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Senior Research Analyst – Land-based Air Defence
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Janes empowers military, government, and defence leaders to act with confidence in an increasingly complex world. Our trusted defence, security, and geopolitical information delivered through seamless digital platforms and system integrations—turns overwhelming data into clear, actionable intelligence and insight. By filling critical information gaps, Janes helps customers analyse threats, accelerate decisions, and stay ahead of emerging challenges.
Job purpose:
Janes is seeking a Senior analyst to research modern land-based air defence systems and update equipment profiles explaining how those systems work, detailing major components and integrated systems.
The successful candidate will work closely with other data analysts and take ownership of our systems-level coverage, building relationships with manufacturers and operators enabling them to write clear, comprehensive and current records for our global readership.
How you will contribute at Janes:
- Researching in-service and developmental land-based air defence systems from around the world;
- Writing new description and development profiles of SAM systems and anti-aircraft artillery;
- Staying abreast of news developments in the air defence field and updating profiles of in-service systems;
- Checking and validating our content to ensure compliance with Janes sourcing standards;
- Sourcing and building Janes image library of air defence systems;
- Building your network of contacts and proactively connecting with defence industry and military personnel;
- Working with the wider subject-focused teams in the Janes Equipment Intelligence Team, as well as Inventories and ORBATs specialist analysts.
The ideal skills and experience for this role are:
- A strong team player with 3+ years of experience and demonstrable interest in military equipment, including land-based air defence systems;
- Proven ability to conduct primary research, analysis, and critical thinking, with excellent written and spoken English;
- We will provide training in Janes Tradecraft and Open Source Intelligence skills, but the successful candidate will be able to show a base knowledge and understanding of land-based air defence technologies;
- Aptitude to build networks and conduct interviews via telephone, video, email and other communication channels;
- Curiosity to find answers and an ability to interpret technical documents and secondary sources, analyse large volumes of data, and review imagery.
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
Life at Janes
We believe Janes is truly a great place to work. Our values and leadership code drive everything we do, and we understand that the right behaviours and culture will always result in the best outcomes for our customers, our colleagues, our shareholders, and our business. We provide a supportive, stretching, and dynamic environment with the ability for you to grow rapidly, both personally and professionally.
Janes is an inclusive and equal opportunities employer and encourages applications regardless of age, race, disability, religion / belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, or gender.
Although this role is advertised as full time, Janes believed that flexibility at work can provide many significant benefits both to our colleagues and the business. We already work in a hybrid style across all offices and regions and can support different ways of working and offer different flexible working arrangements. So, if you are interested and have any requirements or needs in the way you would like to work, please apply, and speak to us about this. We will always consider part time or flexible applications
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About Janes
Janes is a leading provider of timely and assured data, information, analysis, and forecasts for Defence & National Security organizations globally.
With a legacy of more than 100 years, Janes provides the only single resource for comprehensive, unclassified, and up-to-date intelligence on military equipment in production and use around the globe. By structuring and connecting this data to the inventories for more than 190 countries, Janes is uniquely positioned to provide our customers with timely, accurate, validated intelligence to support entity recognition, capability assessment, and market analysis.
Job purpose:
The Solutions Engineer is a critical member of the Product team, responsible for enabling the integration and optimization of Janes interconnected intelligence capabilities across the customer base. Working within the Product Solutions team, you will support the deployment, configuration, and enhancement of Janes data across a variety of systems, platforms, and mission-critical capabilities.
This role focuses on enabling Janes data within individual systems, facilitating interoperability with third-party and customer datasets, and aligning with Customer’s AI, intelligence and data requirements. You will help define and document data standards, technical specifications, and integration pathways to improve customer outcomes and drive innovation.
You will contribute to high-impact customer and partner projects across APAC, helping shape the future of Janes technical estate - including our graph knowledgebase, intelligence products, and supporting infrastructure. Your work will have a direct impact on national security and defence capability.
