Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Analyst - OSW

Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Analyst
Overview

We are seeking a mission-driven Defense Industrial Base (DIB) Analyst to support strategic assessments, risk analysis, and national-security decision-making across the rapidly evolving defense-tech ecosystem. This role operates at the crossroads of intelligence, supply-chain security, emerging technology, and industrial capability-ensuring the U.S. defense enterprise remains resilient, competitive, and prepared for future threats.

You will evaluate the health, vulnerabilities, and strategic posture of the Defense Industrial Base, identifying risks from foreign influence, supply-chain fragility, workforce shifts, market dynamics, and technological disruption. Your insights will directly inform senior leaders, policymakers, and operational stakeholders.

Think of this as the heartbeat-monitor of the defense ecosystem-if something trembles, you're the one who feels it first.

Key Responsibilities
Strategic Industrial Base Analysis

• Conduct comprehensive assessments of industrial sectors supporting defense production, including manufacturing capabilities, supply chains, critical materials, and emerging technologies.
• Identify systemic vulnerabilities, foreign dependencies, single-point failures, and capacity limitations that could impede mission readiness.
• Monitor domestic and international market dynamics, mergers/acquisitions, FOCI concerns, and foreign investment patterns impacting the DIB.

Threat, Risk & Resilience Evaluation

• Analyze cyber, economic, operational, and geopolitical threats to U.S. industrial capabilities.
• Assess adversary influence activities, global supply-chain disruptions, and economic coercion strategies targeting defense suppliers.
• Develop risk-mitigation recommendations, resilience strategies, and analytic products to support leadership decisions.

Policy, Compliance & Regulatory Insight

• Support reviews related to CMMC, NIST 800-171, export controls (ITAR/EAR), and DIB cybersecurity posture.
• Track legislative and regulatory developments affecting defense contractors and industrial security.
• Provide analytic input on policies designed to strengthen the DIB and enforce national security controls.

Program, Mission & Executive Support

• Prepare briefings, dashboards, status reports, and analytic summaries for senior government and contractor leadership.
• Support program management activities aligned with the disciplined structure of federal task orders-status reporting, coordination, documentation, and stakeholder engagement.
• Assist in cross-functional efforts involving procurement, intelligence, cybersecurity, and supply-chain specialists.

Data Collection & Reporting

• Compile data from classified and open-source repositories, federal reporting systems, economic databases, and industry research.
• Identify trends across manufacturing output, supplier demographics, financial stability, market concentration, and foreign ownership.
• Create actionable analytic products that translate complex data into meaningful insight.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in National Security, Economics, Industrial Engineering, Political Science, or related field; master's preferred.
• 5-10+ years of experience supporting defense programs, industrial analysis, supply-chain assessments, or intelligence-focused research.
• Strong understanding of the U.S. Defense Industrial Base, DoD acquisition, contracting, and industrial security frameworks.
• Experience evaluating risk across supply chains, manufacturing ecosystems, and technology sectors.
• Ability to brief senior audiences and translate technical findings into strategic recommendations.
• Eligible for a security clearance; TS/SCI preferred.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with FOCI reviews, CFIUS considerations, or industrial security programs.
• Familiarity with DCSA requirements, NISPOM, and cleared contractor operations.
• Prior work in economic or competitive intelligence, risk analytics, or defense capability assessments.
• Advanced analytic skills, including data visualization, supply-chain modeling, or technology forecasting.
• Experience supporting ODNI, DoD, DHS, DOE, or other national-security missions.

Core Competencies

• Analytical Rigor: You turn complex markets into maps and vulnerabilities into opportunities.
• Strategic Perspective: Ability to anticipate long-term impacts, not just near-term events.
• Operational Agility: Comfortable navigating high-tempo environments with rapidly shifting priorities.
• Clear Communication: You brief like a pro-concise, confident, and stakeholder-ready.
• Security Mindset: Deep respect for classified environments, sensitive data, and trusted-partner obligations.
• Collaboration: Thrives in multidisciplinary teams across policy, intel, technology, and acquisition.

Work Environment & Expectations

• Fast-moving, mission-first environment supporting national-security objectives.
• May require surge support, rapid-turn products, and flexibility to meet evolving threats.
• Strict adherence to security, classification, and information-handling standards.
• Occasional travel, conferences, or industry engagement as needed.