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Biothreats Technical Targeter

Booz Allen Hamilton
Washington, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 8 Jan 2024
💰 $166,000/yr($73,100/yr$166,000/yr)

About the role

Biothreats Technical Targeter

The Opportunity:

Critical decisions are made every single day in our government. What if you could use your analytical skills to help them make informed decisions? With all the information available today, it takes a skilled analyst to know how to find and interpret the best data to give their clients the right answers. As an intelligence professional you use your specialized experience and your attention to detail to develop reports, analytic assessments and briefing products to give your client the actionable intelligence and context they need. If you have strong analytical skills and a problem solving mindset, we have an opportunity to use those skills to provide critical intelligence support to inform key decision that support our national security objectives.

As an analyst on our team, you’ll help your client understand the complex biological threat capabilities of our foreign adversaries. Using your comprehensive understanding of various collection platforms, you’ll explore new data sources, build effective queries, develop target networks, and combine information from disparate sources to identify potential leads. As the authority on biological technologies and capabilities, your client will look to you for key intelligence insights, often under pressure. This is a chance to grow your expertise and broaden your skillset into areas like strategic intelligence production, biological developments, adversarial threat capabilities, and analytic methodologies. You’ll share your expertise with other analysts through leadership and mentoring. We focus on growing as a team to deliver the best support to our customers, so you’ll have resources to learn new skills and tools. Join us as we provide the right information at the right time to support the critical needs of our warfighters and national Intelligence priorities.

Join us. The world can’t wait. 

You Have: 

  • 6+ years of experience in biological research, open source intelligence research, collection management, HUMINT, SIGINT, or MASINT targeting
  • Experience with All-Source Analysis
  • Knowledge of the intelligence cycle and tradecraft
  • Ability to understand complex biological research topics, create intelligence products, and brief findings to customers
  • TS/SCI clearance
  • Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Biochemistry, or a life science field

Nice If You Have: 

  • 10+ years of experience with open source intelligence or HUMINT targeting applied against life science topical areas
  • Experience with data science or quantitative analysis techniques
  • TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph

Clearance: 

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information; TS/SCI clearance is required.

Create Your Career: 

Grow With Us 

Your growth matters to us—that’s why we offer a variety of ways for you to develop your career. With professional and leadership development opportunities like upskilling programs, tuition reimbursement, mentoring, and firm-sponsored networking, you can chart a unique and fulfilling career path on your own terms.

A Place Where You Belong 

Diverse perspectives cultivate collective ingenuity. Booz Allen’s culture of respect, equity, and opportunity means that, here, you are free to bring your whole self to work. With an array of business resource groups and other opportunities for connection, you’ll build your community in no time. 

Support Your Well-Being 

Our comprehensive benefits package includes wellness programs with HSA contributions, paid holidays, paid parental leave, a generous 401(k) match, and more. With these benefits, plus the option for flexible schedules and remote and hybrid locations, we’ll support you as you pursue a balanced, fulfilling life—at work and at home.  

Your Candidate Journey 

At Booz Allen, we know our people are what propel us forward, and we value relationships most of all. Here, we’ve compiled a list of resources so you’ll know what to expect as we forge a connection with you during your journey as a candidate with us.  

Compensation

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