Senior Technical Targeter

SAIC • Sterling, VA

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About The Position

SAIC is hiring a Senior Technical Targeter to support a program in Sterling. The role uses a variety of tools, technologies, and analytical methodologies to support predominantly technical intelligence issues, including target analysis, link and relationship discovery and analysis, temporal analysis, and other quantitative methods. The selected candidate will describe collection requirements and targeting information to technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership.

The position requires a solid understanding of technical collections and experience creating targeting packages. The analyst must be able to work in high-pressure environments, manage large and small projects, think critically, communicate complex technical information clearly and accurately, collaborate with a team, and draft and disseminate written reports.

Requirements

• Must currently hold an active TS/SCI clearance and polygraph.
• Minimum of 14 years of targeting or other operations/intelligence experience.
• Experience building target packages.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; equivalent experience may be substituted for the degree.
• Experience presenting briefing materials, technical deep-dives, and step-by-step procedures to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Advanced experience using targeting and partner analytic tools.
• Experience with communications infrastructure.
• Ability to identify and assess entities, vulnerabilities, and technology trends to enable new collection operations.
• Ability to deliver clear and concise briefings to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Strong analytical, research, and investigative skills, combined with operational sense, personal initiative, and some technical expertise.
• Ability to work in an ambiguous, evolving digital environment both individually and as part of a collaborative team.
• Ability to communicate complex technical information accurately and clearly.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in intelligence operations, analysis, or support to field operations.
• Experience identifying targeting leads through 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.
• Knowledge of and experience with the fundamentals of intelligence operations and asset validation.

Responsibilities

• Use analytical methodologies to support technical issues, including target analysis, link and relationship discovery and analysis, temporal analysis, and other quantitative methods.
• Describe collection requirements and targeting information to technical and non-technical audiences and senior leadership.
• Create targeting packages.
• Present briefing materials, technical deep-dives, and step-by-step procedures to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Identify and assess entities, vulnerabilities, and technology trends that can enable new collection operations.
• Draft and disseminate written reports.
• Manage projects of varying sizes and work collaboratively in high-pressure, evolving digital environments.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior