Senior Open Source Intelligence Analyst

MANTECH seeks a motivated, career‑ and customer‑oriented Senior Open‑Source Intel (OSINT) Analyst to join our team in Sterling, VA. This is a hybrid position with two days onsite per week.

Responsibilities

• Provide all‑source intelligence analysis on homeland‑security topics, including border security, counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and critical‑infrastructure protection.
• Prepare finished analytic products, assessments, briefings, and other written or oral products on current threats and trends using sophisticated collection, research, and analytic tradecraft from classified and unclassified sources (intelligence collection INTs, open source, law‑enforcement, and other government data).
• Identify gaps in available intelligence information and engage with collection managers to develop strategies that meet intelligence requirements through Intelligence Community (IC) collection disciplines.
• Employ IC analytic standards, methodologies, and techniques, applying specialized subject‑matter expertise to produce assessments for audiences ranging from senior U.S. officials to state, local, and private‑sector customers.
• Provide collection research, analysis, and recommendations regarding liaison efforts with operational and support elements, external intelligence agencies, and federal law‑enforcement partners to foster cooperation and information sharing.
• Conduct OSINT analysis, reporting, and other OSINT products as required; assess emerging OSINT methodologies and tools; consult on leveraging OSINT data, using specialized tools and services, and developing OSINT products.
• Support the development of new OSINT targeting and exploitation techniques, analyze OSINT policy and tradecraft, and apply advanced OSINT and social‑media collection and analysis techniques to support force‑protection, indications‑and‑warnings, counter‑threat, counterintelligence, and all‑source intelligence integration and assessments.

Minimum Qualifications

• At least six (6) years of experience in the All‑Source Intel Analyst field and experience using IC analytic systems/tools such as classified message databases, Analyst Notebook/i2, Web Intelligence Search Engine (WISE), or Palantir.
• Experience as an all‑source analyst in an IC agency producing finished, all‑source analytical intelligence products in accordance with IC analytical standards, tradecraft, sourcing, and classification requirements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with experience generating and briefing content to diverse audiences.
• Experience conducting open‑source research, all‑source intelligence analysis, or targeting; proficiency with OSINT tools, network building/analysis, and a background in OSINT research, collection management, analysis, or social‑media exploitation.
• Familiarity with the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience accessing, researching, and exploiting global and regional social‑media and digital platforms; knowledge of advanced Internet‑based research techniques (e.g., Boolean logic, advanced search engine and database resources); experience with social‑networking tools and commercial/industry databases.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience using IC analytic systems and tools such as classified message databases, Analyst Notebook/i2, WISE, or Palantir.
• Prior U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) National Targeting Center (NTC) experience, preferably with proficiency in operational data analysis.
• Experience with SQL.

Clearance Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen with an active Top Secret clearance and the ability to obtain and maintain DHS CBP suitability prior to starting this position.

Physical Requirements

The position requires occasional movement within the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, or to communicate with co‑workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations.