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From the employer's careers site First seen 27 Oct 2026

Targeting Officer

Leidos Reston, VA On-site senior full-time

Salary

$92,300 - $166,850 per year

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Description

Leidos, a leading government contractor, is excited to announce their recent award of a significant Intelligence Program in Northern Virginia, known as Beacon.

This long-term program offers exceptional opportunities for skilled and dedicated professionals to continue making a critical impact on national security.

You will enjoy great benefits such as paid time off (PTO), 401K, discounted stock purchase plans, career growth, parental paid leave and more!

The role: As a Targeting Officer, you will collaborate with a team of intelligence professionals in support of operations against priority targets. You will identify targeting leads to enable a variety of intelligence operations and produce detailed targeting packages. Work occurs at client sites in Northern Virginia.

Responsibilities:

  • Review specialised data for intelligence leads
  • Draft comprehensive targeting packages in support of the client's objectives
  • Engage a variety of stakeholders to address requirements and develop new leads for exploitation
  • Conduct detailed searches on items of interest and relay pertinent data to relevant customer components in a variety of written and briefing formats

Basic Qualifications:

  • Current TS/SCI with Polygraph clearance
  • Typically requires a BA degree and 8 – 12 years of prior relevant experience or Masters with 6 – 10 years of prior relevant experience
  • Proficiency in manipulating various databases in support of the customer mission
  • Experience related to intelligence research and targeting work
  • Prior experience in supporting national security operations
  • Familiarity with the Intelligence Community and its objectives
  • Attention to detail
  • Demonstrated ability to research and analyse
  • Demonstrated ability to organise and prioritise 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 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

Skills

Required

  • TS/SCI with Polygraph
  • intelligence research
  • targeting work
  • database manipulation
  • analytic writing
  • editing

Ready to apply?

You apply with the employer directly. Their original posting is here: https://leidos.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/External/job/Reston-VA/Targeting-Officer_R-00190243

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