Lead Intel Analyst

Job ID: 2600482

Location: CHANTILLY, VA, US

Date Posted: 2026-01-18

Category: Defense/Intel

Subcategory: Intel Analyst

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: None

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

SAIC, a leading provider of systems development & deployment, targeting & intelligence analysis, systems engineering & integration, and training capabilities and solutions for the Intelligence Community, is seeking creative and dedicated professionals to fulfill their career goals and objectives while delivering mission excellence on programs of national importance.

The Sponsor is seeking a Lead Intel Analyst to work across teams while also providing intelligence support for identifying and mitigating operational risks stemming from the aggregation of data that links persons and places of interest. The ideal candidate will conduct research and analysis to establish a global baseline for the proliferation of capabilities and technologies. In this role, the lead would be expected to serve in a player/coach role, build expertise in specific technical operational areas, and produce and present Sponsor products.

Primary responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• Lead a team of analysts in the production of analytic products, including interfacing with Sponsor management, tracking and representing production status of team, while building and maintaining a collaborative team positioned to respond to a rapidly changing environment.

• Represent the Sponsor with intelligence reporting, products, capabilities, interest, and equities, and talking points

• Prepare, coordinate, and disseminate a variety of raw and finished intelligence reporting, and operational traffic as approved by Sponsor POC

• Collaborate with other Sponsor officers on evolving foreign intelligence reporting and dissemination

• Assist Sponsor to conduct coordination and outreach and interims with other directorate areas and mission partners

• Satisfy requests for information from the Sponsor and IC partners in relation to operational planning

Qualifications

Requirements:

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance
• Bachelor’s and fourteen (14) years or more experience; Master’s and twelve (12) years or more experience; PhD or JD and nine (9) years or more experience.
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant experience
• Demonstrated experience leading team members in the production of analytic products