Targeting Analyst – Senior and Mid

Targeting Analyst – Senior and Mid

Job Category: Intelligence

Time Type: Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: TS/SCI

Employee Type: Regular

Percentage of Travel Required: Up to 10%

Type of Travel: Continental US

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The Opportunity:

Make a difference; join our team. We have an upcoming opportunity to support the United States Central Command’s Directorate of Intelligence (USCENTCOM J2) with strategic and tactical all-source intelligence analysis support. In this exciting opportunity you will conduct responsive, efficient, and reliable analysis and production to satisfy USCENTCOM’s primary lines of effort (LOEs). This will include analytical requirements focused on political issues and military topics that affect regional and transregional security issues and/or assisting with collection methodology. Help assess, interpret, forecast, and explain a range of national security issues and developments that help protect the Department of Defense (DoD) and advance USCENTCOM J2’s priorities in the Middle East.

Responsibilities:

• As a Targeting Analyst, you will have the opportunity to conduct targeting analysis utilizing all available intelligence sources to perform basic, intermediate, and advanced target development in support of lethal/non-lethal engagements.

• Compose database relevant remarks for electronic target folders (ETFs) for all five recognized target types.

• Conduct Collateral Damage Estimation (CDE) and produce required graphics.

• Perform target list management and provide joint target intelligence support to deliberate/dynamic target engagements.

• Conduct target planning; write/edit OPORD, CONPLAN, OPLAN Annex/Appendix; and edit/provide input to DOD and USCENTCOM policy to support targeting.

• Provide recommendations for target prioritization in order to achieve commander objectives for plans and operations.

• Support the target vetting and validation process; submit collection requests, source directed requirements, and source evaluations to support target development.

• Assist in the development of Target System Analysis (TSA) by providing target prioritization recommendations for TSA development.

• Compile visual depictions of target intelligence to aid senior decision-makers.

• Conduct database nominations; create, review, update, and delete database records; and upload graphic/products into databases as required to support basic, intermediate, and advanced target development.

• Review no-strike data records for accuracy and nominate newly discovered no-strike facilities within assigned database.

• Develop training materials and conduct on-the-job training (OJT) for personnel as required.

• Provide subject matter expertise (SME) support to training events and requirements.

• Provide recommended input to CJCS Manuals/lnstructions, USCENTCOM policies, and USCENTCOM SOPs as required.

• Respond to RFls.

• Prepare/present Target Validation, Joint Target Working Group, and Joint Target Coordination Board briefings as required.

• This subtask may require flexible support hours outside the standard duty hours of 0730-1630, to include: weekend support, TDYs, deployments for targeting operations, and support to 24/7 targeting operations.

Qualifications:

Required

• TS/SCI clearance required with the ability to obtain a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph

• Senior-Level: Relevant specialized training and Bachelor’s degree with 10 years of experience, or 14 years of experience in lieu of a degree

• Mid-Level: Relevant specialized training and 5 years of experience

• An in-depth understanding of the intelligence cycle and kinetic and non-kinetic targeting.

• Experience with ODNI’s analytic tradecraft guidance and Intelligence Community Directives (ICD’s) 203, 205, 206, and 208.

• Experience conducting Target Systems Analysis (TSA), developing, nominating, and executing targets in support of lethal and non-lethal engagements.

• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal oversight and direction.

• Demonstrated ability to integrate as part of an analytical team, collaborate, and conduct coordination with national-level IC partners.

• Ability to communicate effectively with senior military and civilian government officials, managers, and co-workers.

• Experience using the following tools: NGT, TAC, RMT, CRATE and CHROME.

Desired

• ODNI’s Intelligence Fundamentals Professional Quali