Policy Analyst

# About Peraton

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies.

Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees solve the most daunting challenges that our customers face.

Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.

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# Program Overview

Enterprise-level services curated to meet current and future evolving needs, including roles in areas like graphic design, content management, multimedia, data visualization, public affairs, training, records management, and policy strategy.

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# About The Role

Peraton is seeking a Policy Analyst role in Bethesda, MD to support our customer onsite. Responsibilities include:

– **Support Government Leads** in the development of counterintelligence (CI) policy and strategy, and promote and communicate shared vision, mission, values, and goals.
– **Assist Government Leads** in preparing multiple interagency CI strategic assessments to determine how well the IC and U.S. Government are postured for the future environment and to support national security policies and priorities.
– **Support integration tasks** including integration, process optimization, and scheduling-related tasks for these assessments. Examples include collecting and collating monthly reports, scheduling, drafting meeting minutes, following up on interagency planning meetings, and updating policies and SOPs.
– **Review documents** for technical correction and edits in the development of Congressional actions and testimony, budget presentations, issue papers, and talking points.
– **Assist in capability assessments** to evaluate IC intelligence capability needs, opportunities, and gaps to help link resources to strategy.
– **Conduct analysis** to help identify issues and trends.

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# Qualifications

## Required

– Bachelor’s degree in social, political, physical, natural or business sciences; humanities; engineering or mathematics; or other field directly relating to strategic planning and evaluation.
– Requires BS+18 years of experience, or MS+10 years of experience, or no degree with 24+ years of experience.
– TS/SCI w/Poly level clearance.
– Demonstrated extensive knowledge of IC organizations’ missions to develop national-level strategies and policies supporting U.S. national security and foreign policy interests.
– Demonstrated extensive understanding of performance principles and ability to advise organizations on performance evaluation methods.
– Demonstrated ability to conceptualize, organize, and draw inferences from incomplete data and present compelling analysis while identifying and mitigating knowledge gaps.
– Demonstrated excellent organizational and interpersonal skills supporting working groups, managing competing priorities, advocating new ideas, providing recommendations on time-sensitive issues, and collaborating across the IC.
– Demonstrated extensive experience assisting Government Leads in assessing IC intelligence capability needs, opportunities, and gaps to help link resources to strategy objectives.

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# Details

**Target Salary Range:** $112,000 – $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by factors including scope, responsibilities, experience, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, geographic location, and business/contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus.

**Benefits Statement:** Peraton offers eligible employees medical, dental, vision, life, health savings account, short/long-term disability, EAP, parental leave, 401(k), paid time off (PTO), and company-paid holidays. Full benefits listing available at careers.peraton.com/benefits.

**Application Statements:** The application period is estimated at 30 days from posting but may vary based on business needs and candidate availability. Applicants may be required to participate in an on-camera interview and identity verification process.

**EEO:** Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.

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