Senior Targeting Analyst with Security Clearance

Prescient Edge; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Prescient Edge seeks an experienced Targeting Analyst for the USSPACECOM Headquarters in Colorado Springs, CO. The role focuses on all-source analysis, target prioritization, and delivering analytic products to support commander objectives.

The candidate will develop daily target nomination packets, maintain MIDB records, and produce damage estimates for operations. A security clearance is required or the ability to obtain one.

Qualifications

• 12 years of experience related to the labor category, with recent work (last 2 years) preferred.
• Master’s degree in a related field or Bachelor’s with 5+ years of senior experience as substitute to Master’s.
• Successful completion of in-resident Joint Targeting course or Geospatial Imagery/Targeting Analyst course is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides recommendations for target prioritization to achieve commander objectives for plans and operations.
• Performs, documents, and tracks database nominations, creates database records, and uploads targeting materials into MIDB for interface with targeting tools.
• Develops daily target nomination packets and produces all-source analytic damage estimates and battle damage assessments.
• Conducts monthly collateral damage estimation and supports joint target intelligence for engagements.

Skills

Target prioritization

All-source analysis

Damage estimation

Education

Master's degree in related field

Bachelor's degree + 5 years senior experience

Tools

MIDB database

Joint Targeting Toolkit

Job description

Benefits: At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best-in-class benefits package that includes:

• 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 - $130,000. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills and the abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data. Security Clearance:
• Security clearance required TS/SCI with a CI POLY or the ability to obtain one. Job Requirements Description:
• Provides recommendations for target prioritization to achieve commander objectives for plans and operations.
• Performs, documents, and tracks database nominations, creates and updates the database, and upload targeting materials (TMs) into databases to include relevant space / counter-space data into the Modernized Integrated Data Base (MIDB) in a format that can interface with targeting processes and tools to include the Joint Targeting Toolkit (JTT) on a weekly basis.
• Develops daily target nomination packets, create database records, and database target intelligence products.
• Produce all-source analytic damage estimates and battle damage assessments and assist with combat assessment requirements.
• Conducts monthly collateral damage estimation, list management, and target strategy development and provide joint target intelligence support to deliberate and dynamic target engagements. Desired Experience:
• 12 years of experience related to the specific labor category with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years. Desired Education:
• Master’s degree in an area related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education; or have Bachelor’s degree related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and an additional 5 years of related senior experience, for a total of 17 years, as a substitute to the Master’s degree.
• Desired education/training: successful completion of in-resident Joint Targeting course, the Geospatial Imagery / Targeting Analyst course, or the Air Operation Center Course. Location:
• USSPACECOM Headquarters, Schriever Air Force Base (AFB), Colorado Springs, CO.