Senior Targeting Officer - 24/7 Intelligence Operations Lead

Nightwing Technologies, LLC; Sterling (VA); On-site; USD 99,000 - 206,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Dental insurance

401k plan

PTO

Holidays

Job summary

Nightwing Technologies, LLC is seeking an experienced Senior Targeting Officer to guide and monitor collection operations against high-priority national security threats. Based in the Northern Virginia area, you will fuse multi-INT data, generate leads, and deliver time-critical recommendations to leadership in a fast-paced 24/7 operations center.

The role requires deep targeting experience, mature analytic judgment, and the ability to communicate complex information clearly to senior

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph, or ability to obtain and maintain required clearance and polygraph eligibility based on contract requirements.
• 8+ years of relevant professional experience, or equivalent combination of education, training, military, law enforcement, intelligence, or operational experience.
• 5+ years of experience in targeting, collection management, operational case management, all-source analysis, or related intelligence operations.
• Experience with targeting tools, databases, and all-source targeting methodologies.
• Working knowledge of multiple intelligence disciplines, including SIGINT, GEOINT, HUMINT, OSINT, and MASINT.
• Experience generating leads and developing actionable intelligence against strategic-level or national-level targets.
• Experience managing taskings and information flow across multiple organizations.
• Experience making complex analytic and operational judgments under time pressure in high-stress environments.
• Ability to work rotating shifts in a 24/7 operations center, including nights, weekends, and holidays.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, including the ability to deliver clear and concise briefings to senior leadership.
• High school diploma or GED.

Responsibilities

• Guide and monitor the execution of collection operations supporting defined intelligence requirements and high-priority targets.
• Research, analyze, and fuse complex multi-INT data sets to generate leads that advance dynamic overseas operations.
• Integrate collection results, intelligence reporting, and mission partner inputs into a cohesive targeting narrative.
• Identify information and collection gaps and take proactive steps to close them, including drafting and disseminating requests for information.
• Provide resource allocation recommendations that maximize collection effectiveness against assigned priorities.
• Manage taskings and maintain information flow across multiple organizations within operational decision timelines.
• Deliver time-critical recommendations to mission leadership and senior stakeholders, including well-reasoned dissenting perspectives when warranted.
• Brief senior leadership, analysts, and mission partners through scheduled briefings and ad hoc operational updates.
• Author concise written summaries, assessments, and targeting support products that capture salient all-source information.
• Apply knowledge of customer tradecraft and relevant legal and policy guidance to targeting decisions.
• Develop and maintain authority on assigned target sets, areas of responsibility, targeting methodologies, and operational tools.
• Mentor junior targeting officers and support team development, knowledge transfer, and operational readiness.
• Support domestic and international travel, exercises, or short-duration deployments as required.
• Perform other targeting or operational support duties as assigned.

Skills

Active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph

8+ years of relevant experience

5+ years targeting experience

Experience with targeting tools

Diverse intelligence disciplines (SIG/

Education

Bachelor's degree in intelligence studies/national security

Master's degree in related discipline

Tools

Targeting tools

All-source databases

Job description

Nightwing Technologies, LLC is seeking an experienced Senior Targeting Officer to guide and monitor collection operations against high-priority national security threats. Based in the Northern Virginia area, you will fuse multi-INT data, generate leads, and deliver time-critical recommendations to leadership in a fast-paced 24/7 operations center.

The role requires deep targeting experience, mature analytic judgment, and the ability to communicate complex information clearly to senior