Targeting Officer II/III

iNovex; McLean (VA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking skilled Targeting Officers to support vital government missions. This role involves analyzing data, conducting research, and delivering critical intelligence to enhance national security efforts. Ideal candidates will possess strong analytical and writing skills, along with experience in intelligence operations. Join a dedicated team that values your expertise and contributes to impactful missions at home and abroad. If you are ready to take on a challenging yet rewarding position, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 3-12 years of experience in intelligence operations or analysis.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and facilitate disruption of threat networks.
• Conduct research and provide actionable intelligence.
• Deliver clear briefings and collaborate with teams.

Skills

Analytical Skills

Briefing Skills

Research Skills

Writing Skills

Team Collaboration

Data Analysis

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Customer Databases

Intelligence Tools

Job description

We seek talented individuals with expertise in specific areas to support a key government customer. This program will maximize the effectiveness and efficiency of our country's most critical missions at home and abroad. If you are ready to support a high-performing team that makes a difference, join us!

Job Description:

We are looking for Targeting Officers II and III to join our intelligence program supporting a key government customer in Northern Virginia. These individuals must have customer experience and understand how to research, write, and analyze data using the client's proprietary targeting tools and databases. The ideal candidate must be familiar with customer writing styles and government classified databases, including specific targeting tools, sources, and methods. Vital briefing and writing skills and the ability to work well with a team or individually with minimal supervision are necessary.

This requisition represents multiple openings—The position level is contingent on applicant-specific qualifications and experience. After multiple assessments, applicants will be evaluated and placed in a level from 1 to 5 based on their experience and customer feedback.

As a Targeting Officer/Analyst (Level 2), the individual shall possess the following capabilities:

• Identify, analyze, and facilitate the penetration and disruption of international organizations and threat networks.
• Create, read, and process all-source intelligence, including the ability to conduct research, analysis, and reports from all disciplines (HUMINT, SIGINT, and technical data).
• Develop and maintain expertise in the customer’s functional missions, including transnational and geographic areas of interest.
• Focus, find, or expand leads to reveal additional information for pursuit.
• Use customer collection platforms to identify and reduce intelligence gaps in the pursuit of tactics and operations.
• Guide multi-organizational teams and coordinate closely with multiple mission partners in an all-source collection and analysis construct.
• Assimilate vast amounts of data and provide time-critical direction, often under pressure.
• Conduct complex, worldwide operations to develop actionable intelligence against high priority threats to US national security that may be transnational in origin.
• Possess writing skills in customer writing style.

As a Targeting Officer/Analyst (Level 3), the individual shall possess the following capabilities:

• Identify, analyze, and facilitate the penetration and disruption of international organizations and threat networks.
• Create, read, and process all-source intelligence, including the ability to conduct research, analysis, and reports from all disciplines (HUMINT, SIGINT, and technical data).
• Develop and maintain expertise in the customer’s functional missions, including transnational and geographic areas of interest.
• Focus, find, or expand leads to reveal additional information for pursuit.
• Use customer collection platforms to identify and reduce intelligence gaps in the pursuit of tactics and operations.
• Guide multi-organizational teams and coordinate closely with multiple mission partners in an all-source collection and analysis construct.
• Assimilate vast amounts of data and provide time-critical direction, often under pressure.
• Conduct complex, worldwide operations to develop actionable intelligence against high priority threats to US national security that may be transnational in origin.
• Possess excellent writing skills in customer writing style.

Required Qualifications per LCAT Level:

• TO Level II
  • 3-7 years of Tradecraft-Relevant work experience and a bachelor’s degree or have five (5) additional years of Program-related work experience in lieu of a college degree.
  • Ability to confidently deliver clear and concise briefings.
• TO Level III
  • 7-12 years of Tradecraft-Relevant work experience and a bachelor’s degree or have five (5) additional years of Program-related work experience in lieu of a college degree.
  • Ability to confidently deliver clear and concise briefings.
  • Customer-relevant cable-writing and tools/database experience.
  • Demonstrated experience with the DoD, USG, and USMIL performing work similar in scope to the contract.

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience in Intelligence Operations / Analysis / Support to Field Operations.
• Experience identifying targeting leads through the exploitation of all-source databases.
• Experience using customer databases to monitor field traffic and communicate with field offices.
• Formal training or certification as a Target Officer.
• Overseas experience supporting collection operations and information sharing.
• Foreign language(s) skill.
• At least one overseas tour (CONUS or OCONUS) or 2 years' TDY experience.

Position requires active Security Clearance with appropriate Polygraph.