Sr. All-source Intelligence Collection Strategist

Northrop Grumman Northrop Grumman · Aerospace · Washington, DC +1 · Cyber

This role involves facilitating intelligence collection and analysis strategies across multiple agencies and domains (air, land, sea, cyber, space) against hard intelligence problems. It requires organizing communities of interest, fostering partnerships, identifying intelligence gaps, exploring creative collection methods, and producing high-quality products and recommendations for senior officials. The role focuses on intelligence operations and strategy, not AI/ML model development.

What you'd actually do

  1. Performs as a Consolidated Collection and Analysis Strategies (CCAS) facilitator embedded within OUSW(I&S)/Collection & Special Programs (C&SP)/Hard Targets Branch.
  2. Responsible for organizing multi-agency Communities of Interest (COI) and facilitating the development and execution of integrated multi-INT collection and analysis strategies in air/land/sea/cyber/space domains against hard intelligence problems.
  3. Conduct outreach and fosters collaborative partnerships with DoW and Intelligence Community (IC) organizations to formulate efficient and coordinated responses.
  4. Host inter-agency meetings to synchronize collection against current analytical priorities.
  5. Work with stakeholder organizations to compile intelligence gaps and scope a CCAS; research various collection requirement databases to capture multi-INT collection postures and identify areas at risk for collection shortfalls.

Skills

Required

  • Bachelor degree plus 8 years of relevant experience, Master of Science degree plus 6 years of relevant experience, or a Ph.D. plus 4 years of experience.
  • Experience utilizing all-source intelligence to conduct research, analysis, and reporting on multi-level security networks
  • Familiarity with SIGINT and GEOINT enterprises
  • US Citizenship is required
  • Active Top Secret Clearance is required with the ability to obtain SCI access.
  • Must be willing to submit to a polygraph if needed.

Nice to have

  • Must be able to communicate effectively and present technical approaches and findings
  • Strong communicator and able to frequently conduct outreach to external organizations
  • Previous experience working intelligence collection, analysis, and reporting
  • Proficient in writing executive-level summaries to senior US government officials
  • Aptitude to work independently without significant oversight or instruction; ability to deal with ambiguity and solve complex problems proactively and effectively
  • Experience with Special Access Program/Compartmented Access Program procedures
  • Knowledge of SIGINT enterprise processes for submitting intelligence needs, tasking, reporting requirements, database research, and dissemination
  • Knowledge of GEOINT tasking processes, collection platforms, sensors, and dissemination
  • Familiarity with intelligence collection requirements management (CRM) or collection operations management (COM) processes

What the JD emphasized

  • Top Secret Clearance is required
  • Active Top Secret Clearance is required with the ability to obtain SCI access.