Counterintelligence (CI) Senior Analyst - DARPA PSS

This position supports the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Program Security Services (PSS) task order. Anticipated award: February/March 2027. Anticipated start: March 2027. Period of performance: 1 base year + 4 option years. Location: Arlington, Virginia.

About the role

Celestar, a B&A Company, is seeking a Counterintelligence (CI) Senior Analyst. This position is contingent upon contract award and requires an active TS/SCI clearance adjudicated within the past five years.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor CI Analysts, establish priorities, balance workloads, and perform quality control of analytical products.
• Detect, identify, assess, exploit, counter, or neutralize hostile intelligence collection, sabotage, and terrorist activities.
• Plan and execute special analytical projects, including defining analytical approaches, assessment criteria, schedules, resource requirements, travel, and costs.
• Research, collect, and analyze intelligence and counterintelligence information and prepare detailed reports, findings, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Assist PSOs, PSRs, and Program Managers with program lifecycle threat analyses and Program Protection Plans.
• Assess changes in diplomatic, political, and military environments and their implications for program protection.
• Perform contingency and exposure analyses and recommend appropriate courses of action.
• Identify Critical Program Information (CPI) and assist with program protection and OPSEC planning.
• Evaluate foreign intelligence and counterintelligence threat data and its implications for DARPA programs.
• Prepare and deliver CI awareness briefings and establish relationships throughout DoD and other Federal agencies.
• Coordinate CI program activities and actionable information with appropriate CI organizations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with 10 years of related experience or 15 years of related experience with no degree.
• Demonstrated leadership ability to set priorities, balance workload, conduct quality control, and advise/mentor CI Analysts.
• Broad CI subject matter expertise, including:
  • Intelligence Community organizational structure and responsibilities.
  • Insider Threat methodologies.
  • Elicitation and counter-elicitation.
  • CI indicators and motivations.
  • Intelligence collection and information-transmittal methods.
  • Competitive intelligence and economic espionage.
  • Foreign intelligence and CI threat information.
  • Application of CI threat information to S&T programs.
• Strong research, analysis, report-writing, briefing, and communication capabilities.

Benefits

• Company-paid employee and family dental insurance.
• Company-paid employee health insurance.
• Company-paid life insurance and disability coverage.
• 401(k)-retirement plan with company matching.
• Paid holidays and personal time off.

Pay

Salary range: $140,000–$190,000 annually. Actual compensation will be based on experience, qualifications, certifications, security clearance, and contract funding.