Mid Targeting Analyst

Job Title

Mid Targeting Analyst

Location

Fort Belvoir, VA 22060 US (Primary)

Category

Intelligence

Job Type

Full-Time

Career Level

Staff

Education

High School / GED

Travel

None

Security Clearance Required

TS/SCI with CI Polygraph

Job Description

Prescient Edge is seeking a Mid Targeting Analyst to support a Federal government client.

 

As a Mid Targeting Analyst, you will:

• Conduct intelligence analysis to enable the development of HUMINT and counterintelligence efforts based on established analytical tradecraft methodologies and unit collection and targeting strategies. This intelligence analysis should provide the detailed analysis necessary to support current and future, full-spectrum operations
• Conduct analysis to prioritize topics and requirements and present this analysis in a weekly report. Efforts recommended as a priority should align with INSCOM plans and operations
• Facilitate the INSCOM Targeting Coordination Board on a monthly basis, including scheduling conference rooms, consolidating briefings, taking notes, and disseminating executive summaries
• Attend targeting meetings (estimated once per week) hosted by INSCOM Major Subordinate Commands
• Conduct analytical exchanges and engagements (estimated once per week)
• Identify critical vulnerabilities to U.S. Army interests
• Identify new CI target sets and nominate targets to the High Payoff Target List (HPTL)
• Provide training on the targeting process to INSCOM action officers on a monthly basis. Training shall include relevant material within ATP 3-60 (Targeting), JP 3-60 (Joint Targeting), ATP 3-60.1 (Dynamic Targeting), ATP 2-01.3 (Intelligence Preparation of the Battlefield/Battlespace), G3 Targeting SOP, INSCOM-specific issues, and legal and operational restrictions on target nominations
• Advise INSCOM G35 on the targeting process

 

Benefits

At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best in class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities 
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule
• Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking 
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged

Job Requirements

• Active TS/SCI security clearance
• Must be a graduate of any of the following Military Department Intelligence Certifying Courses:
  • Army (Officer) – Military Intelligence Captains Career Course or Service Equivalent.  Additional Skill Identifiers in an intelligence field are desired.
  • Army (Warrant) – 350F Course or Service Equivalent. Completion of Warrant Officer Intermediate Level Education and/or Additional Skill Identifiers in an intelligence field are desired. 
  • Army (Enlisted) – 35F Course or Service Equivalent.  Completion of Senior Leaders Course and/or Additional Skill Identifiers in an intelligence field are desired.
  • On-the-job training – acquired through DoD joint service equivalent, or civilian 0132, 1811 experience as intelligence or targeting analyst in OCONUS DoD environment, providing intelligence analysis and targeting experience in support of military operations
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in Collection Management (3 years or more) and All-Source Analysis (3 years or more). Creditable experience in these distinct fields cannot be combined to meet the minimum total years of experience. College education does not substitute for experience.
• Understanding of intelligence cycle, collection management cycle, targeting cycle, and intelligence analytic techniques including trend and pattern analysis, geospatial analysis, link analysis, and network or social network analysis.
• Understanding of intelligence support/role in the MDMP
• Experience with data processing systems, such as DCGS-A, CIDNE, and SIPRNET and JWICS search engines
• Possess strong research and writing skills
• Must be willing to undergo and successfully complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination with No Deception Indicated (NDI) on a pre-appointment and periodic basis
• Strong oral and written communication
• Ability to clearly express oneself verbally
• Ability to write in a clear, concise manner
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team
• Demonstrated working knowledge of the concepts involved in the specific functions outlined in the specified labor category description
• Knowledgeable of and demonstrates ability to apply Intelligence Community (IC) and DoD classification guidelines and procedures
• Demonstrated ability to work semi-independently with oversight and direction
• Demonstrated ability to use logic when evaluating and synthesizing multiple sources of information
• Demonstrated understanding of interpreting analysis to include, but not limited to, its meaning, importance, and implications
• Demonstrated ability to defend analytic judgements with sound, logical conclusions and adapt analytic judgments when presented with new information, evolving conditions, or unexpected developments
• Demonstrated ability to produce timely, logical, and concise analytic reports, documents, assessments, studies, and briefing materials in formats including Microsoft Office tools (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.), electronic/soft copy matrices, and/or web-enabled formats
• Demonstrated ability to communicate complex issues clearly in a concise and organized manner, both verbally and non-verbally, with strong grammar skills
• Demonstrated proficiency using Microsoft Office tools
• Demonstrated ability to develop structured research including, but not limited to, obtaining, evaluating, organizing, and maintaining information within security and data protocols
• Demonstrated ability to recognize nuances and resolve contradictions and inconsistencies in information
• Demonstrated working knowledge using complex analytic methodologies, such as structured analytic techniques or alternative approaches, to examine biases, assumptions, and theories to eliminate uncertainty, strengthen analytic arguments, and mitigate surprise. Structured analytic techniques include, but are not limited to, analysis of competing hypotheses, devil's advocacy, high-impact/ low-impact analysis, red team analysis and alternative futures analysis
• Demonstrated understanding of intelligence collection capabilities and limitations, to include but not limited to, technical sensors/platforms and human intelligence sources related to the position
• Demonstrated understanding of evaluating collected intelligence reporting, engaging with collection managers, and developing collection requirements
• Demonstrated comprehensive mission knowledge and skills that affirms completion of all developmental training and experiences for the labor category.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate understanding from information that may be
• incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and/or technically advanced
• Demonstrated ability to structure analysis based on trends in reporting and a range of analytic perspectives from other analysts, organizations, and intelligence disciplines
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal oversight and direction
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate and work with other IC members on information sharing, driving collection, and addressing analytic disputes and conflict resolution
• Demonstrated ability to develop concise, insightful, and comprehensive products for defense intelligence
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams in researching multifaceted or critical problems
• Ability to provide guidance in selecting, designing, and applying analytic methodologies
• Ability to use argument evaluation and validated analytic methodologies to challenge differing perspectives

Prescient Edge is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) founded as a counterintelligence (CI) and Human Intelligence (HUMINT) company in 2008. We are a global operations and solutions integrator delivering full-spectrum intelligence analysis support, training, security, and RD&E support solutions to the Department of Defense and throughout the intelligence community. Prescient Edge is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic that is protected by law. We strive to foster equity and inclusion throughout our organization because we believe that diversity of thought is critical for creating a safe and engaging work environment while also enabling the organization’s success.