Open-Source Research Analyst, Junior

About the Role

The Open-Source Research Analyst, Junior will use expertise to help the team assess how alterations will impact business processes and design to develop a strategy plan to evolve and improve client capabilities. This role involves performing research on foreign websites, reading source text, and verifying translations to provide clients with a holistic view of their organization to transform their practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Perform research on foreign websites.
• Read source text.
• Verify translations.
• Assess how alterations will impact business processes.
• Design to develop a strategy plan to evolve and improve client capabilities.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Open-source research or market research.
• Ability to ramp-up on a range of topics quickly, including emerging technologies, cyber threat intelligence, supply chain risk, foreign policy, financial systems, financial crime, market analysis, best practices analysis, and change management.
• Ability to comprehend complex requirements, ask analytical questions, and find information through open-source or market research to answer those questions.
• Ability to show a score of 3 or higher on the DLPT, ILR, or equivalent in the Chinese language.
• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.

Nice To Have

• Experience with strategy or change management for federal government clients.
• Experience with technology scouting, supply chain risk assessments, or cyber threat intelligence.
• Experience conducting outreach to and interviews with subject matter experts from the private and public sector.
• Experience with open-source research and ubiquitous technical surveillance.
• Experience researching in a foreign language on websites outside the United States.
• Knowledge of financial, economic, or investment intelligence.
• Ability to leverage data, analytics, and visualization software tools to prototype solutions addressing challenging client questions rapidly.
• Master's degree in International Affairs, Political Science, Linguistics, Economics, Library Studies, Cultural Studies, or Regional Studies.

Clearance

• TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph is required.

Compensation

• Projected compensation range: $53,000.00 to $108,000.00 (annualized USD).