Celestar Corporation is seeking a Mid-level Counterterrorism Research Analysis Support for JTF to support The U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) under the United States Army Counterintelligence Command (USACIC) Analytical Support Contract. The primary place of performance will be Tysons Corner, VA. If interested and meet the qualifications, we encourage you to apply for this rewarding and impactful opportunity.
ANTICIPATED AWARD: April/May 2026
ANTICIPATED START: May 14, 2026
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE: 1 Base Year + 4 Option Years
LOCATION: Tysons Corner, VA
CLEARANCE REQUIREMENT: Active TS/SCI
About Us:
Celestar, a proud Veteran-Owned company, offers highly competitive salaries and benefits. Our comprehensive benefits package includes company-paid employee and family dental insurance, employee health insurance, life insurance, and disability coverage. Additionally, we provide a 401(k)-retirement plan with company matching, paid holidays, and personal time off.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS/SKILLS:

• Minimum education and years of experience requirements:
  o High School Diploma: 12 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
  -OR-
  o Associates Degree: 10 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
  -OR-
  o Bachelors Degree: 8 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
  -OR-

o Masters Degree or higher: 6 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.

• Must be a graduate of any of the following Military Department CI or All-Source Analysis Certifying Courses:

o Army – 35F Course (or Military Department / IC equivalent)
o Army – 350F Course (or Military Department / IC equivalent)
o Army – Counterintelligence Special Agent Course (CISAC)
o Army – 35CI Defensive Language Course (or its predecessor)
o Army – 351L Course (or its predecessor)
o Army – 35E Course
o Air Force –Basic Special Investigators Course (BISC), U.S. Air Force Special Investigations Academy, or predecessor

o Navy – Special Agent Basic Training Program (SABTB), Naval Criminal Investigative Service Training Academy, or predecessor.

• Minimum 8 years of experience as a CI or All-Source Analyst.
• Understanding of Intelligence Support to counterterrorism.
• Comprehensive understanding of FIE and FTO TTPs and methodologies.
• Must be willing to undergo and successfully complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination with No Deception Indicated (NDI) on a pre-appointment and periodic basis.
• College education cannot be used in lieu of experience.

• The Counterterrorism Research Analysis Support shall provide focused analysis of counterintelligence (CI), counterterrorism (CT), counterespionage (CE), insider threat (IT) and cyber CI investigations in support of the JTTF Investigative Mission.
• Provide analysis of incoming reporting and referrals from across the U.S. Intelligence Community and from CI investigative, operational, collection, and targeting results.
• This analysis shall provide data for the JTTF to effectively scope potential leads and to determine the appropriate CI response, be it an investigation or other CI mission.
• Additionally, the analysis shall enable JTTF to maintain oversight on highly sensitive national security investigations and provide senior Army leaders, investigative managers, and field agents with appropriate perspective on threats to the U.S. Army for use in their decision making.
• Evaluate multiple analytical efforts underway that are related to major and ongoing national security investigations for redundancy and provide written reports to Government Team/Branch/Division Chiefs.
• Identify and disseminate FIE modus operandi by conducting in-depth reviews of historical CONUS-based CT investigations and provide periodic analytical updates on major investigations currently underway.
• Conduct extensive and in-depth liaison with counterintelligence analytical organizations across ACIC and the Intelligence Community at large in order to understand investigations in a broader national context and utilize a wide variety of unclassified and classified internal and external databases and resources to conduct data queries and provide written reports to Agents assigned to the JTTF program.
• Conduct exchanges with internal and external agency representatives and analysts.
• Conduct financial analysis in support of CT investigations.
• Conduct link chart analysis in support of CT investigations.
• Shall support the Joint Terrorism Task Force Program which provides analytical support service to ongoing operations and investigations in the field serviced across 16 JTTFs in CONUS where ACIC has agents staffed to provide Army support to the FBI’s JTTF Program supporting the full spectrum of CT investigations, operations, and collection missions.
• Research emerging analytical related methodologies, tradecraft, tools, and procedures used by FIE and FTO against U.S. Army equities and develop information papers for leadership.
• Provide comprehensive knowledge in all aspects involving sensitive investigations and operations involving networks, computers, and digital media.
• Mentor and support inspections of subordinate units in the appropriate methods to collect, store, and process all sources of analysis.
• Provide support as to how analytical applications can be used to facilitate national security crimes such as espionage or terrorism.
• Use oral and written communication skills in order to conduct briefings and discussions with internal and external senior leadership and to author memoranda and finished analytical products.
• Compile and disseminate metrics capturing cyber CI activities in support of investigations, collections, and operations.
• Exercise knowledge of key U.S. Intelligence and Law Enforcement community resources to identify and obtain relevant information and effect any necessary coordination for a CT-related investigation.