# Desk Officer

**Company**: Leidos
**Location**: Reston, VA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: mid
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $92,300.00 - $166,850.00
**Category**: Defence & Intelligence

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## Description

Leidos, a prominent player in the government contracting sector, has recently secured a significant Intelligence Program in Northern Virginia, known as Beacon. This long-term initiative presents exceptional opportunities for skilled professionals to make a critical impact on national security.

At Leidos, you will enjoy great benefits such as paid time off (PTO), 401K, discounted stock purchase plans, career growth, parental paid leave, and more. Your work will be supported by respected leaders who empower their teams and value their contributions.

We are seeking Desk Officers at all levels (1 to 20+ years of experience) with a current TS/SCI w/Polygraph to join our high-performing team. As a Desk Officer, you will support operational elements by providing research and analysis to support the customer's mission. Your responsibilities will include:

- Managing a full range of operational and support activities

- Serving as the primary point of contact for overseas offices

- Providing operational guidance for ongoing cases

- Proposing recommendations for possible operational scenarios

- Coordinating legal and policy issues affecting cases and overseas offices

- Providing in-depth research on existing cases and intelligence assessments using various sources

- Providing briefings to senior decision-makers

All positions require possession of a current/active TS/SCI with Polygraph. Candidates who do not possess this clearance will be disqualified. The level of opportunity, including compensation, will be determined after an in-person meeting.

Basic qualifications include:

- A current/active TS/SCI with Polygraph

- Typically, a BA degree and 8-12 years of prior relevant experience or a Master's with 6-10 years of prior relevant experience

- Demonstrated ability to research and analyze

- Demonstrated ability to organize and prioritize effectively

- Demonstrated ability to problem-solve

- Demonstrated ability to work on several tasks concurrently

- Strong analytic writing and editing skills

- Demonstrated ability to work in a team environment successfully

- Demonstrated success in working in a high-paced, dynamic environment

- Experience collaborating and coordinating with multiple offices and agencies

- Experience supporting senior decision-makers

- Experience related to intelligence research and analysis work

## Skills

### Required
- TS/SCI w/Polygraph
- research
- analysis
- report writing
- briefing

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