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# Weapons System Analyst (Nuclear Enterprise)

- **Company:** CASTALIA SYSTEMS LLC
- **Location:** Reston, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $116,000.0 - $125,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Systems Analysis, Intelligence Analysis
- **Published:** August 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/7091cbf7-6665-441f-bc2c-60ce0250448c

## About the Role

* Meets all qualifications and skills required of a Mid, plus:
 * At least 8 years of experience supporting finished intelligence analysis at the CCMD- or national agency -level
 * At least 2 years of experience with current/future foreign lethal/nonlethal weapons systems analysis to include:
 + Systems capabilities,
 + Vulnerabilities,
 + Production/stockpiles,
 + Proliferation and impacts to USF worldwide
 * Bachelor's degree in an area related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and 8 or more years of relevant experience (or 12 years without a Bachelors).
 * Must have experience with DIA analytical writing standards & ICD 203/206.
 * Demonstrates comprehensive mission knowledge and skills that affirms completion of all developmental training and experiences for the labor category.
 * Demonstrates ability to communicate understanding from information that may be incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and / or technically advanced. Structures analytic questions based on trends in reporting and a range of analytic perspectives from other analysts, organizations, and intelligence disciplines.
 * Demonstrates ability to work independently with minimal oversight and direction.
 * Demonstrates ability to collaborate and work with other IC members on information sharing, driving collection, and addressing analytic disputes and conflict resolution.
 * Demonstrates ability to develop concise, insightful, and comprehensive products for defense intelligence.
 * Demonstrates ability to guide teams in researching multifaceted or critical problems.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

 * Typical office environment.

## Description

Castalia Systems is seeking a Weapons System Analyst (Nuclear Enterprise), Sr. to support to the government's all source intelligence analysis of foreign weapons of mass destruction (WMD) programs, to include the proliferation and procurement of WMD-applicable materials, technologies, and knowledge, and provides intelligence analysis support to the entire spectrum of DoD and USG counter-WMD efforts. This position will be at Reston, VA.

Roles and Responsibilities

A qualified candidate will perform the following duties and responsibilities, but are not limited to:

 * Analyzes and assesses current and future foreign, lethal and non-lethal, weapon systems including, but not limited to, system capabilities, vulnerabilities, production, stockpile, deployment, proliferation, and impact to U.S. and Coalition forces worldwide.
 * Prepares analytic products informing the U.S. National, Defense and Acquisition Communities of foreign weapon system developments.


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