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QinetiQ

Global defense, security, and aerospace engineering

Junior Operations Analyst

Security & Protective ServicesConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeVirginia Beach, VA, USA$85k - $95kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • An associate degree, or four years of military service, or four years of comparable civilian-sector work experience.
  • Completion of the Advanced Technicians Course, Identity and Signature Management Training Course, or Foundations of Sensitive Support.
  • Experience in SOF sensitive activities, open-source intelligence, or comparable experience.
  • Ability to obtain or hold the required TS/SCI clearance.

Responsibilities

  • Provide operational and threat-awareness and familiarization briefings.
  • Collaborate and coordinate with Department of Defense organizations and other government agencies in support of the program’s strategic outreach objectives, requirements, and tasks.
  • Perform identity assessments and provide mitigation recommendations.
  • Conduct operational overwatch and develop mission-specific risk levels and reporting criteria for missions and personnel.
  • Draft, coordinate, and promulgate identity management plans.
  • Coordinate with external organizations to enhance customer support by sharing and gathering current information on situations, intelligence cyber threats, lessons learned, emerging technology, data mapping, and other factors affecting ubiquitous technical surveillance threat mitigation.
  • Maintain comprehensive knowledge and understanding of current and future Special Operations Forces mission requirements to identify the best current and emerging technology resources.
  • Conduct adversarial threat analysis to evaluate and assess risks to operations and personnel.

Desired Qualifications

  • Completion of Open Source Intelligence Training.
  • Two years of experience as an operations analyst in direct support of Department of Defense operations, providing analytic assessments and recommended mitigation strategies for constructs, organizations, and assets.
  • One year of experience performing identity assessments.

About the Company

QinetiQ

Global defense, security, and aerospace engineering

QinetiQ is a global science and engineering company serving defense, security, and aerospace markets. It delivers advanced technologies, testing, evaluation, and integrated engineering services for government and commercial customers, including R&D, systems design, testing facilities, and program support to design, verify, and deploy defense and security solutions. The company originated from the UK's Defence Evaluation and Research Agency (DERA) and was privatized to become a private company, later expanding via Carlyle Group’s investment and a London IPO to grow, especially in the U.S. defense market. This mix of government-originated expertise and private-sector growth helps it offer broad, end-to-end capabilities across international projects. Its goal is to provide trusted science and engineering capabilities that help protect nations and people by delivering reliable defense, security, and aerospace solutions.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Tavistock, United Kingdom
Founded
1956

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