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The N921 Command Priorities Department, part of the National and Defense Intelligence Division, helps the Combatant Command Intelligence Directorates (J2) mitigate critical gaps and shortfalls, identify relevant emerging technologies, and create advanced solutions to address mission challenges.

Roles & Responsibilities:

In this role, you will serve as a senior computer scientist, working to resolve the most difficult mission challenges faced by the USSOUTHCOM J2’s military and civilian staff. Qualified candidates will have a strong Combatant Command or Intelligence Community background with demonstrated technical experience in advancing intelligence analysis, data analytics, and intelligence mission planning capabilities. As a software engineer you will serve as a member of a team of MITRE professionals focused on leveraging various tools, data architectures and traditional/non-traditional data sources to solve critical intelligence gaps and be required to:

Provide direct support to USSOUTHCOM through technical recommendations, architectural design, and practical development of all-source analysis and Common Intelligence Picture (CIP) solutions, and facilitating the integration of traditional and non-traditional (PAI, CAI, etc) data setsProvide recommendations and assessments for the adoption of various artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions, including large language models, entity extraction resolution, audio transcription, and other data analytic techniquesParticipate as part of a MITRE team to define, resolve, and deliver systems engineering solutions to the most pressing technical challenges faced by the J2Review, recommend, and sustain an effort to assist the J2 as they seek to improve situational awareness of the threat in support of operational requirements, and the full range of mission partnersDesign and implement full stack software solutions to support improved analytic processes and efficiency improvements for the J2 analytic workforce.Maintain effective and responsive communications with MITRE leadership team, ensuring the accurate exchange of information essential to sustaining our strong relationship with the J2

Basic Qualifications:

Active TS/SCI clearance with ability to obtain/maintain PolygraphRequires a minimum of 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 3 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with relevant experience who can immediately contribute at this job step; or equivalent combination of related education and work experience.A strong understanding of intelligence support to the warfighter, the organizations of the Intelligence community, and their responsibilities in support of intelligence collection, analysis, processing, and dissemination in order to support Commander prioritiesThis position has an on-site requirement of 5 days a week on-site.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master’s degree in computer science (or related science, technology, engineering, or math field)Strong knowledge of intelligence processes and systems in use or relied upon by a Combatant Command J2Strong knowledge of systems architectures and platforms used for virtualization, data management, index, query, and visualization.Recent programming experience with base development languages (Python, R, Go, Java); frontend platforms using Java Script (React framework) and/or Python based application development frameworks (Flask); database/storage solutions (SQL, PostresQL, MongoDB); graph Databases (Neo4j);  and vector database integrations for Machine Learning (Qdrant, ChromaDB, PGVector)Recent experience with DevOps processes and associated tools (Git, docker, Kubernetes, Postgres, etc)Recent experience with multi-domain intelligence data (PAI, CAI, traditional Intel), data processing (data pipelines, structuring, models), data storage, data governance, data transformation (APIs, transformation, data fusion), and data visualization

This requisition requires the candidate to have a minimum of the following clearance(s):

Top Secret/SCI

This requisition requires the hired candidate to have or obtain, within one year from the date of hire, the following clearance(s):

Top Secret/SCI

Work Location Type:

Onsite

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