
Mission Risk Analyst
Alexandria, VAFull-time$87–198K/yrPosted 1mo agoStill listed today
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The Mission Risk Analyst will research adversary capabilities against current and future defense portfolios and support senior leader decision forums for the Department of War. The role evaluates complex systems, policies, processes, and mission risks to help quantify investment tradeoffs, while supporting capability development and acquisition planning. The analyst serves as a trusted client advisor and contributes to design, integration, and analytical problem-solving for the warfighter.
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Mission Risk AnalystThe Opportunity: As a defense mission professional, you ask questions others don’t. You understand the nuances of complex situations. You use your skills to think bigger and push further, solving complex problems. We’re looking for an expert like you to create solutions for missions that keep our nation safe.
As a mission risk analyst, you’ll bring your analytical expertise to work on projects for the Department of War. You’ll research the efficacy of adversary capabilities against current and future defense portfolios and support senior leader decision forums. You’ll be a trusted advisor to our clients, and we’ll look to you to identify, analyze, and evaluate complex systems, policies, processes, and mission risks to help quantify investment tradeoffs.
You’ll guide the work we do for the Department of War and the solutions we deliver for capability development and acquisition planning. Further your career with us as you help solve complex design, integration, and analytical problems for the warfighter.
Join us. The world can’t wait.
You Have:
- 7+ years of experience working in a professional environment
- Experience coordinating and leading meetings, both pre-planned and short notice
- Experience with mission and OPLAN decomposition into tasks to define mission level risk impact
- Ability to communicate with government clients, contractors, and mission partners to convey ideas and concepts
- Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment with a varied team of engineers, defense and intelligence analysts, scientists, and uniformed military members
- Ability to plan, conduct, and analyze research to mission risk assessments
- TS/SCI clearance
- Bachelor's degree
Nice If You Have:
- Experience writing and reviewing senior-level DoD and Joint Staff correspondence
- Experience in intelligence analysis and developing adversary capability assessments or scenarios
- Experience working across stakeholder groups to achieve a common goal
- Experience with risk management principles
- Experience with Cyber Risk Mitigation
- Experience serving on DoD staff and interacting with senior leaders
- Experience leading teams to meet timelines and deliverables
- Experience in Weapon Systems analysis or mission thread analysis
Clearance: Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.
Compensation At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen’s benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.
Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual’s particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $86,800.00 to $198,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen’s total compensation package for employees. This posting will close within 90 days from the Posting Date. Identity Statement As part of the hiring process, we will ask you to complete an identity verification process that leverages advanced biometrics and artificial intelligence to ensure authenticity and protect against identity fraud. You are expected to be on camera during interviews and assessments. We reserve the right to take your picture to verify your identity and prevent fraud.
Candidate AI Usage Policy AI is a part of our daily work at Booz Allen, and we are committed to the responsible and ethical use of AI tools. However, we want to ensure a fair candidate process based on your own skills and knowledge. As part of this commitment, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or other tools to assist with responses during interviews (whether in-person or virtual) is prohibited unless permission is explicitly provided.
Work Model Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of collaboration. To support engagement and effective communication, employees working virtually are generally expected to have their cameras on during meetings.
- Remote: If this position is listed as remote, there may still be occasions when you are required to work in person at a Booz Allen or customer facility.
- Hybrid: If this position is listed as hybrid, you will be expected to work from a Booz Allen or customer facility, in alignment with your leadership's expectations and the needs of the role.
- Onsite: If this position is listed as onsite, work will primarily be performed full-time at a customer facility, where employees will collaborate directly with colleagues and customers as required by the role.
Commitment to Non-Discrimination All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.
How this job compares
Set against the 828 open Risk Analyst jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$87–198K/yr
- Virginia median$101–127K/yr39 salary ranges
- US median$91–127K/yr570 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $142K, is 20% above the Virginia median midpoint ($119K) — in the top quarter of Risk Analyst salary ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 47 open Risk Analyst jobs in Virginia and 828 across the US. 9% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 7 years of experience — more than three in four Risk Analyst postings that state a minimum ask for (median 3 years, across 646 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 241 of the 828 open Risk Analyst jobs (29%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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