Intelligence Analyst 3

Intelligence Analyst 3

With wide range of knowledge, provides intelligence support for contingency operations, battle staff and operational-level planning, joint and multi-lateral training exercises, and strategic engagement policy throughout the Areas of Operational Responsibility (AOR) and Areas of Interest (AOI). Monitors and analyzes all strategic and operational aspects of political, military, and economic developments for the countries in the AORs and AOIs. Assesses future and on-going political-military developments, military capabilities and doctrine, weapons acquisitions, and employment of military forces within each country (including the U.S.). Researches, authors, and coordinates threat assessments to support the Commander and other senior leadership as well. May focus on domestic as well as international threats.

The All-Source Military Intel Analyst will identify, gather, and assess all-source information to determine the disposition, location, and other information for conventional and strategic military forces.

The All-Source Military Intel Analyst will be responsible for the following but not limited to:

• Conducting all-source intelligence analysis with a focus on conventional and strategic military forces
• Maintaining conventional and strategic military force data in a web-based application
• Presenting data and analysis using a variety of tools and formats
• Responding to customer requests and questions
• Anticipating customer needs and identifying creative ways to meet them

Our team works a standard 40-hour workweek from Monday through Friday. Arrival and departure times vary, but we strive to find a schedule that works for both the employee and the customer. Remote work is not permitted.

What you will need

• Education:Bachelor's degree in military history, political science, international relations, security studies, or other social science related discipline. An additional five years of experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Experience:Five to Seven years of relevant work experience.
  • Experience conducting military-related research and analysis with country-and regional-specific conventional and strategic military forces, to include searching classified and unclassified sources.
  • Experience or expertise in relevant country of focus.
  • Advanced knowledge of order of battle (OB) methodologies.
• Skills:
  • Ability to construct and maintain an OB on conventional and strategic military forces.
  • Ability to conduct analysis of military forces and operations.
  • Ability to update and manipulate data using Microsoft Office products (especially MS Excel).
  • Ability to use formats such as maps, charts, graphs, spreadsheets, etc. to present results of analysis.
  • Familiarity with information management systems and search tools used by the Intelligence Community.
  • Proficient in working with and updating a web-based application.

Desired qualifications:

• Experience
  • Experience working with order of battle systems.
  • Experience working with arms control information sources.
• Skills
  • Knowledge of country-specific military terminology.
  • Ability to use Intelligence Community gazetteers and tools to identify relevant locational data.
  • Ability to exploit metadata for all-source military analysis.
  • Reading proficiency (level 3) in a foreign language associated with country of focus.

Clearance:
Active TS/SCI with an appropriatepolygraphis required to be considered for this role

Who are we?
Praxis Engineering* was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Annapolis Junction MD - with growing offices in Chantilly VA and Aberdeen MD.

Praxis Engineering is a consulting, product, and solutions firm dedicated to the practical application of software and system engineering technologies to solve complex problems.
With over 300 employees supporting more than 50 contracts, Praxis brings together world class engineers with proven engineering best practices, domain expertise, commercial technologies and proven agile management approachesto create high value solutions aimed at helping our customers meet their most critical business and mission objectives.

*Praxis Engineering is a wholly owned subsidiary ofGeneral Dynamics IT.
Why Praxis?
We are focused on continual learning and evolution. We don't do things because "that's the way we've always done things"; we listen to our employees and adapt to the changing marketplace. We look at the big picture and encourage our engineers to get training and certifications in emerging technologies that will help shape our customer's mission. We've been profitable year after year. We're always on the lookout for great engineers to join the team and we recognize that our employees are the heart and soul of what we do. We focus on recruiting talented people, treating them right, and then allowing them to do what they do best. No red tape. No micromanagement. Smart people want to work with smart people, and we love people who are passionate about what they do, and finding ways to do it better.

And then there is the...

Benefits

• Attractive total compensation package to include competitive salary and medical benefits with an option for FREE employee HSA medical plan!
• Office perks such as free soft drinks and snacks (both healthy and not-so-healthy)
• Praxis swag (annual gift certificate to purchase top brand Praxis apparel)
• 401k contribution/match: combination of profit share/contribution (3.5%) and employer match (up to 4.5%) for a total of 8%.
• Annual bonus plan
• 4 weeks Paid Time Off + 10 holidays + comp time eligibility. (30+ days of leave to start!)
  • We reward longevity! On your 5th work anniversary - you will receive an additional week of PTO to 5 weeks of PTO. Making it 35+ days of leave altogether!
  • On your 10th work anniversary - you will receive an additional week of PTO to 6 weeks of PTO. Making it 40+ days of leave altogether!
  • At any time, your unused PTO can be traded in for $$$!
• Carryover a max of 380hours of leave from year to year. You can choose to have a sabbatical one year or trade in your unused PTO for something nice!
• Training is a priority!Take advantage of our endlessin-house training opportunities - or seek out vendor offered (paid) training opportunities like conferences, certification courses and seminars.
  • Conferences(recently attended by Praxis employees): AWS Summit, IoT World, Black Hat and DefCon.
  • Training & Certifications:Splunk, AWS, Big Data/Cloudera, VMWare, Scrum Master...the list of certifications goes on and on!
  • Praxis University:Cyber Research, Data Analytics, IoT, AWS and RedHat course offerings and hands-on training.
• We truly believe the right work-life balance can exist, and it's here at Praxis. Our work is extremely important, but your job is just a part of who you are. When you enjoy your life outside of our walls, you're at your best the next time you walk through our doors. We do all we can to assure that happens every day.

Praxis Engineering provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex,sexual orientation,gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status, or any other protected class.