IC AI Analyst (Intelligence Center) at The MITRE Corporation
McLean, VA
$97,600–$146,400from the description
Jul 31, 2026
McLean, VA
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This role at MITRE supports Intelligence Community (IC) government sponsors by translating AI developments into actionable policy, governance frameworks, and senior-leader decision support. The position involves advising on AI strategy, enterprise architecture, and acquisition plans, while serving as a liaison between government and industry. It suits a technically literate AI generalist comfortable operating in a policy and strategy context within the national security space.
Mid level · Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV · TS/SCI clearance · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $135,107 (middle half $108,024–$176,763). This posting is about at that midpoint.
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 2, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The Basic Qualifications state 'less than 1 year of related experience with a related Bachelor's degree, or equivalent combination of related education and work experience' — this is an unusually low experience bar for an 'SME' title. The role is classified as Mid based on the breadth of advisory responsibilities and the TS/SCI with polygraph requirement, which implies a more experienced candidate in practice.
A TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is an absolute hard gate; the posting explicitly states candidates without an existing TS/SCI with polygraph cannot be considered.
The degree requirement is marked None because the posting accepts 'equivalent combination of related education and work experience' in lieu of a formal degree. A degree in AI, Computer Science, or Data Analytics is listed only under Preferred Qualifications.
The SOC classification is Medium confidence: the role is primarily advisory and policy-focused rather than hands-on data science or software development, but the core technical domain (AI/ML concepts, data science) most closely maps to Data Scientists (15-2051). An alternative of 15-1299 (Computer Occupations, All Other) reflects the policy/strategy advisory nature of the work.
Skills such as machine learning, deep learning, statistics, data preprocessing, model evaluation, cloud platforms, and model deployment are drawn from the responsibilities section, which reads as a requirements block ('The candidate should have hands-on experience in many of the areas specified below'). Note the phrase 'many of the areas' introduces some ambiguity about whether all are hard gates; they are retained as required given the overall framing.
The posted salary range includes a midpoint ($122,000); the min ($97,600) and max ($146,400) are used for the bottom of the pay band and the top of the pay band respectively.
The position requires 4 days per week on-site; it is not remote.
Ignored 1 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): Enterprise architecture.
Requires a TS/SCI clearance — the cleared population is a small fraction of this occupation, so the real candidate pool is materially smaller than the estimate below, which does not model clearance.
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