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Targeting Analyst

Core One


Job Location:

Charlottesville, VA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 60000 - 135000
Posted: 29 September 2026 (Yesterday)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Join our team at Core One! Our mission is to be at the forefront of devising analytical operational and technical solutions to our Nations most complex national security order to achieve our mission Core One values people first! We are committed to recruiting nurturing and retaining top talent! We offer a competitive total compensation package that sets us apart from our competition. Core One is a team-oriented dynamic and growing company that values exceptional performance!

*This position requires a TS/SCI Clearance.*

*This position is contingent on award*

*This position may require up to six months of deployment annually*

Responsibilities:

  • Develop target packages and conduct network analysis to identify characterize and assess individuals organizations networks and target systems in support of joint lethal and non-lethal engagements.
  • Research collect correlate and analyze operational traffic and all-source intelligence from relevant databases and systems to identify target relationships capabilities vulnerabilities activities and potential courses of action.
  • Apply the Intelligence Cycle F3EAD targeting methodologies and established analytical tradecraft to support the research discovery development and assessment of key individuals and networks.
  • Integrate intelligence from multiple sources to develop and refine target strategies and provide targeting intelligence supporting both deliberate and dynamic targeting operations.
  • Conduct link network pattern and relationship analysis to identify key nodes associations dependencies and network structures relevant to targeting objectives.
  • Develop and maintain intelligence and targeting products that clearly articulate target characteristics supporting intelligence relationships vulnerabilities and analytical judgments.
  • Provide timely targeting intelligence and recommendations to support target prioritization operational planning and decision-making in accordance with commander and mission objectives.
  • Collaborate with joint intelligence operations collection and targeting personnel to validate target information identify intelligence gaps refine target development and support operational requirements.
  • Apply knowledge of the targeting enterprise intelligence cycle F3EAD and analytical tradecraft to support target development throughout the targeting process.

Levels:
  • Junior: Minimum of one year of experience conducting analysis relevant to this Labor Category
  • Mid: Minimum of three (3) years of experience conducting analysis relevant to this Labor Category
  • Senior: Minimum of eight (8) years of experience conducting analysis relevant to this Labor Category
  • Expert: Minimum of twelve (12) years of experience conducting analysis relevant to this Labor Category
Qualifications:

  • Experience applying targeting concepts principles processes and analytical tradecraft associated with the functions and responsibilities of the labor category.
  • Experience applying IC and DoD classification guidelines security requirements and information-handling procedures to targeting research analysis and intelligence production.
  • Experience working semi-independently with limited oversight to research analyze and develop targets in support of operational and mission requirements.
  • Experience researching evaluating and synthesizing multiple intelligence sources to identify and assess target individuals organizations networks relationships capabilities vulnerabilities activities and potential courses of action.
  • Experience applying the Intelligence Cycle F3EAD and other targeting and analytical methodologies to support target discovery development validation prioritization and assessment.
  • Experience conducting network link pattern and relationship analysis to identify key individuals nodes associations dependencies and target systems.
  • Experience developing and defending analytic judgments using logical conclusions corroborating intelligence and supporting evidence and adapting judgments as new intelligence or operational conditions emerge.
  • Experience identifying nuances contradictions inconsistencies intelligence gaps and competing information when evaluating target-related intelligence and determining their impact on target development.
  • Experience applying structured analytic techniques and alternative methodologies to evaluate assumptions biases competing hypotheses and uncertainty and strengthen targeting assessments.
  • Experience evaluating intelligence collection capabilities and limitations including HUMINT sources technical sensors collection platforms and other intelligence disciplines to determine their relevance to target development.
  • Experience evaluating collected intelligence reporting and collaborating with collection managers collectors intelligence analysts and targeting personnel to identify gaps and develop refine and prioritize collection requirements supporting target development.
  • Experience producing timely concise and analytically rigorous target packages network assessments target intelligence products studies reports and briefing materials to support target prioritization and operational decision-making.
  • Experience using Microsoft Office applications electronic matrices databases and web-enabled tools to research organize analyze and present targeting information.
  • Experience communicating complex targeting issues network relationships analytic judgments and recommendations clearly and concisely through written products briefings and verbal engagements.
  • Experience applying targeting analysis to support deliberate and dynamic operations and joint lethal and/or non-lethal engagements in accordance with established processes authorities and mission objectives.
Security Clearance:
  • TS/SCI Clearance

Salary Range: $60000 - $135000

This range reflects Core One Solutions current good-faith estimate for this labor category based on proposed contract pricing and comparable labor category rates. As this position is contingent upon contract award final compensation will be confirmed based on the awarded contracts negotiated rates applicable wage determinations clearance requirements and the selected candidates experience and qualifications.

Core One is anEqual Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex gender identity sexual orientationnational origin or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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Required Experience:

IC


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