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Celestar Holdings Corporation · 5 months ago

Counterdrug Tactical Operations Center Analyst - NTC

Arlington, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

12+ years exp

Celestar Corporation is seeking a Counterdrug Tactical Operations Center Analyst to support the Department of Defense under the Narcotics and Transnational Crime Support Center Analytic Support task order. The role involves conducting entity-level network analysis of drug-related issues, providing operational intelligence support, and developing network targeting plans to drive operations against illicit networks.

EducationInformation Technology

No H1B

Security Clearance Required

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

Conduct entity-level, all-source, all-domain network analysis of world-wide drug related issues to include, but not limited to, TOC, CD, and drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), DTO operations, internal security, methods, organizational facilities, personalities involved in drug production, processing, flows and narco-terrorism

Provide operational CD intelligence support both to DoD elements, IA, and federal LEAs. Analyzes the flows and patterns of TOC, CD, and DTOs to derive findings that drive operational efforts to disrupt and degrade these illicit networks

Provide entity-level targeting and network analysis to DoD elements, LE, and the IA in conducting complex, multi-national, multi-faceted operations and investigations against drug trafficking and other threat networks and related finance and facilitation activities

Identify vulnerabilities and previously unknown derogatory connections, such as the discovery of new communications, individuals, business entities, or financial activity of illicit networks that can be utilized by DoD elements, LE, and the IA to further investigations and operations

Conduct hands-on execution of advanced analytic workflows and layering of multiple data sources across domains to include but not limited to: Intelligence Community communications analysis, Intelligence Community reporting, Intelligence Community entity enrichment tools and databases, LE communications analysis, financial transactions (fiat currencies & cryptocurrencies), pattern of life analysis, LE data, corporate registry data, supply chain data, commercially available information (CAI), OSINT/Publicly Available Information (PAI), and dark web activity to identify illicit connections within networks

Examples of common exploitation data include phone numbers, IP addresses, email addresses, travel records, financial accounts, seized data from dark web servers, cryptocurrency wallets, monikers and information from operations which threaten the security of DoD personnel and interests

Conducts entity-level analysis to build out networks on specific target threat countries, activities and non-state actors such as drug traffickers, insurgent/terrorist individuals or groups

Participate in working groups, coordination and collaboration meetings. As directed, represents the organization as an Intelligence Analyst during coordination and liaison with counterparts throughout the U.S LE, intelligence community, inter-agency and operational staffs of the Unified Commands, military services, and other Government agencies

Effectively and accurately articulates analytic findings and operational-level recommendations to these partners during these meetings and engagements

Facilitates information sharing among GCCs, other DoD agencies, LE, IA, and public/private sector partners; attends and/or supports meetings, briefings, coordination sessions, conferences, and required forums regarding CN, CT, CTF and C-TOC issues

Assists in identification of CN, CTF, and C-TOC intelligence requirements and capabilities among DoD and USG agencies in coordination with LEA/IA partners

Develop all-source network targeting plans to support the analytic processing of incoming reports, bulk communications data, and bulk data from a large range of tools and databases to determine significance, reliability, and projected analytic workflows of incoming information in order to identify viable tips and leads

Analyze current intelligence holdings, identifies potential shortfalls, gaps and vulnerabilities to develop subsequent collection requirements

Develop complex analytical approaches to problems and situations for which data is incomplete, controversial, or for which no precedent exists

Develop tailored written, graphical, and verbal intelligence deliverables focused on the tips, leads, and new targets to drive operations against

Demonstrate proficiency distilling large, complex, and highly technical data to focus deliverables for a non-technical audience containing recommendations of immediate, actionable utility to DoD, LEA, and IA partners

Examples include target packages, lead cables, network charts, and communications charts

Demonstrate proficiency to conduct network targeting workflows and performs tasks in state-of-the-art hardware and software applications to incorporate data enrichment, communications analysis, financial analysis, data mining, large-scale data manipulation, link/nodal analysis, graphics and multimedia production technologies

