Mid Counterterrorism Research Analysis Support (Targeting Analyst)

Prescient Edge; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 108,000; Full time

Job summary

Prescient Edge in Fort Meade, MD, is seeking a Mid-level Counterterrorism Research Analysis Support (Targeting Analyst) to ingest and analyze incoming reports from the U.S. Intelligence Community, support JTTF investigations, and provide senior leaders with actionable threat insights.

The role requires coordinating with IC and law enforcement, performing data queries across unclassified and classified sources, and delivering briefings and finished analytical products.

Qualifications

• Must have experience with office productivity software and a wide range of analyst tools, databases, and knowledge management solutions.

Responsibilities

• Shall provide analysis of incoming reporting and referrals from across the U.S. Intelligence Community and from CI investigative, operational, collection, and targeting results.
• Shall evaluate multiple analytical efforts underway that are related to major and ongoing national security investigations for redundancy and provide written reports to Government Team/Branch/Division Chiefs.
• Shall identify and disseminate FIE modus operandi by conducting in depth reviews of historical CONUS-based CT investigations and provide periodic analytical updates on major investigations currently underway.
• shall conduct extensive and in-depth liaison with counterintelligence analytical organizations across ACIC and the Intelligence Community at large to understand investigations in a broader national context and utilize a wide variety of unclassified and classified internal and external databases and resources to conduct data queries and provide written reports to Agents assigned to the JTTF program.
• Shall conduct exchanges with internal and external agency representatives and analysts.
• Shall conduct financial analysis in support of CT investigations.
• Shall conduct link chart analysis in support of CT investigations.

Skills

Office software

Analyst tools

Education

High School Diploma

Associate's degree

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Job description

Description

Mid. Counterterrorism Research Analysis Support (Targeting Analyst)

Benefits & Compensation:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule.
• Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.
• Salary range: $90,000 - $108,000. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills and the abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Description

Mid. Counterterrorism Research Analysis Support (Targeting Analyst)

Benefits & Compensation:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities.
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage.
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule.
• Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking.
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.
• Salary range: $90,000 - $108,000. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills and the abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Description:

• Shall provide analysis of incoming reporting and referrals from across the U.S. Intelligence Community and from CI investigative, operational, collection, and targeting results. Analysis shall provide data for the JTTF to effectively scope potential leads and to determine the appropriate CI response, be it an investigation or other CI mission. Additionally, the analysis shall enable JTTF to maintain oversight on highly sensitive national security investigations and provide senior Army leaders, investigative managers, and field agents with appropriate perspective on threats to the U.S. Army for use in their decision making.
• Shall evaluate multiple analytical efforts underway that are related to major and ongoing national security investigations for redundancy and provide written reports to Government Team/Branch/Division Chiefs.
• Shall identify and disseminate FIE modus operandi by conducting in depth reviews of historical CONUS-based CT investigations and provide periodic analytical updates on major investigations currently underway.
• shall conduct extensive and in-depth liaison with counterintelligence analytical organizations across ACIC and the Intelligence Community at large in order to understand investigations in a broader national context and utilize a wide variety of unclassified and classified internal and external databases and resources to conduct data queries and provide written reports to Agents assigned to the JTTF program.
• Shall conduct exchanges with internal and external agency representatives and analysts.
• Shall conduct financial analysis in support of CT investigations.
• Shall conduct link chart analysis in support of CT investigations.
• Shall support the JTTF Program which provides analytical support service to ongoing operations and investigations in the field serviced across 16 JTTFs in CONUS where ACIC has agents staffed to provide Army support to the FBI’s JTTF Program supporting the full spectrum of CT investigations, operations, and collection missions.
• Shall research emerging analytical related methodologies, tradecraft, tools, and procedures used by FIE and FTO against U.S. Army equities and develop information papers for leadership.
• Shall provide comprehensive knowledge in all aspects involving sensitive investigations and operations involving networks, computers, and digital media. The Contractor shall mentor and support inspections of subordinate units in the appropriate methods to collect, store, and process all sources of analysis.
• Shall provide support as to how analytical applications can be used to facilitate national security crimes such as espionage or terrorism.
• Shall use oral and written communication skills in order to conduct briefings and discussions with internal and external senior leadership and to author memoranda and finished analytical products. The Contractor shall compile and disseminate metrics capturing cyber-CI activities in support of investigations, collections, and operations.
• Shall exercise knowledge of key U.S. Intelligence and Law Enforcement community resources to identify and obtain relevant information and effect any necessary coordination for a CT-related investigation.

Requirements

Required experiences

• Must have experience with office productivity software and a wide range of analyst tools, databases, and knowledge management solutions.

Required Education:

• High School Diploma- 12 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Associate’s degree- 10 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Bachelor’s Degree- 8 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Master’s Degree- 6 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.

Security Clearance:

• Security clearance required TS/SCI with CI POLY or the ability to obtain CI POLY.

Location:

• Fort Meade, MD.