Target Digital Network Analyst (TDNA) with TS/SCI CI Poly

Maania Consultancy Services LLC; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

We are seeking Target Digital Network Analysts (TDNAs) to support Intelligence Community missions across multiple locations. In this role, you will apply your SIGINT analysis expertise to support critical missions that contribute directly to national security objectives.

Key responsibilities include advanced data analysis, target profiling, and developing techniques to obtain additional information, while maintaining databases for targeting and analysis.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph required.
• Experience matched to years of experience and education level.
• Experience in target development, SNA, metadata and SIGINT analysis.

Responsibilities

• Perform advanced analysis of collected and open-source data to identify insights and leads.
• Maintain target continuity by profiling targets, activities, and networks.
• Develop techniques to obtain additional information on identified targets.
• Maintain databases supporting targeting, tasking, collection and analysis.
• Identify gaps and advise on new collection strategies.
• Apply pattern recognition and analysis of target communications and metadata.
• Collaborate with partners to align intelligence requirements and priorities.
• Develop hypotheses and evaluate analytical approaches across data sources.
• Contextualize findings to generate meaningful intelligence insights.
• Document findings and communicate techniques and tradecraft with stakeholders.

Skills

Target development

Social Network Analysis (SNA)

Metadata analysis

SIGINT analysis

Target/network analysis

Analytical tools & databases

Tools

Customer-specific analytical tools

Databases

Data sets

Job description

We are seeking Target Digital Network Analysts (TDNAs) to support Intelligence Community (IC) missions across multiple locations. In this role, you will apply your SIGINT analysis expertise to support critical missions that contribute directly to national security objectives.

Responsibilities

• Perform advanced analysis of collected and open-source data to identify actionable insights, intelligence, and leads.
• Maintain target continuity by profiling targets, their activities, communications, and associated networks.
• Develop and apply techniques to obtain additional information related to identified targets.
• Maintain and utilize appropriate databases supporting targeting, tasking, collection, and intelligence analysis.
• Identify intelligence and collection gaps and recommend ways to leverage existing collection or develop new collection strategies to address those gaps.
• Apply multiple analytical disciplines, including pattern recognition and analysis of target communications, network activity, metadata, and digital footprints.
• Collaborate with mission partners and team members to develop a shared understanding of intelligence requirements, mission priorities, and areas of expertise.
• Develop hypotheses, critically evaluate analytical approaches, and select appropriate techniques to query, merge, enrich, evaluate, and pivot across multiple data sources.
• Analyze and contextualize findings to generate meaningful intelligence insights.
• Document and communicate analytical findings, including newly developed techniques and tradecraft, with teammates, stakeholders, and intelligence consumers.

Requirements

• Active TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Labor category/level will be determined based on applicable years of experience and educational qualifications.
• Relevant experience should include aspects of Target developmentSocial Network Analysis (SNA)Metadata analysisSIGINT analysisTarget/network analysisExperience with customer-specific analytical tools, databases, and data sets