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Prescient Edge is seeking a Sr. CI Targeting Cell Support (Targeting Analyst) to support a Federal Government client. Sr. CI Targeting Cell Support (Targeting Analyst) Benefits & Compensation: 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. * Salary range: $100,000 - $132,000. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills and the abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data. Description: * Shall develop CI leads, based on the Command Operational Guidance or Region-derived requirements, through open-source and classified source research. * Develops targets and target systems for joint lethal and / or non-lethal engagements. Develops target nominations, creates database records, and databases target intelligence products. * Produces all source analytic damage estimates and battle damage assessments and assists with combat assessment requirements. * Conducts collateral damage estimation, performs target list management, target strategy development, and provides joint target intelligence support to deliberate and dynamic target engagements. * Provides recommendations for target prioritization to achieve commander objectives for plans and operations. * Provides database nominations, creates and updates database and uploads TMs into databases. * Provide the function-specific counterintelligence leads to supported element as a Target Nomination Package. * Shall prepare and provide to the supported element Lead Tenders, Operational Support Packages, Program Profiles, and Target Development Packages as appropriate to highlight the operational potential where friendly and enemy elements intersect. * Shall provide research, analysis and recommendations regarding liaison efforts with operational and support elements, external intelligence agencies, and external federal law enforcement elements to foster an environment of cooperation and sharing of information to better develop future products. HUMINT leads that are developed out of the CI leads shall be passed to the appropriate HUMINT elements for their consideration. * Shall provide CI targeting methodologies training at the Fundamentals of Human Targeting Course (FHTC), up to 12 times a year, to 16 Government personnel per iteration. * Shall provide training on CI targeting methodologies to internal and external agencies up to 15 times per year with up to 50 Government personnel per iteration. This training shall assist the organizations on understanding how CI targeting works and the appropriate ways it will be employed. * Shall develop CI High Value Individuals (HVIs), based on the ACIC priorities, through open-source and classified source research. * Shall provide specialized expertise in qualitative and quantitative analysis to provide an analytically derived, empirically supported, quantitative basis for decisions regarding targeting and other options to enhance the operational effectiveness of network attack efforts. * Shall participate in production, indications and warning, targeting, imagery, network analysis, counterintelligence, information operations, foreign disclosure, international engagements and threat analysis. * Shall initiate and conduct research efforts; plan, coordinate, and synthesize research to produce all source intelligence products/responses. * Shall produce or provide support to the production of Lead Tenders, Operational Support Packages, Program Profiles, and Target Development Packages as appropriate to highlight the operational potential where friendly and enemy elements intersect. Job Requirements Required experiences : * A minimum of four years of experience as a CI/HUMINT targeting officer OR a bachelor's degree and completion of a foundational targeting course including but not limited to: Joint CI-HUMINT Analytical Targeting Course (JCHATC), Operational HUMINT Targeting Course (OHTC)/HUMINT Targeting Tradecraft Seminar (HTTS), or an Intelligence Community (IC) agency Targeting Officer certification. * A minimum of one year of experience in one or more of the following areas: China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea. * Experience utilizing all intelligence disciplines in the planning, execution, and support of sensitive intelligence collection operations including direct support to operational military or IC elements. * Additional experience supporting joint and/or interagency operations is preferable. Required education: * High School Diploma- 20 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years. * Associate's degree- 16 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years. * Bachelor's Degree- 14 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years. * Master's degree- 12 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years. Security Clearance: * Security clearance required TS/SCI with CI POLY or the ability to obtain CI POLY. Location: * Fort Meade, MD. 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.