Job Description
Research Analyst (Civil Engineer) - Mid
Charlottesville, VA, United States (On-site)
Job Title: Research Analyst (Civil Engineer) - Mid
Job Code: ENA646
Location: Charlottesville, VA
Reports to: Program Manager
FLSA Status: Exempt
Supervisory: No supervisory/management authority
Prepared Date: 10/5/2026
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 a Research Analyst (Civil Engineer) to join our Technology Transfer Analysis Team. The Civil/Industrial Engineer will support defense analytical requirements with enhanced scientific/engineering research and capability/limitation analysis. The Civil/Industrial Engineer will also collaboratively integrate analytic results, findings, or production with other related analytic efforts and assessments.
Compensation & Benefits:
Starting Salary Range for Research Analyst (Civil Engineer) - Mid: $78,000 - $83,000
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:
• Provide engineering or scientific analysis support for end-user assessments of U.S. export license applications
• Provide engineering or scientific analysis support for Risk Assessments for Technology Transfer snapshots
• Provide S&TI analysis to identify, assess, and warn about emerging and disruptive technologies potentially being transferred that enable next generation foreign military capabilities
• Develop complex analytical approaches to problems and situations for which data is incomplete, controversial, or for which no precedent exists
• Develop innovative approaches to analysis and validate analytical conclusions and/or maintain and update extensive intelligence databases, systems, and mechanisms for sharing relevant intelligence information to support on-going and projected projects
• Locate, synthesize, and interpret large amounts of textual and technical all-source intelligence information
• Prepare extensive written assessments and documents and disseminate information through reports and briefs
• Research, analyze, interpret, evaluate, and integrate extremely complex all-source intelligence data pertaining to technology transfer subject areas
• Brief and defend analytical outcomes and perform exploitation requirements in coordination with peers and customers throughout the IC
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
No supervisory/management authority
Basic Qualifications:
• Minimum of four (4) years of experience conducting analysis related to the Civil/Industrial Engineer position with at least a portion of experience within the last two (2) years
• Bachelor's degree in a related field
• Possess knowledge of and skill in applying advanced intelligence concepts, principles, practices, laws, regulations, methods, and techniques
• Knowledgeable of and able to apply analytic tradecraft standards as all work shall comply with Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 203 and DIA tradecraft guidance
• Possess advanced knowledge of the Intelligence Community (IC) and/or Department of Defense (DoD) missions and functions
• Must be a US Citizen.
• 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.