Conduct layered entity-level analysis and development of information across a wide variety of databases and tools at multiple classification levels utilizing advanced analytic workflows to derive previously unknown communications, locations, identity enrichment, transactions, activities, and associations within illicit networks

Examples of types of tools and databases used at NTC are listed below. Analysts should have prior experience extracting and layering data across various combinations such tools

This is not a comprehensive list, but a general idea of experience and work performed at the NTC

IC disseminated message traffic

IC communications analysis tools and databases

IC geospatial analysis tools and databases

IC financial tools and databases

IC enrichment databases for people, businesses, and logistical activity

Commercial tools and databases for corporate registries

Commercial tools and databases for social media analysis

Commercial tools and databases for commercial shipping data

Commercial tools and databases for identity enrichment and resolution

Law enforcement databases

Leverage multiple intelligence sources such as human intelligence (HUMINT), signals intelligence (SIGINT), geospatial intelligence (GEOINT), measurement and signature intelligence (MASINT), and open-source intelligence (OSINT) to conduct network analysis for military, intelligence, LE or partners

Identify and recommend network targeting workflow and tradecraft process improvements or enhancements that can improve on the quality, resource expenditure, and thoroughness of network development analysis and deliverables

Participate in and develops informal tradecraft, workflow, and tool/database training for on-the-job/peer-to-peer, round table discussions or brown bags sessions specifically addressing best-practices in entity-level network analysis workflows, Law Enforcement (LE) regulatory, and administrative aspects of the C-TOC, CN, and CTF mission sets

Qualification

Active TS/SCI ClearanceEntity-level network analysisOpen-source intelligence toolsAnalytical experienceI2 Analyst NotebookFinancial data analysisMicrosoft Office SuiteCommunication skillsTeam collaborationProblem-solving skills

Required

An Active TS/SCI Security Clearance

A Bachelor's degree relevant to the subject area of this contract from a college or university accredited by a body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education

Experience in lieu of Education. Individuals with prior military experience in a related field with an additional 5 years of related experience for a total of 17 years

A minimum of 12 years of specialized experience in the required area of expertise with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years

Experience using open-source intelligence software tools

Analytical experience dealing with identifying / detecting, targeting, and interdicting terrorist and/or criminal finance activities, and networks

Experience shall include entity level network analysis, and may include human intelligence and signals reporting, criminal and regulatory investigations, cases for designation, and experience with Bank Secrecy Act reporting mechanisms such as Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR)

Experience providing support to law enforcement agencies in an investigative or analytical capacity, and working knowledge of preserving law enforcement evidence, chain of custody, and identifying relevant financial data

Experience conducting meta-data analysis exploitation, typically found in analysts who have experience supporting operational units

Experience in i2 Analyst Notebook or a similar analytic and visualization tool (e.g. Palantir or Semantica/Cortex)

Competency in utilizing Specialized Intelligence Analysis tools (i.e., JWICS level geospatial and communications tools and datasets)

Competency in utilizing Intelligence Report Aggregators/Automated Message Handling System search tools (i.e., TAC, RMT, and NGT, Horizon)

Competency in utilizing Intelligence Data Visualization Tools (i.e., Google Earth, and, Analyst Notebook, Target Cop)

Proficient in utilizing the Microsoft Office suite applications

Proficient in utilizing existing and new analytical tools to effectively exploit raw financial data, business registry, Block Chain, and corporate company data

Skilled at implementing and utilizing best practices, proper tradecraft and determining relevancy of information disseminated against the standards set forth by the USG

Possess experience with reviewing, prioritizing, and managing submitted requests

An understanding of interagency restrictions and sensitivities on sharing certain types of data, as well as the steps necessary amongst the interagency to share said data

An understanding of relevant DoD intelligence and intelligence oversight policies, procedures, and requirements