How you will contribute at Janes:
- System Integration: Support the integration of Janes data and models into customer systems of record, ensuring seamless functionality and operational relevance.
- Product Delivery: Assist in the development and delivery of Janes Interconnected Intelligence products, capturing and aligning where possible with standards and technical expectations.
- Customer Advisory: Provide remote and on-site technical advisory services to customers, offering guidance on data attributes, integration strategies, and system optimization.
- Ontology & Model Development: Advise on the evolution of Janes data models and ontologies to ensure compatibility and seamless integration with customer ecosystems.
- Gap Analysis: Identify and prioritize unmet data requirements critical to customer adoption and mission success.
- Strategic Expansion: Explore adjacent content and data domains for potential expansion - either organically or via acquisition - to deepen Janes relevance and support for customer missions.
- Market Intelligence: Monitor and report on partner and competitor activity within customer to identify opportunities for collaboration, expansion, or risk mitigation.
- Presales & Bids: Support technical presales engagements, bid responses, and proposal submissions with subject matter expertise and solution design input.
Essential Skills & Experience
Domain Expertise:
- Proven experience in data integration, system interoperability, and technical advisory roles - ideally within defense and intelligence sectors.
- Strong understanding of data models, ontologies, and standards relevant military customers.
- Experience working with national security and defense organizations.
Technical Proficiency:
- Proficient in Python, including SDKs, APIs, and data engineering best practices.
- Solid understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
- Experience with graph databases (e.g., Neo4j, ArangoDB, GraphDB).
- Familiarity with at least two of the following technologies: ArcGIS, Palantir, RDBMS, Graph Databases.
Education & Communication:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience.
- Excellent presentation and communication skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Comfortable working in small, agile, and globally distributed teams.
- Knowledge of the Intelligence cycle and ability to understand operational requirements and priorities.
Mindset & Approach:
- Strategic thinker with a passion for solving complex technical challenges.
- Innovative, dynamic, and creative approach to problem-solving.
- Willingness to learn, grow, and adapt in a fast-paced environment.
Desirable Skills & Experience
Front-End & Web Technologies:
- Experience with JavaScript libraries (e.g., React) or frameworks (e.g., Vue).
- Familiarity with geospatial JavaScript libraries such as ArcGIS Maps SDK, OpenLayers, Leaflet, and Cesium.
Back-End & Infrastructure:
- Experience with Docker, Elasticsearch, or Palantir.
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and services, particularly AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, etc.).
- Background in backend or frontend architecture and development.
Geospatial & Intelligence Tools:
- Experience with Python modules such as ArcPy and ArcGIS API for Python.
- Relevant experience using Esri technology and the full ArcGIS Enterprise suite, including ArcGIS Knowledge.
Security & Clearance:
- Active security clearance is a strong advantage.
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
Life at Janes
We believe Janes is truly a great place to work. Our values and leadership code drive everything we do, and we understand that the right behaviours and culture will always result in the best outcomes for our customers, our colleagues, our shareholders, and our business. We provide a supportive, stretching, and dynamic environment with the ability for you to grow rapidly, both personally and professionally.
Janes is an inclusive and equal opportunities employer and encourages applications regardless of age, race, disability, religion / belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, or gender.
Although this role is advertised as full time, Janes believed that flexibility at work can provide many significant benefits both to our colleagues and the business. We already work in a hybrid style across all offices and regions and can support different ways of working and offer different flexible working arrangements. So, if you are interested and have any requirements or needs in the way you would like to work, please apply, and speak to us about this. We will always consider part time or flexible applications
Ready to apply?
Apply to Janes
Janes empowers military, government, and defence leaders to act with confidence in an increasingly complex world. Our trusted defence, security, and geopolitical information delivered through seamless digital platforms and system integrations—turns overwhelming data into clear, actionable intelligence and insight. By filling critical information gaps, Janes helps customers analyse threats, accelerate decisions, and stay ahead of emerging challenges.
