ES/SIGINT Targeting Analyst

NextGen is seeking motivated, career and customer-oriented technical staff to join our team! This new and exciting program provides research and development (R&D) services for complex system of systems architectures operating across multiple operational theatres. We will develop and implement data centric capabilities to fill urgent needs and support end-user operational requirements and provide R&D services including software engineering activities, software engineering support, and technology modernization and insertion. This will enable our customer to provide effective intelligence command and control tools.

Location: Position is a hybrid remote / onsite role. Onsite work requirements can be performed at any of the following locations: Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland; Fort Meade, Maryland; Fort Belvoir, Virginia; Washington, DC

Responsibilities

• Design and execute Electromagnetic Spectrum (ES) / Signal Intelligence (SIGINT) solutions in support of the Army’s prioritized intelligence targeting system
• Apply advanced technical SIGINT expertise to build state-of-the-art ES/SIGINT TCPED processes focused on rapid exploitation, timeliness, and geospatial targeting accuracy for a hyper-tempo, modern battlespace
• Apply knowledge of communication structures and SIGINT tools, data, services and analysis techniques to uncover targets and identify applicable collection systems leveraging AI and ML
• Provide In-depth analysis focused on the development of new exploitation capabilities against known and newly identified targets of interest
• Systematically acquire, validate, maintain, and scope ES/SIGINT data to uncover schemes and scenarios that will provide accurate correlations
• Learn, apply, and promulgate emerging technologies to process metadata and content for discovery purposes
  
  
  

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in relevant field
• 7 years of experience with ES/SIGINT. Years of experience may be accepted in lieu of education
• Graduate of a U.S. Military Service or National SIGINT training course: Intermediate Signals Analysis Course (451) or Advanced Intermediate Signals Analysis Course (452)
• Experience with exploitation of non-communication and communication signals
• Experience with ES/SIGINT tools and techniques
• Experience with geospatial information from COMINT meta-data, and/or ELINT
• Knowledge of space, airborne and terrestrial ES/SIGINT systems
• Knowledge of ES/SIGINT tasking, collection, processing, exploitation, analysis, and dissemination (reporting) processes
• Ability to execute CONUS and OCONUS travel
• TS/SCI clearance with polygraph is required
  
  
  

Desired Skills

• Experience working a ground station
• Experience with space-based ES/SIGINT systems
• Knowledge of Army airborne and terrestrial ES/SIGINT systems supporting targeting
• Experience with Army ES/SIGINT operations, including advanced signals analysis, SIGDEV, TechSIGINT, PROFORMA, and other SIGINT capabilities
• Knowledge of Multi-INT tipping & cueing techniques based on rules and models
• Knowledge of TNG and/or JCID 4.2 operations
• Knowledge of National Security Agency/Central Security Services SIGINT policies (USSIDs)
• Knowledge of Army Cryptologic Office (ACO)
  
  
  

About NextGen: NextGen Federal Systems is an innovative technology and professional services provider specializing in advanced software solutions and comprehensive mission and business support services. We work in close collaboration with our Customers to truly understand their business and mission goals. Our approach is to design, build, implement, and manage solutions that measurably improve our client’s organizational performance. We have established and foster a corporate culture where we: Treat employees with fairness and respect regardless of their position, sexual identity, race, or tenure; Communicate the importance of our mission and our employees’ contributions to it, ensuring they understand how their job role contributes to the greater good; Openly promote and communicate our ideas for change and adaptability; Strive to achieve results as an organization; Hold employees accountable to their commitments and provide incentives that encourage positive and productive behaviors; Value the talents and contributions of our employees as the key factor for our success; Create an environment where people can engage at all levels; Encourage people to take risks and allow them to make mistakes.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

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