Emerging and Disruptive Technology Analyst – Senior

Reston, VA

Active TS/SCI with Poly Clearance required

@Orchard is retained by a top geospatial technology company supporting important operations missions to U.S. Government customers. Our client is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next.  They are a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.

In this position you will analyze and assess future technology and its military application(s) by foreign states and non-states.  Analysts will support Object-Based Intelligence (OBI) production with a specialized focus on emerging technologies and strategic horizon analysis. Analysts will evaluate the potential national security implications of disruptive technologies—such as artificial intelligence, quantum computing, biotechnology, and autonomous systems—and identify early indicators of technological shifts. This role supports the development of ontologies for structured intelligence integration and contributes to anticipatory analysis that informs long-term defense planning and early warning.

This position requires an active U.S. Government Security Clearance at the TS/SCI level with CI Polygraph.

For this role we are seeking an Emerging and Disruptive Technology Analyst - Senior.
 

Responsibilities:

• Produce assessments projecting the discovery, development, and deployment of advanced technologies and the potential impact to Defense Critical Infrastructure and U.S. nuclear weapons worldwide.
• Produce intelligence supporting the production of the National Security Threat Capabilities Assessment, and threat assessments/global baseline assessments for the Defense Critical Infrastructure Program (DCIP).
• Provide early warning of disruptive developments to ensure Intelligence Community awareness of evolving technological landscapes.
• Conduct all-source analysis to assess the strategic impact of emerging technologies on national security.
• Identify and evaluate potential future threats and opportunities posed by technological developments across global domains.
• Develop and refine ontologies to support OBI production and semantic interoperability within the Defense Intelligence Core Ontology.
• Apply structured analytic techniques (e.g., ACH, scenario analysis, key assumptions check) to assess technology trends and forecast disruptive shifts.
• Monitor global R&D, innovation ecosystems, and technology adoption patterns to inform strategic foresight and early warning.
• Collaborate with data scientists and technologists to integrate advanced analytics, machine learning, and semantic technologies into analytic workflows.
• Document analytic processes to support automation, reproducibility, and integration into knowledge graphs and decision-support systems.
• Produce assessments and briefings tailored to senior decision-makers, highlighting risks, opportunities, and strategic implications of emerging technologies.
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Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be a U.S. Citizen with active TS/SCI clearance with CI Polygraph.
• 12 years of experience and an advanced degree
• Experience conducting strategic foresight or horizon scanning in a national security or technology context.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Possesses an expert ability to describe findings and techniques tailored to the intended audience, including technical and nontechnical decision makers.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Deep understanding of emerging technology domains (e.g., AI, quantum, biotech, space systems, autonomy).
• Experience supporting OBI production and working with Defense Intelligence ontologies.
   
• Develops and employs strategies to analyze key issues, draw conclusions from data, and recommend viable solutions to address customer mission needs. 
• Ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams to complete complex data science projects.
• Demonstrated experience in solving problems with structured and unstructured data.
• Experienced in applying statistical and data visualization skills.
• Strong problem solving skills to manipulate data and draw insights from large data sets.

Established in 2010, @Orchard has an exceptional reputation, providing talent acquisition solutions to time-sensitive, talent scarcity issues to deliver better talent management ROI.  Our specialty lies in the critical area of program talent acquisition and resource management, not in one narrow skillset, but across many areas of technical and functional delivery. To learn more about our other exciting opportunities, visit our Jobs Page at www.atorchard.com.