
Signals and Instrumentation Analyst
Suitland, MDFull-time$86–138K/yrPosted 2w agoStill listed 4 days ago
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Job overview
Peraton seeks a Signals and Instrumentation Analyst to support intelligence analysis, collection, processing, and reporting involving foreign instrumentation signals. The analyst will characterize signals and technical data, assess foreign systems and activities, and produce intelligence products for government customers. The role requires at least three years of relevant experience, a related bachelor’s degree, experience in a classified intelligence environment, and an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
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Position Summary
Seeking a Signals and Instrumentation Analyst with a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience to support intelligence analysis, collection, processing, and reporting activities involving foreign instrumentation signals. The ideal candidate will have experience analyzing technical intelligence data, identifying and characterizing signals, and producing clear, actionable intelligence products for government customers.
Key Responsibilities
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Analyze and characterize foreign instrumentation signals and associated technical data.
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Conduct research and analysis to identify signal characteristics, systems, platforms, and potential capabilities.
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Process, correlate, and evaluate data from multiple intelligence and technical sources.
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Identify trends, anomalies, and changes in foreign systems or activities.
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Develop and maintain analytical assessments, databases, and technical documentation.
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Produce intelligence reports, briefings, and other products for government and mission stakeholders.
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Collaborate with analysts, engineers, collection personnel, and other intelligence disciplines.
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Apply established analytical methodologies and intelligence tradecraft to assess technical data.
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Support mission planning, collection requirements, and intelligence production activities.
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Maintain awareness of relevant foreign systems, technologies, and developments.
Qualifications
Required Qualifications
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Minimum 3 years of relevant signals/Instrumentation or technical intelligence analysis experience.
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Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering Technology, Physics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Intelligence Studies, or another closely related technical field.
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Experience analyzing technical signals, instrumentation data, or related intelligence information.
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Strong analytical, research, and problem-solving skills.
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Ability to synthesize complex technical information into concise written and verbal products.
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Experience working in a classified intelligence environment.
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Strong written and verbal communication skills.
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Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
Preferred Qualifications
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Experience with SIGINT/Instrumentation collection, processing, exploitation, or analysis.
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Familiarity with SIGINT, MASINT, ELINT, or related intelligence disciplines.
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Experience with signal characterization and technical data analysis.
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Knowledge of foreign military systems, weapons systems, aerospace systems, or test and evaluation activities.
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Experience using intelligence databases, analytical tools, or visualization platforms.
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Experience supporting IC, DoD, or military customers.
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Bachelor's degree in engineering, physics, mathematics, computer science, intelligence studies, or a related technical field.
Peraton Overview
Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world’s leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can’t be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we’re keeping people around the world safe and secure.
Target Salary Range $86,000 - $138,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individual’s experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay. EEO EEO: Equal opportunity employer, including disability and protected veterans, or other characteristics protected by law.
How this job compares
Set against the 749 open Intelligence Analyst jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$86–138K/yr
- Maryland median$101–165K/yr82 salary ranges
- US median$90–150K/yr561 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $112K, is 17% below the Maryland median midpoint ($135K) — in the lowest quarter of Intelligence Analyst salary ranges in Maryland.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 87 open Intelligence Analyst jobs in Maryland and 749 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Maryland
- CACI International13 open
- Peraton (this employer)12 open
- Huntington Ingalls Industries9 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience; Intelligence Analyst postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (619 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 227 of the 749 open Intelligence Analyst jobs (30%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 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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