Seeking a Rules Analyst to support mission compliance activities by analyzing legal and policy documents, identifying compliance obligations, and translating those obligations into actionable controls, system requirements, and machine-readable rules
This position works closely with customers and mission stakeholders to interpret established authorities, develop compliance-focused guidance, and support automation of compliance processes
The ideal candidate brings extensive experience with Intelligence Community authorities, legal and policy analysis, privacy compliance, and the development of structured rules and documentation that support mission operations
Primary Responsibilities
Analyze legal and policy documents to extract key information in accordance with established guides, procedures, and authorities
Identify compliance obligations contained within legal, regulatory, and policy documentation.
Analyze compliance obligations and translate them into controls, system requirements, and machine-readable rules that support compliance automation
Engage with customers to understand problems, clarify requirements, and identify solutions based on existing documentation, authorities, and guidance
Provide subject matter expertise in the development of mission compliance-related policy, procedures, and guidance
Develop, maintain, and improve user guides and other documentation supporting the analysis of legal and policy documents
Prepare reports, responses, briefings, and other documentation for technical, operational, legal, and leadership audiences
Use word processing and presentation tools such as Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Use task tracking, collaboration, and documentation tools such as Confluence and JIRA
Apply practical knowledge of customer authorities when evaluating compliance requirements and mission activities
Develop innovative methods for categorizing, organizing, tracking, and managing compliance obligations.
Maintain relationships among compliance obligations, associated controls, system requirements, and machine-readable rules
Support the design and continuous improvement of compliance automation capabilities
Collaborate with legal, technical, policy, compliance, and mission stakeholders to ensure accurate interpretation and implementation of requirements
Review compliance-related documentation for accuracy, consistency, completeness, and alignment with applicable authorities
Required Qualifications
Must have active Top Secret/SCI clearance with NSA Full Scope Polygraph
Ten (10) to Fifteen (15) years of relevant experience supporting programs involving customer authorities
Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline such as law, a technical field, library science, or a related area from an accredited college or university
A Master’s degree or Juris Doctor (J.D.) may be substituted for two (2) years of experience, reducing the experience requirement to eight to thirteen (8-13) years
Four (4) additional years of relevant experience may be substituted for the bachelor’s degree, for a total of fourteen to nineteen (14-19) years of experience
J.D. and at least five (5) years of experience in the legal or technical aspects of Intelligence Community privacy compliance
Demonstrated experience analyzing legal, policy, regulatory, or compliance documentation
Practical familiarity with applicable customer authorities
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Desired Qualifications
Experience developing or maintaining compliance controls, system requirements, or machine-readable rules
Strong legal and policy research and analytical skills
Ability to interpret complex authorities and translate them into clear operational requirements
Experience preparing briefings and written products for diverse audiences
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
Ability to work effectively across legal, technical, compliance, and mission-focused teams
Exempt hourly position. 11 paid holidays, minimum of 3 weeks PTO, company sponsored group medical plan, company paid dental, vision, life insurance, and STD/LTD plans. Salary is dependent upon the candidate’s experience and qualifications.
Numbers & Facts
Location
Annapolis Junction, Maryland
Skills
Adobe Acrobatunmatched
Analysis Skillsunmatched
Atlassian JIRAunmatched
Automationunmatched
Communication Skillsunmatched
Continuous Improvementunmatched
Detail Orientedunmatched
Documentationunmatched
Full Scope Polygraphunmatched
Health Planunmatched
Intelligence Communityunmatched
Leadershipunmatched
Legalunmatched
Legal Documentsunmatched
Legal Researchunmatched
Library and Information Scienceunmatched
Life Insuranceunmatched
Maintain Complianceunmatched
Microsoft PowerPointunmatched
Microsoft Wordunmatched
National Security Agency (NSA)unmatched
Operational Supportunmatched
Organizational Skillsunmatched
Policy Analysisunmatched
Presentation/Verbal Skillsunmatched
Procedure Developmentunmatched
Regulatory Complianceunmatched
Reporting Skillsunmatched
Requirements Managementunmatched
Research Skillsunmatched
Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI)unmatched
Support Documentationunmatched
Technical Writingunmatched
Top Secret Clearanceunmatched
User Documentationunmatched
Vision Planunmatched
Word Processingunmatched
Writing Skillsunmatched
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