Military Operations Analyst Job Listing at SPA in Alexandria, VA (Job ID 2025-19844)

Description

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's Degree in a relevant National Security field, such as political science, national security studies, international affairs, or military history or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated ability to conduct research and analysis and generate defensible conclusions and meaningful recommendations. This work necessitates creative and forward-leaning thinking, often leveraging incomplete information, to develop concise, well-written analytic products to inform decision making
• Self-motivated individual with a strong work ethic, time-management, and interpersonal skills with demonstrated abilities to work both independently as well as an effective contributor to small, collaborative teams
• Proven ability to use Microsoft Office, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint, to perform data analysis and communicate to decision makers
• Active DoD Top Secret clearance with eligibility for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)

Desired Qualifications: 

• Experience working in U.S. intelligence analysis and/or risk assessment methodologies
• Experience working with U.S. Navy Undersea Warfare Systems, submarines, or other undersea related programs
• Foreign language proficiency in areas of interest

The candidate will serve as a Red Team Analyst supporting a high-profile U.S. Navy client organization, focusing on the identification and assessment of challenges that could threaten client equities and interests. In this role, the candidate will work within a small team environment to collaborate on the development of thoroughly supported assessments for delivery to the client. As part of this position, the candidate will be required to execute substantial independent research and other work and maintain proactive engagement with the Team Lead and other Analysts as new insights are gained that impact the trajectory of the overarching assessment. The candidate will apply strong research and analytic skills to conduct extensive study of relevant materials and compile disparate items into slides and written products highlighting insights and implications for discrete Red Team studies. The candidate will apply critical and creative thinking to assess adversary strategies, intent, perspectives, activities, and capabilities and work with the Team Lead and remaining Red Team Analysts to understand threat capabilities and analyze the impact to client equities and interests. The candidate will work with the Team Lead to engage with stakeholder across the Department of Defense (DoD) and the intelligence community (IC) to gather new information and vet and validate team assessments.