and testing.
- Identify characteristics of hard and deeply buried targets and document findings and activities.
Required qualifications
- Experience producing all-source analysis on nuclear programs, covering facilities, stockpiles, logistics, systems employment, security, and vulnerabilities.
- All-source analytic production experience, including analytic tradecraft, ICD 203 and 206, and DIA writing style.
- Knowledge of querying SIGINT, GEOINT, OSINT, and HUMINT datasets and databases, and of nuclear weapons effects, the fuel cycle, and nuclear infrastructure.
- Ability to develop independent, tailored deliverables and briefings, collaborate with mission partners, adapt to changing requirements, and deliver quickly.
- Bachelor’s degree and 8+ years of intelligence experience, or 12+ years of intelligence experience in lieu of a degree.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience countering missiles and delivery systems, advanced weapons, and CBRNE is a plus.
- Data analytics and visualization experience is a plus.
- A bachelor’s degree in Nuclear Engineering, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Chemical Engineering is preferred.
About Nalley Consulting
Nalley Consulting is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business that supports prime partners staffing Department of Defense and Intelligence Community positions.
Benefits
- Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; paid time off and federal holidays; tuition assistance; military-reserve and parental leave; 401(k) matching; flex time; and company-paid disability and life insurance.
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