Research Engineer/Analyst

Barbaricum is a rapidly growing government contractor providing leading-edge support to federal customers, with a particular focus on Defense and National Security mission sets. This role seeks an experienced Research Engineer/Analyst to support Special Operations Command-Africa in Stuttgart, Germany. The position involves performing research, analysis, and assessments using open-source and TSOC data to inform Command-level decisions. The team's assessments will provide crucial frameworks for SOCAFRICA’s campaign and strategic plans, enabling effective resource justification and adaptation of strategies to optimize operational effectiveness of U.S., Allies, and partner nation SOF.

Must Have

• Conduct environmental analyses and monitor threats across Africa
• Develop research and data collection plans to support assessment methodology
• Leverage advanced technologies, tools, and analytic principles
• Prepare, analyze, and visualize large volumes of data
• Effectively communicate assessment insights to diverse audiences
• Active DoD TS/SCI clearance
• Possess a minimum of a bachelor's degree
• At least 4 years of intelligence analysis experience

Good to Have

• Master's degree
• 5+ years of relevant and related experience
• SOF support experience
• Knowledge of Measures of Performance/Effectiveness development and data collection
• Experience with Africa AOR
• Counterterrorism experience
• Experience performing campaign assessments
• Experience with data visualization tools such as R, Python, and Tableau

Barbaricum is a rapidly growing government contractor providing leading-edge support to federal customers, with a particular focus on Defense and National Security mission sets. We leverage more than 17 years of support to stakeholders across the federal government, with established and growing capabilities across Intelligence, Analytics, Engineering, Mission Support, and Communications disciplines. Founded in 2008, our mission is to transform the way our customers approach constantly changing and complex problem sets by bringing to bear the latest in technology and the highest caliber of talent.

Headquartered in Washington, DC's historic Dupont Circle neighborhood, Barbaricum also has a corporate presence in Tampa, FL, Bedford, IN, and Dayton, OH, with team members across the United States and around the world. As a leader in our space, we partner with firms in the private sector, academic institutions, and industry associations with a goal of continually building our expertise and capabilities for the benefit of our employees and the customers we support. Through all of this, we have built a vibrant corporate culture diverse in expertise and perspectives with a focus on collaboration and innovation. Our teams are at the frontier of the Nation's most complex and rewarding challenges. Join our team.

Barbaricum seeks an experienced Research Engineer/Analyst to provide support to Special Operations Command-Africa. This role will integrate as part of a team performing research, analysis and assessments based on open-source data, discrete TSOC data and inputs from various DoD and NATO programs of record to inform Command-level decisions. The assessments that this team produces will provide crucial frameworks for SOCAFRICA’s campaign and strategic plans. Additionally, the team’s products will enable SOCAFRICA to effectively justify resource requirements, and to adapt strategies, plans, and engagement activities achieving their strategic goals and assigned missions with the goal of optimizing the operational effectiveness of U.S., Allies, and partner nation SOF.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct environmental analyses and monitoring of threats across Africa and leverage understanding of AFRICOM, partner forces, and adversarial military and Violent Extremist Organization capabilities to provide forecasts of these threats and promote the survivability of Special Operations personnel.
• Develop research and data collection plans to support assessment methodology.
• Leverage advanced technologies, tools, and analytic principles to support SOCAF with producing strategic assessments.
• Prepare, analyze, and visualize large volumes of data to perform descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analysis.
• Effectively communicates assessment insights to myriad diverse audiences.

Requirements:

• Active DoD TS/SCI clearance
• Possess a minimum of a bachelor's degree (master's degree preferred)
• At least 4 years of intelligence analysis experience
• SOF support experience strongly desired

Preferred:

• Active DoD TS/SCI clearance
• Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s preferred)
• 5+ years of relevant and related experience
• Knowledge of Measures of Performance/Effectiveness development and data collection
• Experience with Africa AOR
• Counterterrorism experience
• Experience performing campaign assessments
• Experience with data visualization tools such as R, Python, and Tableau is preferred

EEO Commitment

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.