Targeting Officer - Warrenton, VA

Leidos Inc; Warrenton (VA); On-site; USD 59,150 - 106,925; Full time

Job summary

Leidos in Warrenton, VA seeks a Targeting Officer to join the Beacon program, supporting national security missions with a current TS/SCI and Polygraph. You will screen, vet, and analyze nominations from US Government agencies, employing IC databases and analytic tradecraft to strengthen threat assessment.

The role emphasizes multitasking in a fast-paced, team-based environment, with opportunities across levels and locations in Chantilly/Warrenton as needed.

Qualifications

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance is required.
• Bachelor's degree and minimum years of relevant experience as listed.
• Proficiency with intelligence research and analysis.
• Ability to research, organize, and prioritize effectively.
• Strong written and editing skills; able to work in a high-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Screening and vetting individuals against IC databases.
• Using analytic tradecraft to evaluate, analyze, and integrate identity information.
• Utilizing call chain analysis to identify relationships, patterns, and warnings.
• Examining nomination information and reporting findings.
• Participating in QA/QC reviews of nominations.

Skills

Security clearance TS/SCI with Polylog

Analytical writing

Multitasking in fast-paced environment

Intelligence operations experience

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

IC databases

Call chain analysis tools

Job description

Description

Targeting Officer - Warrenton, VA

Are you fully cleared and looking for an opportunity to make an impact?

At Leidos, we deliver innovative solutions through the efforts of our diverse and talented people who are dedicated to our customers' success. We empower our teams, contribute to our communities, and operate sustainably. Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community. Our Mission, Vision, and Values guide the way we do business.

At Leidos, your most important work is ahead! You will enjoy great benefits such as paid time off (PTO), 401K, discounted stock purchase plans, career growth, parental paid leave and more! You'll be supported by some of the most respected leaders in the industry - leaders who are deeply committed to empowering their teams, supporting the customers' missions, and valuing the work they do every day.

If this sounds like the kind of environment where you can thrive, keep reading!

Leidos Intelligence Sector is excited to announce new positions on our Beacon program. This long-term program offers exceptional opportunities for skilled and dedicated intelligence professionals to continue making a critical impact on national security.

We are actively seeking Targeting Analysts at all levels (1 to 20+ years of experience) with a current TS/SCI and Polygraph to collaborate with a team of intelligence professionals in support of operations against priority targets.

This work occurs at client sites in Chantilly and Warrenton, VA with the strong possibility that all work may move to Warrenton in the future. Candidates should be prepared to support both locations.

In this role you will

receive, triage, review, and process information/nominations from diverse US Government agencies against Intelligence Community databases following established criteria, standards, and policies, and make recommendations regarding the nomination and process.

This will include:

• Screening and vetting individuals against IC databases.
• Using appropriate tools and analytic tradecraft to evaluate, analyze, and integrate relevant identity information.
• Utilizing call chain analysis process to determine relationships, patterns, trends, indicators, and warnings to identify and report intelligence gaps.
• Examining information from nominations to export.
• Participating in nomination Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) reviews.

This posting is for multiple opportunities ranging in years of experience. Level of opportunity, including compensation, will be matched to a candidate's experience. The majority of the positions on this team are junior-to-mid level (Levels 1 - 3).

Required Security Clearance:

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph is required.

Required Experience, Skills, and Education:

• Active TS/SCI with Polygraph security clearance.
• Bachelor's degree and the specified minimum number of years relevant experience listed below, additional years of relevant experience may be substituted for the degree
  • Level 1 requires 1+ years of relevant experience, or 6 years of relevant experience without the degree
  • Level 2 requires 3+ years of relevant experience, or 8 years of relevant experience without the degree
  • Level 3 requires 7+ years of relevant experience, or 12 years of relevant experience without the degree
  • Level 4 requires 12+ years of relevant experience, or 17 years of relevant experience without the degree
  • Level 5 requires 20+ years of relevant experience
• Proficiency in manipulating various databases in support of the customer mission
• Experience related to intelligence research and analysis work is required
• Familiarity with the Intelligence Community and its objectives.
• Prior experience in supporting national security operations
• Demonstrated ability to research and analyze
• Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize effectively
• Attention to detail
• Demonstrated ability to problem solve
• Demonstrated ability to work on several tasks concurrently
• Strong analytic writing and editing skills
• Demonstrated ability to work in team environment successfully
• Demonstrated success in working in a high-paced, dynamic environment

Desired Experience, Skills, and Education:

• Prior experience with client-specific databases
• Prior experience with call chain analysis
• Prior experience with Intelligence Community name tracing

The posted salary range is based on Leidos job code architecture and does not reflect individual program/contract budgets. The program may have the ability to offer a higher salary for fully cleared candidates who meet the position's posted requirements.

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.

For U.S. Positions: While subject to change based on business needs, Leidos reasonably anticipates that this job requisition will remain open for at least 3 days with an anticipated close date of no earlier than 3 days after the original posting date as listed above.

Pay Range $59,150.00 - $106,925.00

The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and 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

Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available at www.leidos.com/careers/pay-benefits.

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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.