Cherokee Nation · 15 hours ago
Mid Counterintelligence Analyst
San Diego, CA, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$95K/yr - $105K/yr
8+ years expCherokee Insights is seeking a CI Analyst in the Analysis Division to provide mid-level CI analytical support to identify, assess, and disrupt threats to cleared industry and personnel. The role involves providing analytic support to senior officials and conducting CI analysis to assess threats and improve security measures.
CommunitiesGovernmentService Industry
No H1B
Security Clearance RequiredU.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Provides analytic support to senior officials, collectors, and operators throughout the DoD, IC, and law enforcement agencies/organizations and for DCSA’s CI programs, functions, and mission activities enabling the development and operationalization of an enterprise security risk management methodology across Government and industry stakeholders
Conduct CI analysis at DCSA region and associated field locations to assess FIE threats to cleared industry, cleared personnel, DOD, and DCSA
Analyze the efficiency of the operations, identify gaps and provide recommendations
Aid in development of questioning plan
Provide analytic support to DCSA CI regional leadership to assess the impacts of CI and LE community issues, CE subjects, and Cybersecurity strategic objectives
Research, synthesize, exploit, evaluate, and analyze all-source reporting on FIE targeting USG critical technologies, programs, information, and supply chains
Provide support to mid- and senior-level personnel on a wide range of complex and sensitive information to identify and neutralize or influence the activities of the FIE targeting USG programs, information and technologies resident in cleared industry
Triage packets, review files, and produce counterintelligence analytical reports and assessments
Provide detailed written assessments and correspondence of tasked analysis
Produce professional briefings and supporting documentation used to articulate and communicate operational activities and or CI threats to various internal and external audiences
Produce and deliver briefings derived from threat assessments written by the Contractor and/or other DCSA CI personnel to USG customers and cleared industry partners
Prepare, coordinate, and present Government-approved briefings (CI briefings, threat presentations, CI awareness, and methods to mitigate threats) as required
Triage reported information and generate appropriate reports from information reported by cleared industry under the NISP
Review reports forwarded by DCSA CI Special Agents (CISAs) and perform detailed research to determine if the reports meet the criteria for creation of an Intelligence Information Reports (IIR), NIP, CI Incident Reports (CIR), or other type of reports IAW current DCSA SOPs. If a report is warranted, the Contractor shall write the report and input it into the DCSA CI Directorate’s system of record, draft the associated CIR, or similar document as required, and forward to the applicable CISA
Assist the collection management officers to generate IIRs from industry reports and analyze the reported information to determine if it satisfies DCSA, DoD CI or other agencies’ collection requirements. In doing so, the Contractor shall determine suitability of the report for processing into an IIR. All IIRs shall include analytical comments and be drafted IAW DCSA and Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) SOPs
Collaborate and engage with customers and stakeholders to share threat information, improve integration, and enable responsive measures from other agencies and services
Participate in analytical exchanges with other Government and intelligence entities
Attend and support the regional office at CI working groups and analytical/operational exchanges
Performs other job-related duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Must have an active Top Secret / SCI level security clearance
A government contract requires that this position be restricted to U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. You must provide documentation that you are a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident to qualify
Desired to have a minimum 8 years of experience related to the CI Analyst role with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years
Able to provide analytic support to the planning and execution of CI collections and source operations in support of collection plans and IC requirements tasked by collection management
Conduct all-source finished intelligence research, analysis and writing in support of region requirements
Comprehensive mission knowledge and skills that affirms completion of all developmental training and experiences for the labor category
Ability to communicate understanding from information that may be incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and / or technically advanced
Structures analytic questions based on trends in reporting and a range of analytic perspectives from other analysts, organizations, and intelligence disciplines
Able 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
Develop concise, insightful, and comprehensive products for defense intelligence
Demonstrates ability to guide teams in researching multifaceted or critical problems
Working knowledge of the concepts involved in the specific functions outlined in the specified labor category description
Knowledgeable of and demonstrates ability to apply IC and DoD classification guidelines and procedures
Able to use logic and systematic approaches to gather, evaluate, and synthesize multiple sources of information
Demonstrates ability to work semi-independently with oversight and direction
Use logic when evaluating and synthesizing multiple sources of information
Demonstrates ability interpreting analysis to include, but is not limited to, its meaning, importance, and implications
Defend analytic judgements with sound, logical conclusions and adapt analytic judgments when presented with new information, evolving conditions, or unexpected developments
Ability to produce timely, logical, and concise analytic reports, documents, assessments, studies, and briefing materials in formats including Microsoft Office tools (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.), electronic/ soft copy matrices and/ or web-enabled formats
Able to communicate complex issues clearly in a concise and organized manner both verbally and non-verbally; with strong grammar skills
Proficiency using Microsoft Office tools
Demonstrates ability to develop structured research including, but not limited to, obtaining, evaluating, organizing, and maintaining information within security and data protocols
Ability to recognize nuances and resolve contradictions and inconsistencies in information
Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal
Preferred
Preferred to have a Bachelor's degree
Graduate of in-residence Fundamentals of Intelligence Analysis course or Military Service equivalent
Benefits
Medical
Dental
Vision
401K
Other possible benefits as provided
Company
Cherokee Nation
Cherokee Nation is a tribal community in the United States.
10001+ employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$27.37MKey Investors
U.S. Department of Health & Human ServicesU.S. Department of TransportationU.S. Environmental Protection Agency
2025-06-11Grant· $1.27M
2025-01-13Grant· $10.7M
2023-10-23Grant· $0.07M
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