Job purpose:
The Solution Team Lead, APAC is a critical role within the Global Solutions team, responsible for leading a team of Solutions Engineers in a strategically important region for Janes. This is a hands-on technical leadership position, combining people management with direct involvement in complex customer integrations and solution delivery.
Working within the Global Product Solutions team, you will be accountable for enabling the integration and optimisation of Janes’ interconnected intelligence capabilities across the APAC customer base. This includes managing and developing a high-performing engineering team, while also contributing personally to priority customer engagements where deep technical expertise and architectural judgement are required.
The role underpins Janes’ growth across the Asia-Pacific region. You will manage and work alongside the APAC Solutions team supporting mission-critical customer operations, embedding Janes data into customer environments, enabling interoperability with third-party and customer datasets, and aligning delivered solutions with customers’ AI, intelligence, and data strategies. You will play a key role in shaping how Janes data is deployed and consumed within complex, operational systems.
In addition, you will contribute to the definition and documentation of data standards, technical specifications, and integration pathways. This work will help improve customer outcomes, ensure consistency and scalability across deployments, and drive technical innovation within Janes’ solutions ecosystem.
You will contribute to high-impact customer and partner projects across the Asia-Pacific region, helping to shape the evolution of Janes’ technical estate—including our graph knowledgebase, intelligence products, and supporting infrastructure. Your work will have a direct and meaningful impact on national security and defence capability, both through the success of customer missions and the continued growth of Janes in the region.
How you will contribute at Janes:
- Team Leadership & Management
- Lead the day-to-day operation of the APAC Solutions Engineering team, setting clear priorities, providing technical coaching and mentoring, managing performance, and building capability and capacity in line with regional and global objectives.
- System Integration
- Lead and contribute to the integration of Janes data and models into customer systems of record, ensuring solutions are robust, operationally relevant, and aligned with customer architectures.
- Product Delivery
- Support the development and delivery of Janes Interconnected Intelligence products, ensuring implementations align with defined standards, technical expectations, and customer use cases.
- Customer Advisory
- Provide hands-on technical advisory support to customers, both remotely and on-site, offering guidance on data structures, integration approaches, and system optimisation.
- Gap Analysis
- Identify, assess, and prioritise unmet data and integration requirements that are critical to customer adoption and mission success.
- Strategic Expansion
- Contribute to the identification of adjacent content and data domains for potential expansion—organically or through acquisition—to increase Janes’ relevance to customer missions.
- Market Intelligence
- Monitor partner and competitor activity within customer environments, providing insight to inform collaboration opportunities, growth strategies, and risk mitigation.
- Presales & Bids
- Support technical presales engagements, bids, and proposals, contributing solution design, integration approaches, and subject-matter expertise.
The ideal skills and experience for this role are:
- People Leadership & Delivery Management
- Demonstrated experience leading technical teams, with clear accountability for delivery, performance management, coaching, and capability development.
- Proven ability to operate as a player-coach, balancing hands-on technical contribution with effective team leadership.
- Experience planning and prioritising work, managing competing demands, and ensuring consistent delivery across customer engagements.
- Confident handling escalations, providing technical direction, and representing the team with senior internal and customer stakeholders.
- Domain Expertise
- Strong experience in data integration, system interoperability, and technical advisory roles, ideally within defence, intelligence, or national security contexts.
- Deep understanding of data models, ontologies, and standards relevant to military and intelligence customers.
- Experience working directly with government, defence, or intelligence organisations, with an appreciation of operational constraints and mission priorities.
- Technical Proficiency
- Strong practical experience with Python, including APIs, SDKs, and data engineering workflows.
- Solid understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and production-grade solution delivery.
- Hands-on experience with graph database technologies (e.g. Neo4j, ArangoDB, GraphDB).
- Working knowledge of at least two of the following: ArcGIS, Palantir, relational databases (RDBMS), or graph-based platforms.
- Education & Communication
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent practical experience.
- Clear and confident communicator, able to translate complex technical concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Comfortable operating within small, agile, and globally distributed teams.
- Understanding of the intelligence cycle and the ability to align technical solutions to operational requirements.
- Mindset & Professional Approach
- Delivery-focused technical leader with a pragmatic approach to solving complex customer and integration challenges.
- Able to think strategically while remaining accountable for hands-on execution and team outcomes.
- Collaborative and commercially aware, with a strong focus on customer success and team effectiveness.
- Resilient and adaptable, capable of leading teams through ambiguity, change, and high-priority delivery demands.
Desirable Skills & Experience:
- Front-End & Web Technologies:
- Experience with JavaScript libraries (e.g., React) or frameworks (e.g., Vue).
- Familiarity with geospatial JavaScript libraries such as ArcGIS Maps SDK, OpenLayers, Leaflet, and Cesium.
- Back-End & Infrastructure:
- Experience with Docker, Elasticsearch, or Palantir.
- Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and services, particularly AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, etc.).
- Background in backend or frontend architecture and development.
- Geospatial & Intelligence Tools:
- Experience with Python modules such as ArcPy and ArcGIS API for Python.
- Relevant experience using Esri technology and the full ArcGIS Enterprise suite, including ArcGIS Knowledge.
- Security & Clearance:
- Active security clearance is a strong advantage.
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
Life at Janes
We believe Janes is truly a great place to work. Our values and leadership code drive everything we do, and we understand that the right behaviours and culture will always result in the best outcomes for our customers, our colleagues, our shareholders, and our business. We provide a supportive, stretching, and dynamic environment with the ability for you to grow rapidly, both personally and professionally.
Janes is an inclusive and equal opportunities employer and encourages applications regardless of age, race, disability, religion / belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, or gender.
Although this role is advertised as full time, Janes believed that flexibility at work can provide many significant benefits both to our colleagues and the business. We already work in a hybrid style across all offices and regions and can support different ways of working and offer different flexible working arrangements. So, if you are interested and have any requirements or needs in the way you would like to work, please apply, and speak to us about this. We will always consider part time or flexible applications
Ready to apply?
Apply to Janes
Janes Introduction:
Janes empowers military, government, and defence leaders to act with confidence in an increasingly complex world. Our trusted defence, security, and geopolitical information delivered through seamless digital platforms and system integrations turns overwhelming data into clear, actionable intelligence and insight. By filling critical information gaps, Janes helps customers analyse threats, accelerate decisions, and stay ahead of emerging challenges.
Job purpose:
Janes is seeking an India/Bangalore‑based Senior Analyst with broad exposure to Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) systems to join our team. This role is suited to an inquisitive, adaptable analyst who is comfortable working across multiple C4ISR domains.
How you will contribute at Janes:
In this role, you will support Janes global intelligence products by delivering accurate, current, and well‑structured analysis across the full C4ISR spectrum. Your responsibilities will include:
- Providing analytical coverage across C4ISR domains, including communications systems, radars, electro‑optic/infrared (EO/IR) sensors, sonars, and command‑and‑control architectures.
- Conducting primary research and analysis.
- Maintaining the currency, accuracy, and consistency of Janes C4ISR datasets and records for global customers.
- Producing written outputs such as analysis pieces, news, and background research, as well as contributing to webinars through research, content development, and delivery.
- Reviewing and updating system imagery and visual references to ensure alignment with current configurations and capabilities.
- Working closely with analysts in India and the UK, as well as Janes news team, to ensure coherent and timely coverage across regions and domains.
The ideal skills and experience for this role are:
We are looking for candidates with strong analytical fundamentals and intellectual curiosity. The ideal candidate will have:
- Broad familiarity with military C4ISR systems, with the ability to understand how different sensors, networks, and command elements interact.
- A strong interest in defence and military technology, with a willingness to research unfamiliar systems or concepts.
- An inquisitive mindset, including the ability to question sources, identify gaps, and synthesise information across domains.
- Excellent written and spoken English, with the ability to clearly explain technical information to a non‑specialist audience.
