Military Intelligence Analyst (OSINT)

Janes equips defence, government, and industry leaders with objective, accurate, and shareable data and analysis. Our experts combine advanced technology with proven tradecraft to deliver validated and contextual intelligence to assess threats, accelerate decisions, and anticipate change with confidence. We deliver our intelligence with the flexibility to fuse it with multiple sources in any system, enrich AI solutions, or access it through our portal. 

Job purpose:

Janes is seeking a highly motivated Military Capability Analyst to support its Military Intelligence team. The successful candidate will conduct open-source intelligence (OSINT) research, maintain and enhance foundational military datasets, and produce analytical assessments of military capability, force structure, doctrine, readiness, and force development trends.

This role sits at the intersection of data development and intelligence analysis. The analyst will be responsible for developing and maintaining authoritative military data relating to force structures (ORBAT), equipment inventories, and military installations while leveraging that data to produce military capability assessments and analytical products for Janes customers.

How you will contribute at Janes: 

• Research, verify and maintain military Order of Battle (ORBAT) data for the assigned countries.
• Update and enhance military equipment inventory datasets, including identification, classification and attribution of platforms, systems and capabilities.
• Maintain and expand military installation data, including bases, headquarters, training facilities, logistics infrastructure and operational sites.
• Produce military capability assessments for the assigned countries.
• Assess military capabilities across land, maritime, air, strategic support and joint force domains.
• Contribute to finished intelligence products, customer-facing research, briefings, webinars and analytical reports.
• Utilise a wide range of local and international open sources, including official government publications, military media, defence industry reporting, academic literature, satellite imagery and social media.
• Corroborate information across multiple sources and assess source reliability.
• Identify intelligence gaps and conduct targeted research to improve Janes' dataset coverage and analytical understanding.

The ideal skills and experience for this role are: 

 Essential Requirements

• Experience conducting OSINT research in defence, security, geopolitical or intelligence-related environments.
• Understanding of basic military organisation, force structure, military equipment and defence terminology.
• Ability to synthesise large volumes of information into clear, evidence-based analytical assessments.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English.

 Education

 A Master's degree in one of the following disciplines or a closely related field:

• International Relations
• Strategic Studies
• War Studies
• Defence Studies
• Security Studies
• Military History
• Intelligence Studies

 Desirable Qualifications

• Experience analysing military forces.
• Familiarity with military doctrine, operational concepts and force employment.
• Experience using geospatial, imagery or satellite-based research techniques.
• Prior experience in defence intelligence, military research, think tanks, academia or defence industry environments.

Key Competencies

• Research and analytical skills.
• Attention to detail and data accuracy.
• Critical thinking and structured analytical reasoning.
• Ability to work independently on complex research tasks.
• Capability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining analytical rigour.

 Benefits

• Annual health Checkup
• National Pension scheme
• Meal Card (Sodexo)
• Healthy Half (0.5 day leave every 6 months for wellbeing)
• 22 days of annual leave  
• Transportation allowance
• Day care / Creche Reimbursement
• Group Medical Claim
• Access to LinkedIn Learning