All Source Analyst Mid

All Source Analyst - Mid

Colorado Springs, CO, United States (On-site)

Job Title: All Source Analyst - Mid

Job Code: SSE214

Location: Colorado Springs, CO

Reports to: Program Manager

FLSA Status: Exempt

Supervisory: No supervisory/management authority

Prepared Date: 9/28/2026

A government contract requires that this position be restricted to U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. You must provide documentation that you are a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident to qualify.

This position requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with a polygraph. Candidates holding an active Top Secret/SCI clearance without the polygraph may be selected; the ability to obtain the required polygraph is a condition of the position and will be completed as part of the hiring process.

Position Summary:

Cherokee Strategic Edge is seeking qualified individuals to serve as All Source Analysts to support our government client. The All Source Analyst provides all-source analytic support to collections, operations, investigations, and other defense intelligence analytic requirements.

Compensation & Benefits:

Starting Salary Range for All Source Analyst - Mid: $110,000 – $125,000

Benefits That Set Us Apart

When considering your next opportunity, compensation is only part of the picture. We offer a benefits package designed to invest in your future and support your life outside of work.

Highlights include:

• Up to a 6% 401(k) company match to help you build long-term financial security

• Paid time off as part of our comprehensive benefits package, so you have the flexibility to rest, recharge, and enjoy what matters most

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus prescription drug coverage

• Basic life and AD&D insurance, with supplemental life options

• Short-term and long-term disability coverage

• Paid holidays

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) options

• Professional development, training, and certification support

• Voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness, and identity theft protection

Because taking care of our employees isn’t just a promise, it’s part of who we are.

Benefits are subject to change and eligibility requirements apply.

Essential Functions, Duties & Responsibilities:

Includes the following:

• Conducts analysis using intelligence and information from multiple sources to assess, interpret, forecast, and explain a range of national security issues and developments that are regional or functional in nature.

• Conducts current intel analysis to expand the Regional Threat team’s analysis branch’s understanding of Mexico-Bahamas by performing trend analysis, pattern of life baselining, and other tactical and operational analysis to identify patterns, trends, and signposts.

• Publish all source intelligence products to ICD 203 standards that cover geo-political, military capabilities, and malign influence activities that affect Homeland Defense.

• Provides all-source analytic support to collections, operations, investigations, and other defense intelligence analytic requirements

• Provides guidance in selecting, designing, and applying analytic methodologies. Uses argument evaluation and validated analytic methodologies to challenge differing perspectives

• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

No supervisory/management authority

Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required: (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor’s degree or specialized training

• Minimum of four (4) years of relevant subject matter experience

• Knowledgeable of and demonstrates ability to apply Intelligence Community (IC) and DoD classification guidelines and procedures

• Comprehensive mission knowledge and skills that affirms completion of all developmental training and experiences for the position

• Ability to use logic when evaluating and synthesizing multiple sources of information

• Understanding of interpreting analysis to include, but not limited to, its meaning, importance, and implications

• Ability to defend analytic judgements with sound, logical conclusions and adapt analytic judgments when presented with new information, evolving conditions, or unexpected developments

• Ability to produce timely, logical, and concise analytic reports, documents, assessments, studies, and briefing materials in formats including Microsoft Office tools (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.), electronic/ soft copy matrices and/ or web-enabled formats

• Ability to develop structured research including, but not limited to, obtaining, evaluating, organizing, and maintaining information within security and data protocols

• Working knowledge using complex analytic methodologies, such as structured analytic techniques or alternative approaches, to examine biases, assumptions, and theories to eliminate uncertainty, strengthen analytic arguments, and mitigate surprise.

• Understanding of evaluating collected intelligence reporting, engaging with collection managers, and developing collection requirements.

• Ability to structure analysis based on trends in reporting and a range of analytic perspectives from other analysts, organizations, and intelligence disciplines

• Ability to collaborate and work with other IC members on information sharing, driving collection, and addressing analytic disputes and conflict resolution

• Understanding of intelligence collection capabilities and limitations, to include but not limited to, technical sensors/ platforms and human intelligence sources

• Ability to communicate understanding from information that may be incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and/or technically advanced

• Ability to work semi-independently with oversight and direction

• Ability to communicate complex issues clearly in a concise and organized manner both verbally and non-verbally; with strong grammar skills.

• Ability to recognize nuances and resolve contradictions and inconsistencies in information

• Ability to develop concise, insightful, and comprehensive products for defense intelligence

• Demonstrates ability to lead teams in researching multifaceted or critical problems

• Must be a US Citizen.

• This position requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with a polygraph. Candidates holding an active Top Secret/SCI clearance without the polygraph may be selected; the ability to obtain the required polygraph is a condition of the position and will be completed as part of the hiring process.

• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer; may occasionally require standing or moving about the office for extended periods.

• Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal.

Work Environment:

Work is performed primarily in a climate-controlled environment.