Target Analyst Reporter - Level 3

Leidos; Odenton (MD); On-site; USD 108,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

11 paid Holidays

401K with company match

Flexible schedules

Discounted stock purchase plans

Technical upskilling

Education and training support

Parental paid leave

Job summary

Leidos is seeking a Target Analyst Reporter in Fort Meade, MD to research, analyze, and report intelligence. The role requires handling information from various collection methods and delivering timely products to government customers while maintaining awareness of needs and priorities.

The candidate will prepare synthesized intelligence, develop target databases, and ensure quality control of reporting for IC and DoD missions. Active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED plus 12 years of relevant experience, or an associate’s degree plus 10 years of relevant experience, a bachelor’s degree and 8 years of relevant experience, a master’s degree and 4 years of relevant experience.
• Security Clearance Requirement: active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance.
• Mission Focus: report information from passive and active collection, network evaluation and analysis, and related sources for government use.
• Technical Proficiency: prepare synthesized products and help develop databases to enhance target knowledge and collection.

Responsibilities

• Research, analyze, and report intelligence for customer missions.
• Prioritize, assess, evaluate, and report information from collection and other sources.
• Provide feedback to customers and relay developments, trends, and warnings.
• Perform pre-release quality control of intelligence products.

Skills

TS/SCI clearance

Polygraph

Analytical reporting

Target intelligence research

Education

High school diploma or GED

Associate’s degree

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Job description

Leidos has a new and exciting opportunity for a Target Analyst Reporter in our Intel Sector, Cyber & Analytics Business Area (CABA). Our talented team is at the forefront in Security Engineering, Computer Network Operations (CNO), Mission Software, Analytical Methods and Modeling, Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), and Cryptographic Key Management.

At Leidos, we offer competitive benefits, including Paid Time Off, 11 paid Holidays, 401K with a 6% company match and immediate vesting, Flexible Schedules, Discounted Stock Purchase Plans, Technical Upskilling, Education and Training Support, Parental Paid Leave, and much more.

Join us and make a difference in National Security!

Job Summary

Are you looking for interesting and meaningful ways to apply your knowledge and talents? Our corporate vision at Leidos is to be the global leader in the development and application of technology to solve our customers' most demanding challenges.

We’re looking for a Target Analyst Reporter-3 to join our team in Fort Meade, Maryland supporting development operations. The Target Analyst Reporter is responsible for researching, analyzing, and reporting intelligence. The candidate will prioritize, assess, evaluate, and report information obtained through collection, analysis, and other sources. Maintain awareness of internal and external customer needs.

Job Responsibilities/Qualifications

• Qualifications: High school diploma or GED plus 12 years of relevant experience, or an associate’s degree plus 10 years of relevant experience, a bachelor’s degree and 8 years of relevant experience, a master’s degree and 4 years of relevant experience. Demonstrated experience in an area directly related to the customer’s mission (e.g. collection, cyber and intelligence analysis) and/or a similar mission in the IC or DoD, and/or drafting/editing intelligence reports.
• Security Clearance Requirement: Candidates must possess an active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance to be considered for this role.
• Mission Focus: Report information obtained from passive and active collection, network evaluation and analysis, and from related collateral sources (for example IMINT, MASINT, HUMINT, open source, and others as needed) for use or decision by Government personnel. Share target-related information and provide feedback to customers as appropriate. Issue appropriate products, which relay developments, trends, indications, warnings, and/or situational awareness regarding specific targets, as well as countermeasures and courses of action, if applicable.
• Technical Proficiency: Prepare synthesized products for customers by researching, analyzing, and reporting intelligence via appropriate reporting vehicles, in response to Intelligence Community (IC) requirements and in accordance with customer missions of Signals Intelligence, Information Assurance, and Computer Network Operations. Help develop databases or working aids on target activity to enhance and build target knowledge and improve collection to execute the customer and IC partners' mission. Perform pre-release quality control functions.
• Desirable Skills: Collaborate with analytical counterparts across the U.S. Intelligence Community.

At Leidos, the opportunities are boundless. We challenge our staff with interesting assignments that allow them to thrive professionally and personally. For us, helping you grow your career is good business.

If you're looking for comfort, keep scrolling. At Leidos, we outthink, outbuild, and outpace the status quo - because the mission demands it. We're not hiring followers. We're recruiting the ones who disrupt, provoke, and refuse to fail. Step 10 is ancient history. We're already at step 30 - and moving faster than anyone else dares.

Pay Range

Pay Range $107,900.00 - $195,050.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law.

About Leidos

Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government and commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $16.7 billion for the fiscal year ended January 3, 2025. For more information, visit www.Leidos.com.

Pay and Benefits

• competitive compensation
• Health and Wellness programs
• Income Protection
• Paid Leave and Retirement

Original Posting

September 10, 2026

Commitment to Non-Discrimination

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, race, ethnicity, age, national origin, citizenship, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, pregnancy, family structure, marital status, ancestry, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Leidos will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with relevant laws.