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Human Terrain / SCD Analyst- Jr to Mid- TS/SCI

Industry: Defense
Hot Job posted on: 07/28/2010 12:36:33 AM
Company: Archimedes Global, Inc.
Location: International - Europe, FL, HI
Requires security clearance

For more information email: DPSheils@ArchimedesGlobal.com


Human Terrain / Socio-Cultural Analyst - Jr to Mid-Level - 2 to 7 yrs exp- Relevant Bachelors
Hiring Manager: Dan Sheils, dpsheils@archimedesglobal.com

Job Location: Tampa, Miami, Hawaii, and Germany

- unite theoretical concepts in academia from behavioral psychology, social psychology, cultural anthropology, social geography, social network analysis (SNA), history, economics and political science with empirical research of concern to the Area of Responsibility (AOR).
-create geospatially-referenced products of social groups in an area of operation through data-mining and data-basing socio-cultural information on individuals, by grouping them according to social-scientific principles from various sources; to include Open Source.
- leverage Geographic Information Systems to visually represent social groups, integrating social science theories and principles into an all-source environment.
- collaborate with Intelligence Community human factors, human terrain and social-cultural communities of interest to acquire sources of information not readily available through traditional mediums.
- study traditional aspects of culture, making elements of it actionable by focusing on the geospatial aspects of tribal, religious, ethnic, racial, linguistic, occupational and other social groups.
- stringently vet all information through all qualitative and quantitative means when possible and measure the reliability of links between entities and locations.
- perform social network analysis used to examine patterns of communication that are based on relationships to explore valuable informal information pathways.
- brief customer on the links and gaps of target activities.
- perform detailed fusion analysis on research holding and collaborating with geospatial analysts in the construction of geo-social data layers.
- provide socio-cultural expertise during product construction and brief their respected areas during leadership reviews and product delivery presentations.
- responsible for all-source intelligence (i.e. HUMINT, IMINT, SIGINT, MASINT and OSINT) on issues supporting the AOR.
- responsible for Human Terrain Analysis (HTA) products that address the social-cultural and human environmental factors essential to understanding all aspects of culture and other environmental factors that would influence and / or foster targets in the AOR.
- work directly with customers to research, evaluate, analyze, fuse and interpret reporting from multiple sources to produce current and finished intelligence, leveraging message retrieval and sorting applications.
- carry out detailed fusion analysis on research holding, while collaborating on geospatial assessments and briefings for customers and advise key leadership of intelligence issues and challenges as appropriate.
- coordinate and interact with analysts from service component, DoD and national-level intelligence agencies.

- 2 to 7 years of relevant experience with a relevant Bachelors degree, or 10+ years of experience without a relevant Bachelors degree.

- SCD/HT experience either through military/cultural experience and/or academic background.

-a MA/MS in a social science discipline and training and/or experience ideally with identity studies (e.g., anthropology, sociology, political science) or development economics.

- Prior DoD experience working with intelligence, special operations, Inter-Agencies, Non-Governmental Organizations and/or civil affairs organizations.

-1 position each located at Tampa, Miami, Hawaii, and 2 in Germany.

- SCD/HT experience either through military/cultural experience and/or academic background.

- Travel is required (25% or less) to various CONUS and OCONUS (including hazardous locations) locations to gather data for the performance of the above tasks.

Semper Fi,
Dan Sheils
Archimedes Global
DPSheils@ArchimedesGlobal.com
"For qualified candidates Archimedes offers generous compensation packages that include highly competitive salary, paid time off, medical, dental, drug and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and performance bonuses. We offer a career path, not just a job."