Technical SETA SME – Financial Intelligence

Travel Required: Up to 10%

Clearance Required: Active Top Secret SCI with Polygraph

About the role

The Technical SETA will provide analytical, economic-security, and research-support expertise across the full lifecycle of government R&D programs—from concept development and source selection through execution, evaluation, transition, and closeout. In this role, the Technical SETA will serve as a subject-matter expert in geoeconomics, financial-intelligence methodologies, and sanctions-related analytics, supporting sponsors through briefings, workshops, interagency engagements, and technical assessments. The SETA will translate complex quantitative, regulatory, and financial-intelligence concepts into actionable insights, enabling rigorous program design, strategic decision-making, and high-impact research and mission outcomes.

Requirements

• An ACTIVE and MAINTAINED TS/SCI Federal or DoD security clearance with a polygraph
• Master's degree
• Five (5) or more years of work experience including, but not limited to:
  • Applied experience in geoeconomics, including: supply chain analysis, strategic trade flows, sanctions regimes, foreign direct investment, state-backed economic coercion
  • Expertise in financial intelligence methodologies, including: network analysis, beneficial ownership mapping, corporate registry exploitation, trade-based money laundering detection, financial data fusion
  • Experience with quantitative modeling and analytic methods relevant to economic security, including: network analysis, econometrics, statistical inference, Monte Carlo methods, machine learning for anomaly detection
  • Direct experience supporting CFT/AML missions across government or the national security community, with familiarity in: emerging typologies, cross-border capital movement patterns, illicit finance risk assessment frameworks
  • Working knowledge of statutory and regulatory regimes, including: BSA/AML, OFAC sanctions, export controls (ITAR/EAR), CFIUS, authorities used in economic statecraft and foreign influence mitigation
  • Strong analytic experience integrating heterogeneous data sources, including: financial records, trade data, customs and shipping data, open-source economic indicators, corporate registries and datasets, alternative/nontraditional data, anomalous pattern identification, adversarial behavior detection
  • Understanding of emerging digital assets ecosystems and architectures, including: CBDCs, stablecoins, blockchain analytics, cross-border payments infrastructure, relevance for sanctions evasion and AML
  • Background in scenario design, wargaming, or red-team analysis, with focus on: geoeconomic competition, economic shocks, sanctions escalation, critical resource disruption
  • Managing multi-disciplinary research or test/evaluation programs
  • Creating program plans, WBS structures, milestone schedules
  • Technical evaluation and assessment techniques

Qualifications (Preferred)

• PhD in science, technology, engineering, mathematics or related field
• Experience in the Intelligence Community (IC), including requirements, CONOPS, and transition
• Experience managing a multi-disciplinary R&D or T&E team
• Experience as a Project Manager or Deputy Project Manager
• Experience editing scientific articles, papers, and presentations for a wide range of audiences

Pay

The annual salary range for this position is $115,200.00–$172,800.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors, including but not limited to skill sets, experience and training, security clearances, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs.

Benefits

• Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance
• Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays
• Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus
• Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance
• 401(k) Retirement Plan
• Basic Life & Supplemental Life
• Health Savings Account, Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Short-Term & Long-Term Disability
• Student Loan PayDown
• Tuition Reimbursement, Personal Development & Learning Opportunities
• Skills Development & Certifications
• Employee Referral Program
• Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach
• Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program
• Mobility Stipend