Targeting Officer

VT Group (VTG); McLean (VA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense contractor is looking for Targeting Officers to support complex intelligence operations in McLean, Virginia. Candidates will work with advanced tools and collaborate within a government-contractor team. Responsibilities include conducting technical research, analysis, and report drafting. Applicants should hold a Bachelor’s degree, possess TS/SCI with poly, and have 1-20 years of relevant experience. Strong analytical and communication skills are essential. This role offers a dynamic environment addressing high-profile intelligence issues.

Qualifications

• 1-20 years of relevant professional experience.
• TS/SCI with poly required.
• Ability to identify and assess entities and vulnerabilities.

Responsibilities

• Support cutting-edge intelligence operations using specialized tools.
• Conduct technical research and analysis.
• Draft and present reports to customer management.

Skills

Critical thinking

Communication of complex information

Analytic skills

Research skills

Investigative skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Overview VTG is seeking Targeting Officers to support our Client’s challenging operational requirements at multiple locations in the Washington Metropolitan Area.

What will you do?

Successful candidates will support cutting-edge intelligence operations using specialized, state-of-the-art tools and technologies while working in an integrated government-contractor team. Responsibilities include technical research using customer tools, technical analysis, report writing, operational concept development, stakeholder engagement and the presentation of reports to all levels of customer management. This work is increasingly complex and highly dynamic. It affords the successful candidate considerable opportunity to address high-profile intelligence issues and apply the full-range of analytic tradecraft to sophisticated and challenging worldwide missions. Targeting Officers must be able to think critically and communicate highly complex technical information accurately and clearly while also working collaboratively in a team environment. Candidates should be comfortable with drafting and disseminating written reports and requests for information.

Do you have what it takes?

• Bachelor’s degree and 1-20 years of relevant professional experience
• TS/SCI with poly
• Ability to identify and assess the right entities and the right vulnerabilities and technology trends to enable new collection operations
• Ability to confidently deliver clear and concise briefings
• Strong analytic, research, and investigative skills combined with ops sense, personal initiative, and some technical expertise

Desired Qualifications

• Experience in Intelligence Operations / Analysis / Support to Field Operations
• Experience identifying targeting leads through the exploitation of all-source databases and specialized tools
• Experience using customer databases to monitor field traffic and communicate with field offices
• Formal training or certification as a Targeter
• Overseas experience supporting collection operations and information sharing