Defence Open Source Intelligence Centre - Huntingdon, United Kingdom - Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence

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Huntingdon, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Salary:

- £33,000
Job grade:

Higher Executive Officer
Contract type:
Permanent
Business area:
MOD
Strategic Command
Defence Open Source Centre
Type of role:
Analytical
Intelligence
Working pattern:
Fulltime, Job share, Parttime, Compressed Hours
Number of jobs available:
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RAF Wyton, Huntingdon, CambridgeshireAbout the job

Job summary:

As an important part of the Ministry of Defence, Defence Intelligence (DI) provides intelligence analysis, specialist outputs and advice that supports decision making across government.

At the heart of DI, is the National Centre for Geospatial Intelligence (NCGI).

Everything happens somewhere.

NCGI produces intelligence that is referenced in time and space to help decision makers to understand, plan, navigate, and target.

What we do is help colleagues to understand what is going on.

We are the primary provider of geospatial intelligence advice and expertise, comprising imagery intelligence, geospatial analysis, geospatial services, foundation data and military mapping and, in partnership with the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) and the Meteorological Office, assured data for safety of navigation.

We are a national capability, recognisably operating alongside other national intelligence agencies and are the UK's primary interface for international geospatial intelligence partners.

You may think you need to be an analyst or have an intelligence background to work for NCGI; this is not true.

There is a wide range of exciting roles available.

Without our highly dedicated teams of enabling staff, such as IT support, finance, security, and facilities management, our critical outputs would just not be possible.

We employ many Civil servants who play a pivotal role in Defence, nationally and internationally, and we are proud to be part of a diverse, forward thinking, broad organisation.

This position is advertised at 37 hours per week.

Job description:

The Data Exploitation post will be responsible for identifying and understanding emerging data ingestion and analysis techniques. They will become an SME in Social Media platforms and the information environment in support of DOC Discover team's wider Innovation remit. They will deliver PAI tool procurement and development and delivery of a Datalake and sandbox environment.
Whilst undertaking this activity they will be encouraged to seek the support of others across Defence including All Source analysts, Linguists and other innovation departments. The incumbent will engage with relevant academic and commercial institutions, encouraging effective relationships where possible.
The role will require working closely with Defence Open Source users, Centre for Intelligence Innovation, DSTL and Industry partners to ensure developmental work and operational output coordinates with wider Defence innovation initiatives. There will also be close collaboration with other members of the DOC Discover Team to ensure work is in line with broader Defence requirements and enables the development of new capability.
We also offer flexible working arrangements such as flexitime, job share and compressed hours.
Person specification:
Developing and maintaining good understanding of the current PAI capability and ongoing/planned innovation and procurement activity.
Experience and initiative required for the development and delivery of data collect, ingest and lead the advancement of analysis tools. Including processes using programming languages such as Python or JavaScript. Using big data analytics and Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning processes to meet these capability gaps.
Using your SME skills and knowledge support the DOC Innovation team in improving the current inservice PAI platform ensuring it meets Defence user requirements. Contribute to the development of Key User Requirements and technical needs to support future OSINT capability delivery. With the DOC Discover Team, collaborate closely with DI CII, DSTL, Defence Digital and other innovation partners to facilitate the wider integration of PAI data sets into the wider Wyton analytical tool set.
Engage with relevant academic and commercial institutions (e.g. Alan Turing Institute and Microsoft) on advanced data analytic topics, encouraging effective relationships where appropriate.
Connect with other Data initiatives across Defence units and Crossgovernmental data analysis forums and workshops. Exploring options of collaborative working where possible.

Excellent presentation and communication skills, both verbal and written.

Strong organisational skills.
Excellent IT skills, including knowledge of operating systems and cloud computing
Ability to use web authoring packages, or willingness to learn.
Ability to prioritise, work under pressure and to meet deadlines.**Be