Education Desired: A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and 6 years’ experience, including 2 years operational experience. A minimum of 5 years military operational PED experience may be substituted in lieu of the degree and experience combination
Skills Required/Minimum Required Qualifications:
- Expert working knowledge of MS Office programs including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and MS Project
- Proficient on all computer software applications centric to intelligence analysis to include, but not limited to M3, Analyst’s Notebook, Query Tree, Command Post of the Future (CPOF), Combined Information Data Network Exchange (CIDNE), government interagency databases, and Microsoft Office products. Maintains and accounts for material and equipment
- Must be able to begin and deploy upon relatively short notice
The successful candidate will have the ability to pass a deployment physical and have the required vaccinations or immunizations specified for deployment. Those personnel who process through the CONUS Replacement Center (CRC) at Camp Atterbury, IN will be provided with the necessary vaccinations. Additional information about CRC can be found on the CRC Web site:
http://www.campatterbury.in.ng.mil/NationalDeploymentCenter/tabid/1101/Default.aspx
ADDITIONAL DESIRED EXPERIENCE: Graduate of CRC within last 12 months
Position Description: Intelligence Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) /Communications Analyst: for a forward deployed command center in Afghanistan as part of the US Forces-Afghanistan (USFOR-A) Intelligence Surveillance & Reconnaissance (ISR) Task Force (TF). Require Extensive expertise/ knowledge in ISR PED and Communications. You will be assigned to a Field Support Representative (FSR) team sites at Kabul, Kandahar, Bagram Airbase, and Bastion-Leatherneck Airfield. The ISR PED/Communications Analyst provides team with varied skill sets to ensure Information Technology and Communications the design and plan for ISR communications architectures work and to integrate with various ISR platforms and are compatible with the overall USFOR-A and Coalition communications networks in coordination with regional J6 organizations.
Tasks include: Provide integration of fiber optic and satellite communications with the base communication system associated with ISR specific platforms and PED Centers; Implement planned communications architecture changes and support seamless integration and connectivity among multiple ISR platforms, PED Centers and Ground Control Stations; Support PED communications associated with ISR initiatives to reach “the last tactical mile” to its intended customers, the lowest level combat units.
Qualified candidates will have diverse and hands-on intelligence analytic experience with a solid understanding of intelligence ingest including SIGINT, IMINT, MASINT, ELINT, GEOINT, and FMV into Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) nodes, thoroughly understanding the PED analysis processes, with corresponding knowledge of dissemination media to warfighters in the field. Knowledge of Operating Systems, Routers, Servers and Workstation configuration. Advising, assisting, and training on installing DVB-RCS and GBS full motion video system is required. Familiarly with planning Satellite Communications, HF/VHF/UHF and Microwave Line of Site Communication networks. Designing and planning communications architectures to integrate various ISR platforms into the overall USFOR-A communications network. Experience is required in System Administration, Network Administration and Infrastructure, and CAT V and fiber optic cable. Certifications in Cisco CCNA, Cisco CCNP, Information Assurance Computer Network Defense Levels, Information Assurance, Information Management, WAN/LAN, etc, will be considered. Candidates must also exhibit leadership, teamwork, ingenuity, critical thinking, and initiative. An understanding of the Afghanistan Area of Responsibility (AOR) and/or Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) is a plus.
Security Clearance: Active clearance is required. Applicants selected for this position will be subject to a government security investigation and must meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information. Only US citizens are eligible for a security clearance. For this position, ITS will only consider applicants with security clearances or applicants who are eligible for security clearances.
Benefit Eligibility: Full
Equal Opportunity Employer
**This position is Contract Contingent upon Funding & Award. All resumes submitted will be retained for full review and consideration for candidates who meet the minimum qualifications. **
