Senior Technical Targeter

SAIC • Sterling, VA

18h • Onsite

About The Position

SAIC is hiring a Senior Technical Targeter to support an intelligence program in Sterling, Virginia. The role requires a background in multiple tools and technologies and experience supporting tactical, operational, and strategic intelligence. The selected candidate will use analytical methodologies to address primarily technical issues, including target analysis, link and relationship discovery, temporal analysis, and other quantitative methods. They will describe collection requirements and targeting information to technical and non-technical audiences, including senior leadership; support technical collections; and create targeting packages. The position involves working in high-pressure, ambiguous, and evolving digital environments, managing projects of different sizes, collaborating with a team, and communicating complex technical information accurately and clearly. Candidates must also be comfortable drafting and disseminating written reports.

Requirements

• Must currently hold an active TS/SCI clearance with polygraph.
• At least 14 years of targeting or other operations/intelligence experience.
• Target-package building experience.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience; 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 analytic, research, and investigative skills, combined with operational sense, personal initiative, and some technical expertise.
• Ability to work in an ambiguous, evolving digital environment, both independently and as part of a collaborative team.
• Comfort drafting and disseminating written reports.

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.
• Support technical collections and 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 to enable new collection operations.
• Draft and disseminate written reports.
• Manage large and small projects in high-pressure environments.
• Work independently and collaboratively in an ambiguous, evolving digital environment.

What This Job Offers

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