- Comfort working with structured specifications, databases, and data‑rich environments.
- Strong organisation and time‑management skills, with the ability to handle multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast‑paced setting.
A demonstrated interest in the defence domain is essential. While prior experience with C4ISR systems is important, training will be provided in Janes research methods, tools, and editorial standards to support your development in the role.
Benefits:
India
- 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
Life at Janes
We believe Janes is truly a great place to work. Our values and leadership code drive everything we do, and we understand that the right behaviours and culture will always result in the best outcomes for our customers, our colleagues, our shareholders, and our business. We provide a supportive, stretching, and dynamic environment with the ability for you to grow rapidly, both personally and professionally.
Janes is an inclusive and equal opportunities employer and encourages applications regardless of age, race, disability, religion / belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, or gender.
Although this role is advertised as full time, Janes believed that flexibility at work can provide many significant benefits both to our colleagues and the business. We already work in a hybrid style across all offices and regions and can support different ways of working and offer different flexible working arrangements. So, if you are interested and have any requirements or needs in the way you would like to work, please apply, and speak to us about this. We will always consider part time or flexible applications
Ready to apply?
Apply to Janes
Janes Introduction:
Janes empowers military, government, and defence leaders to act with confidence in an increasingly complex world. Our trusted defence, security, and geopolitical information delivered through seamless digital platforms and system integrations—turns overwhelming data into clear, actionable intelligence and insight. By filling critical information gaps, Janes helps customers analyse threats, accelerate decisions, and stay ahead of emerging challenges.
Job purpose:
Janes is seeking a research analyst for land warfare platforms to research and update equipment profiles, explaining how these platforms and weapons operate, by detailing major components, integrated systems, and provide specifications data for these platforms.
The successful candidate will work closely with other data analysts and take ownership of our systems-level coverage, building relationships with manufacturers and operators enabling them to write clear, comprehensive and current records for our global readership.
How you will contribute at Janes:
- Researching in-service and developmental land warfare platforms from around the world.
- Writing new description and development profiles of a certain category of land equipment – AFVs, artillery or logistic vehicles.
- Staying abreast of news developments in the land warfare platforms field and updating profiles of in-service systems.
- Checking and validating our content to ensure compliance with Janes sourcing standards.
- Sourcing and building Janes image library of land warfare platforms.
- Building your network of contacts and proactively connecting with defence industry and military personnel.
- Working with the wider subject-focused teams in the Janes Equipment Intelligence Team, as well as Inventories and ORBATs specialist analysts.
The ideal skills and experience for this role are:
- A strong team player with a demonstrable interest in military land equipment, including an interest in C4 systems and armament.
- Proven ability to conduct primary research, analysis, and critical thinking, with excellent written and spoken English.
- We will provide training in Janes Tradecraft and Open-Source Intelligence skills, but the successful candidate will be able to show a base knowledge and understanding of land warfare platforms.
- Aptitude to build networks and conduct interviews via telephone, video, email and other communication channels.
- Curiosity to find answers and an ability to interpret technical documents and secondary sources, analyse large volumes of data, and review imagery.
India
- 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
Life at Janes
We believe Janes is truly a great place to work. Our values and leadership code drive everything we do, and we understand that the right behaviours and culture will always result in the best outcomes for our customers, our colleagues, our shareholders, and our business. We provide a supportive, stretching, and dynamic environment with the ability for you to grow rapidly, both personally and professionally.
Janes is an inclusive and equal opportunities employer and encourages applications regardless of age, race, disability, religion / belief, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity, or gender.
Although this role is advertised as full time, Janes believed that flexibility at work can provide many significant benefits both to our colleagues and the business. We already work in a hybrid style across all offices and regions and can support different ways of working and offer different flexible working arrangements. So, if you are interested and have any requirements or needs in the way you would like to work, please apply, and speak to us about this. We will always consider part time or flexible applications
Ready to apply?
Apply to Janes
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