CBW Analyst

We are seeking a highly skilled Chemical and Biological Warfare Analyst to join our team at Applied Research Associates (ARA). As a CBW Analyst, you will play a critical role in identifying, characterizing, and assessing global chemical and biological threats and associated proliferation and procurement trends.

• Conduct all-source analytic production of foreign doctrine, strategy, plans, policies, objectives, goals, intentions, command authorities, force structures, and resources relating to current, emerging, and future CW and BW programs and capabilities.
• Provide timely and accurate assessments of adversary chemical and biological threats, WMD programs, and weapons-related S&T developments to Defense, Service, and Interagency audiences.
• Collaborate with the Intelligence Community, Defense Department, national labs, and academia to address WMD-related threat issues.
• Represent Defense Intelligence Enterprise analytic units as directed and understand and articulate official government analytic positions during customer engagements.

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, sciences, or related field.
• 5-7 years of experience creating intelligence reports, assessments, or deliverables directly related to adversary WMD programs.
• Demonstrate current familiarity – experience within the last two years – identifying, assessing, and developing products associated with adversary WMD programs and/or developments.
• Tangible experience with intelligence analysis, including employing multi-INT databases to develop analytic assessments and briefings.
• Demonstrated knowledge of foreign chemical and biological programs, strategic weapons developments, and WMD-related proliferation and procurement.
• Practical understanding of the technical requirements – both established and improvised – necessary to weaponize chemical and biological materials.
• Understanding of global technology control, arms-control, nonproliferation, and threat reduction efforts associated with combating WMD.
• Experience characterizing and assessing consequence management variables associated with chemical and biological weapons use and CBRN contaminated environments.
• Working familiarity with established Intelligence Community directives, standards, and tradecraft documents.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively within or lead a team of peers, as well as excellent interpersonal and communications skills.
• Ability to communicate complex analyses at a level comprehensible to diverse military audiences and senior-level government representatives.
• Ability to clearly express in writing technical analysis results and program characterizations.
• Active TS/SCI clearance; willingness to take a polygraph exam.

• Advanced degree and/or technical training applicable to the WMD problem set.
• Military or defense-related experience and working familiarity with strategies, policies, and plans that enable defense against CBRN threats and prevent the proliferation of WMD.
• Understanding of the Defense Intelligence Enterprise, DIA, and Service intelligence production centers.
• Ability to consultant authoritatively with analytic teams on a variety of technical topics that include, but are not limited to, toxic industrial chemicals / materials, rocket fuels, infectious disease risks, foreign medical countermeasures programs, biosafety and biosecurity, and chemical / radiation health threats.
• Experience effectively devising, utilizing, and communicating methodological approaches to complex problem sets.
• Familiarity working with counterproliferation-related and S&T analytic centers within the DOD, IC and/or Interagency.

At ARA, we value our employees and offer a unique work environment that fosters creativity and innovation. As an employee-owned company, we provide opportunities for growth and development, as well as a competitive compensation package. If you are a motivated and experienced professional looking for a challenging and rewarding career, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.