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Technical Targeting Analyst

Dark Horse Tech

Technical Targeting Analyst

Chantilly, VA
Full Time
Paid
  • Responsibilities

    NOTE: THIS POSITION REQUIRES UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND AN ACTIVE GOVERNMENT CLEARANCE

    Clearance: TS/SCI with full scope polygraph

    Labor Category/Experience: Full Performance

    Summary

    The successful candidate will leverage their extensive technical targeting and operational skills and experience in support of the customer's mission.

    Duties, Tasks & Responsibilities

    • Leveraging technical, targeting, and analytic skills and experience to obtain, thoroughly analyze, and exploit large data sets in support of the customer's mission
    • Working with technical and non-technical groups within the department to help them understand and best leverage newly obtained datasets
    • Designing and implementing innovative ways to analyze and exploit the customer's data holdings
    • Solving difficult, non-routine problems by applying advanced analytical methodologies, and improving analytic methodologies
    • Proposing new methodologies and/or tools to improve analytic capabilities
    • Working with partners to build relationships, drive complex operations, and keep momentum with minimal oversight
    • Performing all-source analysis in support of the customer's mission
    • Researching, preparing, and presenting reports and briefings as required
    • Communicating and coordinating with internal and external partners and customers as needed

    Required Experience, Skills, & Technologies

    • Significant demonstrated technical targeting, CI, CT, and/or operational experience applicable to the customer's mission
    • Significant demonstrated experience using SQL, Python, or other coding/scripting languages to query and analyze large datasets
    • Significant demonstrated effectiveness in collecting and analyzing both technical and non-technical datasets, particularly without the use of a customer database or other widely-used solution, and accurately representing them to both technical and non-technical parties to build understanding
    • Demonstrated effectiveness in providing impromptu as well as prepared data analysis and briefings
    • Strong ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical parties
    • Experience searching, reading, and comprehending information using key analytic/targeting tools
    • Exceptional judgement in support of questions generated from customer's data holdings
    • Strong technical understanding of Elasticsearch, Hadoop, PostgreSQL, and related technologies

    Desired Experience, Skills & Technologies

    Experience working with unique and very sensitive datasets and navigating the associated legal and privacy challenges

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