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# Senior Defence Intelligence Analyst (China & Taiwan) at Janes

- **Company:** Janes
- **Location:** Bengaluru, India
- **Posted:** 2026-09-01
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-14
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io/janes/jobs/4956929101?gh_jid=4956929101

## Job description

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 with responsibility for China and Taiwan. 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 armed forces of China and Taiwan.
- 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 covering the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and Taiwan Armed Forces.
- 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.
- Exploit a wide range of Chinese, Taiwanese and international open sources, including official government publications, military media, defence industry reporting, academic literature, satellite imagery and social media.
- Translate, interpret and contextualise Mandarin-language reporting and military documentation.
- 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:

- Experience conducting OSINT research in defence, security, geopolitical or intelligence-related environments.
- Strong understanding of military organisation, force structure, military equipment and defence terminology.
- Demonstrated ability to synthesise large volumes of information into clear, evidence-based analytical assessments.
- Professional proficiency in Mandarin Chinese (reading required; speaking preferred).
- 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 Chinese or Taiwanese 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:

- Exceptional research and analytical skills.
- Strong 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

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

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Defence & national security intelligence, aerospace, transportation, open-source intelligence (OSINT)
- **Target customers**: Government defence ministries, military organisations, intelligence agencies, aerospace & defence contractors, security analysts
- **Mission**: To improve defence and national security through validated intelligence

## Products & Services
- **Janes Intelligence Platform**: A technology platform delivering validated, contextual intelligence to assess threats, accelerate decisions, and anticipate change. Includes data feeds, analytics, and mission workflow tools.
- **Janes Defence News & Periodicals**: Renowned publications such as *Jane's Defence Weekly*, *Jane's Intelligence Review*, *Jane's International Defence Review*, and *Jane's Navy International*.
- **Reference Books & Databases**: Annual authoritative references including *Jane's Fighting Ships*, *Jane's All the World's Aircraft*, *Jane's World Air Forces*, *Jane's World Navies*, *Jane's World Railways*, and *Jane's Military Communications*.
- **Forecasts & Budgets**: Market forecasting and budget analysis for defence programmes.
- **RWR Advisory Group (acquired 2022)**: Adds Washington, D.C.-based expertise in defence and security advisory.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Not publicly available; notable recent contract: £17.5 million enterprise agreement with UK Ministry of Defence [janes.com](https://www.janes.com/company/careers-with-janes)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Owned by Montagu Private Equity (since 2019). Key partners include UK MoD, Seerist (strategic partnership announced May 2026).
- **Growth Signals**: Appointment of Randy Nixon as U.S. President (2026); strategic partnership with Seerist to revolutionise real-time military intelligence; SBTi-validated emissions reduction targets; global team across 16 countries.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Heritage & Trust**: Over 125 years of authority in defence intelligence; the de facto public source for military systems information.
- **Validated Open-Source Intelligence**: Combines expert tradecraft with advanced technology to deliver curated, contextualised data.
- **Global Reach & Domain Expertise**: Analysts and subject-matter experts worldwide, covering air, land, sea, space, and cybersecurity.
- **Government Relationships**: Long-standing contracts with major defence ministries (e.g., UK MoD, U.S. DoD).

## Strategic Focus
- **Technology Integration**: Accelerating digital transformation of intelligence platforms to support mission-critical workflows.
- **U.S. Expansion**: Strengthening presence in the American defence market under new U.S. President.
- **Partnership Ecosystem**: Collaborating with complementary intelligence and technology providers (e.g., Seerist) to enhance real-time capabilities.
- **Sustainability**: Committed to reducing scope 1 & 2 emissions by 42% by 2030 (SBTi validated) and measuring scope 3.

## Why Work Here
- **Purpose-Driven Mission**: Employees contribute directly to global defence and national security through validated intelligence.
- **Global & Inclusive Culture**: Diverse team across 16 countries; commitment to bias-free hiring, wellbeing, and inclusion forums (“Our Story”).
- **Hybrid & Flexible Work**: Roles available as hybrid, remote, or onsite across offices in Croydon, Bengaluru, Arlington (VA), and the Netherlands.
- **Growth & Development**: Internal mentoring programme, cross-team initiatives, and a culture where colleagues are encouraged to “be your own CEO.”
- **Values-Led Environment**: Core values – *The Customer is Our Compass*, *We Win Together*, *Engage Fearlessly*, *Results Matter*, *Give Joy* – guide everyday behaviour.
- **Environmental Commitment**: SBTi-validated climate targets and an active Janes Engagement Team (JET) shaping the people agenda.

## Sources
1. [janes.com – Careers with Janes](https://www.janes.com/company/careers-with-janes)
2. [janes.com – Company](https://www.janes.com/company)
3. [janes.com – Life at Janes](https://www.janes.com/company/life-at-janes)
4. [janes.com – Jobs](https://www.janes.com/company/careers-with-janes/jobs)
5. [wikipedia.org – Janes Information Services](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janes_Information_Services)

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