Mid Level Disruptive and Emerging Technology Analyst: Quantum

MANDATORY TOP SECRET / SCI Security Clearance

All analysts within the Weapons and Technology portfolios shall perform the following duties as well as those within their specific sections of the PWS below.

· Conduct all source analysis of emerging global and adversary Quantum Information Science to include: Quantum Communication, Quantum Sensing and Computing

• Conduct all-source analysis to evaluate foreign military systems and technologies.
• Conduct research, create intelligence products, create intelligence estimate assessments, and conduct intelligence briefings on request based on MCIA's Program of Analysis (POA) and customer-driven requests for information (RFIs).
• Collect, analyze, interpret, evaluate and research using tools, techniques, methodology and software.
• Produce and deliver written intelligence assessments and briefings to support consumers at the tactical, operational, and strategic level as assigned. Written products will meet Intelligence Community Standards (e.g., ICD 203, 206, 208) and MCIA standards and adhere to MCIA production and review processes.
• Maintain situational awareness of and analyze the assigned portfolio.
• Conduct research to determine current and future foreign capabilities.
• Follow technology transfer and its military impact and ability of recipient countries to assimilate transferred technology.
• Annually publish/produce at least the minimum number of all-source analysis products (e.g., written and oral reports) as dictated by the production requirements on assigned account.
• Collect, analyze, interpret, evaluate and integrate complex data from multiple sources to assess the relevance and significance of developments in his/her assigned subject matter and geographic area(s).
• Identify and assess intelligence gaps, recommend and submit collection requirements to fill gaps.
• Develops collection strategies and composes collection requirements.
• Correlate technically derived data using multiple intelligence disciplines and open-source information.
• Attend, participate in, and contribute to relevant conferences and other events.
• Maintain contact and collaborate with counterparts across MCIA and in other intelligence organizations to keep abreast of current developments, to resolve problems to eliminate duplication, and to provide free flow of information on matters of intelligence interest.
• Deliver subject matter expertise to support the development of new processes, procedures, and technologies.
• Conduct peer reviews and reviews of intelligence products submitted for internal coordination and external intelligence community coordination.
• Conduct All-Source analysis and assess basic, emerging, disruptive, and breakthrough technology that could potentially be applied to military/dual use systems that threaten USMC, or that enable systems that threaten USMC technology and its military application(s) by foreign states and non-state actors.
• Produce assessments projecting the discovery and development of advanced technologies up to and including technology readiness level (TRL) 6 and the potential impact to USMC Operational Forces and Force Design 2030.
• Produce original authoritative intelligence independently and in collaboration with other Service Intelligence Centers and members of STIC working groups.
• Conducts all-source analytic production of future and current leading-edge technologies and their military applications worldwide. Projects the discovery, development, and deployment of advanced technologies and their potential impact on U.S. forces worldwide.
• Provides risk assessments on the transfer and diversion of defense and dual-use U.S. technologies and assesses national security implications associated with foreign involvement in critical U.S. defense technology and defense sectors.
• Produces intelligence for the U.S. National, Defense and Acquisition Communities. Conducts all-source analysis to identify, exploit, and assess potential threats, transfer, and vulnerabilities to defense supply chains.
• Analyzes and assesses future technology and its military application(s) by foreign states and non-states.
• Produces assessments projecting the discovery, development, and deployment of advanced technologies and the potential impact to Defense Critical Infrastructure and U.S. nuclear weapons worldwide.
• Produces intelligence supporting the production of the National Security Threat Capabilities Assessment, and threat assessments / global baseline assessments for the Intelligence Community.
• Conducts all-source analytic production of future and current leading-edge technologies and their military applications worldwide.
• Projects the discovery, development, and deployment of advanced technologies and their potential impact on U.S. forces worldwide.
• Conduct all source analysis of emerging global and adversary Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

A well-qualified analyst:

· 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.

· Desired Experience: 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.

· Desired Education: 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.