Targeter

NS2 Mission

$90K — $130K *
Aerospace & Defense
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 12+ years of relevant experience, including foreign field work.
  • Experience supporting intelligence operations with a focus on research and analysis methodologies.
  • Strong interpersonal skills to engage confidently with various stakeholders.
  • Exceptional organization, proactiveness, judgment, and punctuality.
  • Proficiency in writing, particularly in crafting cables and target packages.
  • Familiarity with classified data repositories and tools.
  • Ability to thrive in a dynamic team environment.

Responsibilities

  • Provide strategic guidance and manage operational cases by leveraging advanced operational knowledge.
  • Conduct all-source intelligence research and analyze to identify intelligence gaps and justifications.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to clarify and document intelligence priorities.
  • Ensure compliance with customer protocols during communications and approval processes.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for skill development and career advancement.
  • Make a significant impact on intelligence operations and mission success.
  • Work in a collaborative and dynamic team environment.
  • Engage with high-level stakeholders across the intelligence community.
Full Job Description
NS2 Mission is seeking a highly motivated, self-directed professional to join our team as a Targeter in Reston, VA. In this role, you will conduct strategic, data-driven research to support and influence intelligence priorities, delivering actionable insights that drive mission success.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Apply advanced knowledge and expertise of operations, operational tradecraft, and intelligence priorities when providing strategic guidance and operational case management.
  • Perform all-source intelligence research and analysis to document intelligence gaps and justifications for operations.
  • Work directly with stakeholders to understand and document intelligence priorities and opportunities.
  • Execute formal communications and approval milestones according to customer protocols.

Expected Travel: Up to 10%

Required Qualifications:
  • 12 or more years of relevant experience, including some time spent in the foreign field.
  • Prior experience in supporting intelligence operations and understanding of research and analysis methodologies in support of the intelligence life cycle.
  • Ability to deal effectively, comfortably, and confidently with people at all levels of responsibility, authority, and rank.
  • Exceptional character traits in organization, proactiveness, judgment, and punctuality.
  • Demonstrated strength in written communication, especially writing cables and target packages.
  • Experience with classified data repositories and tools.
  • Ability to work effectively in a dynamic team environment.

Desired Qualifications:
  • Prior HUMINT or technical targeting experience


Position Clearance Requirement:

TS/SCI with FSP

Please be aware many of our positions require the ability to obtain or maintain a U.S security clearance which requires U.S citizenship.

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