OSINT Analyst (Some cyber experience preferred)
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Huntsville, AL · Posted October 26, 2026
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About the job
POSITION: Open-Source Intelligence Analyst
LOCATION: Redstone Arsenal
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS: May be required to travel
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: No
All-Source experience accepted
Clearance Level: Active Top Secret with SCI Eligibility
Contract: MDA Teams Next (SecOps)
Prime/Customer: System High Corp/MDA
Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Open-Source Intelligence Analyst to provide support to our government customer and their mission.
Specific duties associated with this position are as follows:
Identify and assess potential threat information, recommend mitigation efforts, and incorporate findings into formal reports
Analyze support of operational activities to assemble, correlate, evaluate, and assess information concerning counterintelligence and intelligence threats against personnel, programs, information systems, and/or facilities
Analyze information received to identify intelligence gaps and specify collection requirements to answer these gaps via appropriate collection means
Support counterintelligence and intelligence inquiries under the direction of the counterintelligence team lead
When appropriate, prepare intelligence information reports
Conduct counterintelligence briefings to personnel as required
Required Qualifications
Works independently and/or leads sub-teams to analyze and resolve problems
Recent analytical report drafting and analysis experience to include Q&A
Experience providing intelligence analysis support to vetting and/or research, development, and acquisitions
A minimum of (8) years working on missile defense-related or other complex, large DoD program/project
A minimum of (5) years of related experience supporting counterintelligence analysis as an agent or analyst
Clearance: Final Top Secret with SCI eligibility
Bachelor's Degree
This position includes cyber threat analysis as part of its responsibilities; however, it does not require extensive cyber-specific expertise. A foundational understanding of cyber threats in relation to counterintelligence is sufficient.
CULTURE REQUIREMENTS:
Engineers, Analysts, and Developers are highly motivated, technical, and self‐organized. We place a lot of trust in our team members to develop technical solutions for ill‐defined problems (i.e., thrive in an environment where the problem is vague, requirements are lacking, and a solution is not obvious). We need problem solvers.
We want our team members to be self‐motivated and eager to learn new skills. If you consider yourself a jack‐of‐all‐trades and are eager to keep up with the latest trends in technology, you'll fit right in.