Job Description

MANTECH  seeks a motivated, career- and customer-oriented  Senior Intelligence Analyst  to join our team in Ashburn, VA.

Each day, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) oversees the massive flow of people, capital, and products that enter and depart the United States via air, land, sea, and cyberspace. The volume and complexity of both physical and virtual border crossings require the application of business intelligence support service to promote efficient trade and travel. Further, effective intelligence support and big data solutions help CBP ensure the movement of people, capital, and products is legal, safe, and secure. In response to this challenge, ManTech, as a trusted mission partner of CBP, seeks capable, qualified, and versatile Sr Intelligence Analyst to facilitate mission critical decisions in response to national security threats.

This role offers the unique opportunity to conduct intelligence analysis to generate actionable insights used to build innovative risk assessment tools deployed to officers in the Field. The selected individual will be responsible for collecting, assessing, and synthesizing qualitative and quantitative data to: illustrate the risks as they are; describe risk drivers; build and test hypotheses about how risks may evolve; and, ultimately, unveil the best means of recognizing risk and its evolution in a given threat context. The position requires fusing a sophisticated awareness of geopolitical drivers, supply chains, and trade regulations with specialized expertise applying intelligence techniques, tools, and methods to identify interventions. Ultimately, success is measured by the ability to blend threat research into the development of tools that offer tailored, accurate, and actionable interventions directly enhancing the safety and security of cargo bound for/or transiting the United States.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Fusing qualitative and quantitative information from a diverse set of open source and propriety information repositories to support an array of portfolios
• Applying a variety of analytical tools to evaluate transactional data for trends and patterns in collaboration with a small team of threat analysts
• Capturing findings through succinct summary of findings, explanatory graphics, issue papers, or decision memoranda
• Presenting findings in a manner tailored to stakeholders ranging from technical product development teams, officers in the field, and agency senior leaders
• Identifying and initiating new avenues of inquiry and cultivate the employment of new data sources based on a refined understanding of the threat landscape, intelligence gaps, agency priorities, and available resources
• Build and explore threat case studies focused on specific incidents or risks with the intent of identifying risk characteristics, behaviors, or trends that may be generalized to an entire risk population to support portfolio requirements
• Developing metrics of success and systematic monitoring approaches to ensure work is resulting in outcomes that meet agency needs

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and seven or more years of experience are required. Advanced education reduces the number of years of experience required by four.
• Demonstrated ability to engage in both self-directed and assigned tasks completed effectively, efficiently, on time, and aligned highest professional standards and demonstrated expertise in understanding large, complex transaction data sets, with the ability to synthesize information from large amounts of data using tools advanced features and formulas in excel and related tools
• Demonstrated ability to draft, edit, and present written reports, presentation decks, and graphics based on a track record of successful intelligence analysis directly informing operational analysis and targeting
• Rigorous compliance with rules, regulations, and policies dictating the protection of sensitive information, acceptable use of systems, and protection of property
• Proven ability to work respectfully, collaboratively, and collegially with co-workers, supervisors, and clients

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in an agile development environment aligned to the technical production of risk-based assessment tools
• Prior experience supporting 24x7 watch operations, preferably with proficiency in operational data analysis
• Exposure to Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning, Relational Databases, and Structured Query Language (SQL) to facilitate communication with technical teams

Clearance Requirements

• Must have a current/active TS/SCI and be willing and able to obtain and maintain a CBP Suitability prior to starting this position.

Physical Requirements

• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, or to communicate with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations.

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