Emerging & Disruptive Technology Analyst - Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), Mid - TS/SCI

Jacobs Engineering Group - Quantico, VA

Full-time

Quantico, VA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

In this role, you will be an integral part of a team dedicated to supporting mission-critical projects that directly impact the nation's security and intelligence mission. You will engage in various analytical activities that support the Marine Corps Intelligence Activity (MCIA), Intelligence (S2), Operations (S3), and Counterintelligence & Human Intelligence (CI/HUMINT) Directorates. Your collaboration with the United States Marine Corps (USMC) and the Department of Defense (DoD) will involve working alongside some of the best-trained General Military Intelligence (GMI) professionals. You will provide stakeholders with comprehensive Intelligence Analytical support across all Intelligence factions, utilizing your knowledge and experience to support Weapons and Technical Analysis, Geo-spatial Intelligence Science and Analysis, Regional Analysis, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance, and Counterintelligence (CI)/Human Intelligence (HUMINT). Your responsibilities will include conducting all-source analysis of emerging global and adversary Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, evaluating foreign military systems and technologies, and creating intelligence products and assessments based on MCIA's Program of Analysis (POA) and customer-driven requests for information (RFIs). You will be expected to collect, analyze, interpret, evaluate, and research using various tools, techniques, methodologies, and software. Additionally, you will produce and deliver written intelligence assessments and briefings that meet Intelligence Community Standards and adhere to MCIA production and review processes. You will maintain situational awareness of your assigned portfolio, conduct research to determine current and future foreign capabilities, and follow technology transfer and its military impact. Your role will also involve publishing a minimum number of all-source analysis products annually, identifying intelligence gaps, and developing collection strategies. You will attend and contribute to relevant conferences, maintain collaboration with counterparts across MCIA and other intelligence organizations, and deliver subject matter expertise to support the development of new processes and technologies. Furthermore, you will conduct peer reviews of intelligence products and assess emerging technologies that could impact military applications. Your work will ultimately support the production of intelligence for the U.S. National, Defense, and Acquisition Communities, ensuring that the U.S. remains informed about potential threats and vulnerabilities in defense supply chains.

Responsibilities

• Conduct all source analysis of emerging global and adversary Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.
• Conduct all-source analysis to evaluate foreign military systems and technologies.
• Conduct research, create intelligence products, create intelligence estimate assessments, and conduct intelligence briefings on request based on MCIA's Program of Analysis (POA) and customer-driven requests for information (RFIs).
• Collect, analyze, interpret, evaluate and research using tools, techniques, methodology and software.
• Produce and deliver written intelligence assessments and briefings to support consumers at the tactical, operational, and strategic level as assigned.
• Ensure written products meet Intelligence Community Standards (e.g., ICD 203, 206, 208) and MCIA standards and adhere to MCIA production and review processes.
• Maintain situational awareness of and analyze the assigned portfolio.
• Conduct research to determine current and future foreign capabilities.
• Follow technology transfer and its military impact and ability of recipient countries to assimilate transferred technology.
• Annually publish/produce at least the minimum number of all-source analysis products as dictated by the production requirements on assigned account.
• Collect, analyze, interpret, evaluate, and integrate complex data from multiple sources to assess the relevance and significance of developments in assigned subject matter and geographic area(s).
• Identify and assess intelligence gaps, recommend, and submit collection requirements to fill gaps.
• Develop collection strategies and compose collection requirements.
• Correlate technically derived data using multiple intelligence disciplines and open-source information.
• Attend, participate in, and contribute to relevant conferences and other events.
• Maintain contact and collaborate with counterparts across MCIA and in other intelligence organizations to keep abreast of current developments, resolve problems, and provide free flow of information on matters of intelligence interest.
• Deliver subject matter expertise to support the development of new processes, procedures, and technologies.
• Conduct peer reviews and reviews of intelligence products submitted for internal coordination and external intelligence community coordination.
• Conduct All-Source analysis and assess basic, emerging, disruptive, and breakthrough technology that could potentially be applied to military/dual use systems that threaten USMC, or that enable systems that threaten USMC technology and its military application(s) by foreign states and non-state actors.
• Produce assessments projecting the discovery and development of advanced technologies up to and including technology readiness level (TRL) 6 and the potential impact to USMC Operational Forces and Force Design 2030.
• Produce original authoritative intelligence independently and in collaboration with other Service Intelligence Centers and members of STIC working groups.
• Conducts all-source analytic production of future and current leading-edge technologies and their military applications worldwide.
• Provides risk assessments on the transfer and diversion of defense and dual-use U.S. technologies and assesses national security implications associated with foreign involvement in critical U.S. defense technology and defense sectors.
• Produces intelligence for the U.S. National, Defense and Acquisition Communities. Conducts all-source analysis to identify, exploit, and assess potential threats, transfer, and vulnerabilities to defense supply chains.
• Analyzes and assesses future technology and its military application(s) by foreign states and non-states.
• Produces assessments projecting the discovery, development, and deployment of advanced technologies and the potential impact to Defense Critical Infrastructure and U.S. nuclear weapons worldwide.

Requirements

• Demonstrates comprehensive mission knowledge and skills that affirm completion of all developmental training and experiences for the labor category.
• Demonstrates ability to communicate understanding from information that may be incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and/or technically advanced.
• Demonstrates ability to structure analysis based on trends in reporting and a range of analytic perspectives from other analysts, organizations, and intelligence disciplines.
• Demonstrates ability to work independently with minimal oversight and direction.
• Demonstrates ability to collaborate and work with other IC members on information sharing, driving collection, and addressing analytic disputes and conflict resolution.
• Demonstrates ability to develop concise, insightful, and comprehensive products for defense intelligence.
• Demonstrates ability to lead teams in researching multifaceted or critical problems.
• Provides guidance in selecting, designing, and applying analytic methodologies. Uses argument evaluation and validated analytic methodologies to challenge differing perspectives.

Nice-to-haves

• At least 8 years of experience conducting analysis relevant to the specific labor category with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Bachelor's degree in an area related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.