About this role
2 Circle, Inc. is seeking a highly skilled Senior Intelligence Analyst to directly support research and development (R&D) customers in the design, development, and transition of advanced national security capabilities. The analyst will embed with technical teams and Program Managers to deliver mission-driven intelligence that informs capability development, shapes requirements, and ensures alignment with real-world operational needs and adversary threats.
Top-tier candidates will deliver expert intelligence analysis to enable end-to-end capability development—translating intelligence insights into actionable inputs that drive system design, experimentation, and operational transition. This position will serve as a critical interface between the intelligence community (IC), Department of War (DoW), and the R&D customer, ensuring continuous integration of threat-informed analysis across the full capability lifecycle.
Ideal candidates bring deep expertise in analyzing SAP technologies, interpreting complex intelligence reporting, and understanding national security-related science and technology. Successful candidates demonstrate a strong capacity to rapidly learn new topics and identify threats to U.S. national security systems. Prior experience in the Department of Defense/War and/or Intelligence Community (IC) is essential.
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead the research, collection, and production of timely and mission-relevant intelligence to inform technology programs and warfighter needs.
• Conduct multi-source analysis (OSINT, SIGINT, HUMINT, GEOINT, etc.) to identify and assess current and emerging threats to U.S. technological superiority.
• Deliver tailored threat assessments, operational context, and adversary capability analysis to inform capability development decisions and investments.
• Coordinate with the IC, COCOMs, Service components to ensure integrated intelligence support to capability development and transition efforts.
• Engage with the science and technology (S&T) community to inform R&D investment decisions and evaluate future technology landscapes.
• Assess adversary capabilities and risks related to microelectronics, biotechnology, supply chain vulnerabilities, and foreign investment in critical technologies.
• Support operational planning by employing modeling and simulation tools to forecast adversary actions and assess strategic scenarios.
• Deliver in-depth analysis on electronic warfare, cyber operations, threat finance, and economic warfare.
• Advise SAP owners and technology development stakeholders on threat environments and countermeasures.
Required Qualifications:
• Demonstrated experience integrating intelligence into research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) and capability development processes.
• Knowledge of adversary capabilities and R&D pathways in cyber, space, electronic warfare, AI, microelectronics, hypersonics, or directed energy.
• Familiarity with integrating intelligence into system design, CONOPS development, and capability transition to operational users.
• Skilled in capability development activities including experimentation, wargaming, modeling & simulation (M&S), and prototype evaluation.
• Strong understanding of intelligence tradecraft applied to capability development, system design, and operational problem-solving.
• 15-20+ years of experience in all-source intelligence analysis supporting DoD, IC, or R&D / capability development customers
• Bachelor’s degree in intelligence, national security studies, engineering, physics, or related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Graduate of a U.S. military or civilian intelligence training program (e.g., DIA, NSA, CIA, DHS, or DoD Intelligence Schools).
• U.S. citizenship and active Top Secret clearance with SCI eligibility.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Master’s or Ph.D. in relevant field (STEM, Intelligence, Political Science, etc.).
• Experience supporting joint warfighters or combatant commands with actionable intelligence.
• Understanding of the DoD acquisition lifecycle (e.g., JCIDS, DAS) and the integration of intelligence in technology development.
• Active Counterintelligence (CI) or Full-Scope Polygraph clearance.