Required Skills

Overview

• Conduct advanced analysis of collection and open-source data to generate insights and leads, ensure target continuity, profile targets and their activities, and develop techniques to gain additional target information.

• Maintain appropriate databases for targeting, tasking, and analysis.

• Develop comprehensive baseline profiles of designated target sets.

• Identify intelligence gaps to tailor current collection or enable new collection to close the gaps.

• Employ multiple analysis disciplines such as pattern recognition against targets' communications, network usage and digital footprints.

• Apply knowledge and understanding of IC needs and missions, as well as the targets' culture, behaviors, and communications technologies.

• Mentor other analysts on the tools and methodologies used to conduct TDNA.
Qualifications

A high school diploma or GED plus 12 years of relevant experience, or an Associate's degree plus 10 years of relevant experience, or a Bachelor's degree and 8 years of relevant experience, or a Master's degree plus 6 year of relevant experience, or a Doctoral degree plus 4 years of relevant experience.

A degree in a liberal arts field (e.g., English, History, Communications, Languages and Cultures, International Relations, and Political Science) is preferred, but a degree in any field is acceptable.

Relevant experience must be in aspects of intelligence analysis (e.g., target development, social network analysis, and metadata analysis).