Irregular Warfare Analyst – Counter Threat Networks & Uncrewed Systems Targeting (CENTCOM AOR)

Our Peraton team is seeking an Irregular Warfare Analyst with specialized expertise in Counter Threat Networks (CTN) and Uncrewed Systems Targeting.

Location: MacDill AFB FL.

Role & Responsibilities:

• In this role you will play a critical part in identifying analyzing and disrupting adversarial uncrewed systems (UAS UUVs USVs UGVs) and the threat networks that enable them across the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Area of Responsibility.
• This position requires deep experience in CTN targeting irregular warfare and special programs with a strong emphasis on interagency collaboration and law enforcement integration to degrade hostile uncrewed system capabilities.
• The selected candidate will support a Combatant Commands Directorate of Operations Interagency Coordination and Targeting Division (ICTD) working closely with interagency mission partners to coordinate synchronize and integrate a broad range of DoD capabilities with partner authorities.
• This support directly enables timesensitive dynamic and deliberate operations that deliver comprehensive multilayered wholeofgovernment effects.
• You will be fully integrated into a DoD team focused on irregular warfare support and collaboration with U.S. Government partners. As the subject matter expert you will lead structured analysis patternoflife assessments and the fusion of traditional intelligence with unique structured and unstructured data sources to illuminate and exploit adversary vulnerabilities including those related to proliferation procurement and weaponsofmassdestruction networks.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Counter Threat Network Targeting: Identify analyze and map adversarial networks that develop deploy and support uncrewed systems including state-sponsored proxy and non-state actors.
• Threat Analysis: Assess the operational employment of uncrewed systems in asymmetric warfare insurgency terrorism and gray zone conflicts across the CENTCOM AOR.
• Target Development: Prioritize high-value nodes within adversary logistics procurement financial and operational networks for kinetic and non-kinetic targeting options.
• Intelligence Fusion: Integrate multi-source intelligence (SIGINT GEOINT HUMINT OSINT MASINT) to build a comprehensive picture of uncrewed system threats and their supporting networks.
• Special Programs Support: Leverage experience with classified and compartmented programs to enhance operational planning and counter-threat initiatives.
• Interagency & Law Enforcement Coordination: Work closely with SOF U.S. government agencies law enforcement and international partners to counter the illicit proliferation and operational use of uncrewed systems.
• Counter-UXS Strategy: Support lethal and non-lethal activities to include electronic warfare (EW) cyber and technical countermeasures to neutralize adversarial uncrewed systems and disrupt their supporting networks.
• Regional Expertise: Maintain deep knowledge of threat actors procurement pipelines smuggling routes and financial enablers linked to uncrewed systems across the CENTCOM AOR.
• Briefings & Reporting: Produce actionable intelligence assessments target packages and strategic reports for senior leaders operational planners and policymakers.

REQUIRED:

• Bachelors degree or military service-based training with a minimum of 8 years of relevant experience.
• Extensive experience in counter threat network (CTN) and counter transregional organized crime analysis and targeting with a focus on uncrewed systems and irregular warfare.
• Background in special programs compartmented operations and classified initiatives.
• Familiarity with CENTCOM operational environment threat actors and regional dynamics.
• Proven ability to coordinate with SOF interagency partners and law enforcement to dismantle illicit networks.
• Proficiency in targeting methodologies intelligence tools databases and analytic tradecraft.
• Strong ability to synthesize complex intelligence into actionable targeting recommendations.
• Experience operating in a 4-star military headquarters or an Interagency Partner environment as a staff member with background in the following:
  • Demonstrated experience in developing and supporting DOD strategic and operational Irregular Warfare objectives
  • Demonstrated experience in working collaboratively with USG Interagency partners
  • Demonstrated ability to perform all source operational intelligence analysis
  • Demonstrated ability to deliver unclassified/classified products and parallel reconstructed products tailored to maximize wide-ranging capabilities and authorities
  • Demonstrated understanding of law enforcement agency organizational structures functions data sources data types programs records management requirements
  • Demonstrated expertise with financial investigative groups that target complex enemy global money laundering and other criminal financial activities
  • Demonstrated oral and written communications skills including an expert ability to communicate effectively with intelligence collection requirements at the operational and national intelligence levels.
• Expert Microsoft Office Skills.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Current U.S. Passport.
• Top Secret security clearance with SCI eligibility.

DESIRED:

• Masters degree and minimum 15 years of experience working in the military All Source Intelligence field.
• Graduate of a recognized Intelligence Collections Support Course at the Joint or Service Level and Information Operation planning experience.
• Experience working with distributed teams.

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