Foreign Investment Risk Analyst (CFIUS)
Posted on: 4 Aug 2025
Washington, DC
Job Description
CENTRA Technology, Inc. (CENTRA) – An Amentum Company – provides analytic, consulting, and staffing support to U.S. Government national security agencies, including the Departments of Homeland Security and Defense, and similar Government clients. The Homeland Group provides a range of homeland security and law enforcement intelligence support, risk analysis and modeling, and program management services to Federal, state, and local agencies. We pride ourselves in developing creative, customized, and flexible approaches that meet our clients’ evolving and dynamic needs. CENTRA is looking for dynamic, flexible and adaptive foreign transaction risk analysts to serve on an analytic/policy team within DHS’s Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans. The position provides analysis of the national security risks posed by transactions before the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) and the Committee for the Assessment of Foreign Participation in the U.S. Telecommunications Services Sector (informally, Team Telecom), particularly as they relate to U.S. Critical Infrastructure, as well as supply chain risk analysis for information and communications technology and services (ICTS) transactions under Executive Order 13873. Personnel will be expected to actively engage with DHS leadership, operational component personnel, inter-agency partners, and other external POCs in conducting risk-based analyses of transactions before these bodies.
Candidates will be responsible for guiding CFIUS, Team Telecom, and/or ICTS cases through the entire interagency process from the initial case filing to the ultimate disposition. Candidates will be called upon to provide frequent verbal and written case status updates, coordinate with internal and external stakeholders to identify and protect DHS mission equities, and produce formal case decision documentation for the appropriate DHS clearing official, up to and including the Secretary of Homeland Security. Such cases adhere to strict statutory or Executive Order timelines, so the ideal candidate will be comfortable managing multiple cascading deadlines across several open cases.
The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting all facets of the case review process including:
Intra-agency and interagency coordination
Threat, vulnerability, consequence, and risk analysis
Risk mitigation strategy development and implementation
Compliance monitoring and enforcement
Candidates must be well-organized, detail-oriented, and team-focused, with demonstrably strong interpersonal, research, and critical thinking skills. The ability to write succinctly for an executive policy audience and manage deadlines will be paramount.
Strong candidates should also possess a combination of the following:
Experience writing for and briefing senior executives/leadership
Intra-agency and interagency coordination experience
Experience as an intelligence consumer
Experience with supply chain risk management/analysis
Knowledge of US principles of U.S. critical infrastructure
Experience with supply chain risk management/analysis
Required:
Bachelors or higher degree
8 years minimum with a BA or BS/ 5 years minimum with higher degree
Proficiency in Microsoft Suite of products
TS/SCI with current DHS Suitability or eligibility to obtain DHS Suitability
Amentum
Germantown, MD
Amentum supports the most critical missions of government and commercial organizations world wide.
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