AMERICAN SYSTEMS
Research Associate and Technology Protection Analyst
4800 Mark Center Dr, Alexandria, VA 22311
On-site · Full-time
First seen by offpeak October 8, 2026
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Overview
AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.
Responsibilities
As the Research Associate and Technology Protection Analyst, you will:
- Serve as a key member of a small, tight-knit team supporting technology protection-related matters.
- Provide expertise and new ideas to team members and senior Department of War (DoW) leaders in developing and implementing updated strategies to protect critical technology data.
- Support high-ranking DoW Senior Executives and interact with other DoW Senior Executives, Flag/General Officers, and their support staffs.
- Utilize and build AI tools to support technology protection-related matters.
- Analyze and provide recommendations on issues dealing with the full spectrum of DoW technology protection-related matters, from research through capability deployment/employment.
- Coordinate with technology protection community representatives on issues spanning the full capability lifecycle.
- Compare, analyze and evaluate the relative merits of program activities and alternatives.
- Prepare reports and briefs, summarizing formal events and commentary, requirements, deficiencies, and investments for various programs, systems, and activities.
- Provide project management and task management expertise to team workflows and projects.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in a relevant area with 3-7 years of experience.
- Active TS/SCI clearance, with a willingness to submit to a polygraph.
- U.S. Citizenship Required for the purposes of obtaining/holding a U.S. security clearance.
- Experience with or real-world exposure to a technology protection-related field or topic, i.e. research security, economic security, cybersecurity, SCRM, industrial base protection, intelligence, etc.
- Experience leveraging AI, preferably with a working knowledge of a relevant programming language (i.e., Python, R, Ruby, Rust, Julia, etc.).
- Experience with DoW or federal government bureaucratic processes.
- Emerging leader with a bias for action and preference for working collaboratively on small, mission-oriented teams.
- Experience with problem framing on complex technical issues.
- Experience with project management processes and tools.
- Experience in effectively prioritizing personal workload to meet deadlines and work objectives.
- Proficiency with MS Office Suite and other desktop applications.