SME SIGINT Analyst

The job is located at: FT Meade, MD

Education: MA/MS

Experience: 15+ years

Job Description

The Air Force SIGINT SME will serve as an experienced intelligence specialist capable of providing support and expertise to the AF cryptologic enterprise by leveraging integrated ISR capabilities to enable the collection, processing, exploitation, and dissemination of accurate and timely information to combatant commanders and other customers across the enterprise.

Primary Responsibilities

• Serve as the Service Cryptologic Component functional authority for ISR issues and be responsible to the Directorate of Operations for executing operations related to the support of SIGINT mission management, SIGINT policy and applicable national and tactical authorities.
• Develop plans and exercises, and the development and execution of strategic initiatives for the Air Force enterprise.
• Work with 16 AF and subordinate ISR Wings to maintain the health of operations and assigned SIGINT authorities, including a robust quality control and compliance program.
• Make recommendations and defend decisions on operational policy matters to the Director and 16 AF staff.
• Represent 16 AF across a variety of functional area organizations to establish, develop, and maintain effective working relationships with ACC directorates, USAF Special Program Offices, Headquarters of the Air Force, the Secretary of Defense, Services, combat support agencies, other combatant commands, the Intelligence Community, interagency, academia, and industry.

Required Qualifications

• Experience working with both National and Tactical SIGINT
• Knowledge of the national intelligence community, Joint Command, DoD structure, organizations, and mission/functions, inter-relationships and operations
• Experience supporting the ACC ISR enterprise
• Knowledge of advanced dissemination principles, concepts, and methods to disburse complex information/situations attained from multiple sources, to include entitlement management systems
• Skilled in communicating effectively with others, both orally and in writing, in working out solutions to problems or questions related to the work, writing clear and concise intelligence products, and delivering written and/or verbal presentations to senior level audiences for decision-making purposes
• Candidates must conduct analysis using intelligence and information from multiple sources to assess, interpret, forecast, and explain a range of national security issues and developments that are regional or functional in nature. Provide all-source analytic support to collections, operations, investigations, and other defense intelligence analytic requirements.
• Candidates must demonstrate ability to define problems, supervise studies and lead surveys to collect and analyze data to provide advice and recommend solutions.
• Candidates must demonstrate analytic leadership and expertise in identifying, planning, developing, and executing analytic production methodologies, tradecraft and techniques aligned with labor category mission.
• Candidates must demonstrate extensive ability to provide strategic advice, technical guidance and expertise to Defense planners and policymakers (e.g., Undersecretary level or higher).

Required Experience

• Minimum 15 years of experience conducting analysis relevant to the specific labor category with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.

Required Education

• Master’s degree from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education or have a bachelor’s degree from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and an additional 5 years of related expert experience, for a total of 20 years, as a substitute to the master’s degree.

Desired Qualifications

• Skill in conducting unbiased complex research, identifying appropriate available systems/data sources, and producing collection requirement assessments that answer requests for information (RFI) and specific tasks to link and leverage agency capabilities

About QSL

QSL was founded by Mel Wick and Bill Cronin, who retired from storied careers in the Special Operations Forces (SOF) Community. They felt a strong desire to support the nation’s response to the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon in any way they could. QSL is built on a SOF culture, emphasizing selfless-service and teamwork. Our employees work to ensure that warfighters have every possible resource and all necessary support to safely accomplish their missions in defense of our nation.

Benefits

• Combined Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Medical, Dental, Life Insurance
• Disability (Short-Term and Long-Term)
• Vision Insurance (CONUS-based employees)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Employee Referral Bonus Program
• Employee Discount Programs
• Critical Illness and Accident Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program

Equal Opportunity Employer

We do not and will not discriminate in employment and personnel practices based on race, sex, age, disability, veteran status, religion, national origin or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring, and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items.