Open-Source Intelligence Analyst

2 days ago


Quantico, Virginia, United States Jacobs Full time
About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Open-Source Intelligence Analyst to join our team at Jacobs. As an Open-Source Intelligence Analyst, you will play a critical role in supporting challenging, mission-critical projects that make a direct impact on the nation's security and intelligence mission.

Key Responsibilities
  • Conduct OSINT activities in response to Government Request for Information (RFI) or tasking by the OIC, collecting, exploiting, and analyzing online open-source information, and preparing a report in the format required by the task.
  • Populate and maintain databases in support of and in conjunction with Data Analysts and Data Scientists.
  • Document types and structure of open-source data, analyze and mine data to identify patterns and correlations, map, and trace data from system to system or source to source, design and create data reports.
  • Assist the OSINT Team in using and evaluating available Commercial Off-The-Shelf (COTS) tools.
  • Employ COTS tools to aggregate, structure, visualize, and assess available open-source information; infer and assess the relevance, veracity, and credibility of the information and its source.
  • Employ managed attribution (MA) software and associated online tradecraft while executing OSINT collection activities; demonstrate an understanding of the limitations of MA tools.
  • Develop innovative ways to combine data from different tools to provide analytical results that are of greater value and relevance to Operational Forces.
  • Train and mentor Marines in OSINT tradecraft and best practices, including the ability to administer MCIA's Expeditionary OSINT Course.
  • Identify, develop, and formalize new OSINT tradecraft and other SOPs to meet mission requirement.
  • Leverage language skills and cultural/area knowledge in support of OSINT activities to include Arabic, Farsi and/or Persian, Korean, Mandarin, and Russian, with a DLPT score of 3/3 or better (DLPT score no older than 5 years upon hire date).
  • Develops open-source research strategies to support specific information gaps.
  • Manually search for, exploit, and analyze a variety of online open sources to include media, social media, academic literature, videos, maps etc. in target language to augment information acquired through other sources and/or to fill information gaps.
  • Use various tools and methods to determine authenticity and currency of information acquired from the Internet.
  • Create reports using Word and PowerPoint to convey research findings; generate Open-Source Intelligence Reports (OSIRs).
  • Verbally brief findings and research methods to various consumers.
  • Use language skills to conduct searches and translate foreign articles, journals, and other forms of media into English.
  • Participate in meetings, conferences, and exercises.
Requirements
  • Demonstrates comprehensive mission knowledge and skills that affirms 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.
  • Must have completed a joint-accredited OSINT course. Joint-accredited OSINT courses include but are not limited to: EOSINT (USMC), OS301 and OS302 (Army), ONI OSINT Fundamentals Course (Navy), Introduction to OSINT (USAF), DIA BOTC (DIA), NGA OSINT Course (NGA), NERD (SOCOM). Commercial alternatives to a joint-accredited OSINT course include but are not limited to: CASO (Black Horse Solutions), and SEC 497 and SEC 587 (SANS Institute).
  • Possess Language skills and cultural/area knowledge in support of OSINT activities to include Arabic, Farsi and/or Persian, Korean, Mandarin, and Russian, with a DLPT score of 3/3 or better (DLPT score no older than 5 years upon hire date).
Clearance Requirements
  • Active TS/SCI
Preferred Qualifications
  • 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.


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