SME CI Targeting Cell Support (Targeting Analyst)

Prescient Edge; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Healthcare benefits

Retirement plan

Career development

Positive work environment

Salary range: $110,000 - $150,000

Job summary

Prescient Edge in Hawaii seeks an SME CI Targeting Cell Support (Targeting Analyst) to support a federal government client at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI.

The role develops CI leads, creates target nominations, and delivers intelligence products to support planning and operations. Training on CI targeting methodologies will be provided, with collaboration across agencies and government personnel to enhance targeting effectiveness.

Qualifications

• Twelve years CI/HUMINT targeting experience or a bachelor’s plus foundational targeting courses.
• Experience with China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea.
• Experience using multiple intelligence disciplines in analytic support.
• Experience with joint/interagency operations is preferred.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a high-tempo team.

Responsibilities

• Develop CI leads based on requirements using open-source and classified sources.
• Develop targets and target systems for joint engagements.
• Create database records and equip target intelligence products.
• Produce analytic damage estimates and battle damage assessments.
• Conduct collateral damage estimation and target list management.
• Provide recommendations for target prioritization to support plans and operations.
• Prepare Target Nomination Packages and related deliverables for supported elements.
• Coordinate liaison with external agencies to foster information sharing.

Skills

CI/HUMINT targeting

Analytical thinking

Open-source research

Education

High School Diploma

Associate’s degree

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Tools

JCHATC

OHTC

HTTS

Job description

Prescient Edge is seeking a SME CI Targeting Cell Support (Targeting Analyst) to support a federal government client.

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: $110,000 - $150,000. 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 develop CI leads, based on the Command Operational Guidance or Region-derived requirements, through open-source and classified source research.
• Develops targets and target systems for joint lethal and / or non-lethal engagements.
• Develops target nominations, creates database records, and databases target intelligence products.
• Produces all source analytic damage estimates and battle damage assessments and assists with combat assessment requirements.
• Conducts collateral damage estimation, performs target list management, target strategy development, and provides joint target intelligence support to deliberate and dynamic target engagements.
• Provides recommendations for target prioritization to achieve commander objectives for plans and operations.
• Provides database nominations, creates and updates database and uploads TMs into databases.
• Provide the function-specific counterintelligence leads to supported element as a Target Nomination Package.
• Shall prepare and provide to the supported element Lead Tenders, Operational Support Packages, Program Profiles, and Target Development Packages as appropriate to highlight the operational potential where friendly and enemy elements intersect.
• Shall provide research, analysis and recommendations regarding liaison efforts with operational and support elements, external intelligence agencies, and external federal law enforcement elements to foster an environment of cooperation and sharing of information to better develop future products. HUMINT leads that are developed out of the CI leads shall be passed to the appropriate HUMINT elements for their consideration.
• Shall provide CI targeting methodologies training at the Fundamentals of Human Targeting Course (FHTC), up to 12 times a year, to 16 Government personnel per iteration. The contractor shall provide training on CI targeting methodologies to internal and external agencies up to 15 times per year with up to 50 Government personnel per iteration. This training shall assist the organizations on understanding how CI targeting works and the appropriate ways it will be employed.
• Shall develop CI High Value Individuals (HVIs), based on the ACIC priorities, through open-source and classified source research. The contractor shall provide specialized expertise in qualitative and quantitative analysis to provide an analytically derived, empirically supported, quantitative basis for decisions regarding targeting and other options to enhance the operational effectiveness of network attack efforts.
• Shall participate in production, indications and warning, targeting, imagery, network analysis, counterintelligence, information operations, foreign disclosure, international engagements and threat analysis. The contractor shall initiate and conduct research efforts; plan, coordinate, and synthesize research to produce all source intelligence products/responses.
• shall produce or provide support to the production of Lead Tenders, Operational Support Packages, Program Profiles, and Target Development Packages as appropriate to highlight the operational potential where friendly and enemy elements intersect.

Requirements

Required Experience

• Must have at least twelve years of experience as a CI/HUMINT targeting officer OR a bachelor’s degree and completion of a foundational targeting course including: Joint CI-HUMINT Analytical Targeting Course (JCHATC), Operational HUMINT Targeting Course (OHTC)/HUMINT Targeting Tradecraft Seminar (HTTS), or other Intelligence Community (IC) Targeting Officer certification.
• Must have a minimum of one year of relevant professional experience in one or more areas: China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea.
• Must have experience using multiple intelligence disciplines in the planning and execution of analytic support to counterintelligence activities.
• Experience supporting joint/interagency operations is preferred.
• Must be able to work independently and as a team member in a high-operational-tempo environment.

Required Education

• High School Diploma- 30 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Associate’s degree- 24 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Bachelor’s Degree- 22 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Master’s degree- 20 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

• Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, HI.