HUMINT TARGETING OFFICER (HTO) SME 

DarkStar Intelligence is looking for Mid, Senior, and SME-level HUMINT Targeting Officers (HTOs) to support programs across the National Capital Region (NCR). 

Responsibilities

• Provide timely and accurate support to HUMINT targeting support within the Department of Defense (DoD) to meet service-level needs and collection requirements.
• Conduct multi-source intelligence research and create cables, HQ or field responses, network diagrams and asset validation products.
• Experience with SIGINT tools, network development tools, and Open Source Research to develop targeting plans and products supporting defined collection priorities and to identify measures of effectiveness.
• Provide detailed input to asset validation panels to determine current and future viability of sources.
• Coordinate with other operations support staff intra- and inter-community to align analytic requirements with available targeting capabilities.
• Maintain awareness of collection operations, policy developments, and information priorities relevant to functional area.
• Deconflict on multi-discipline collection problems and seek opportunities to leverage and integrate HUMINT capabilities to support multi-discipline collection efforts.
• Represent defense HUMINT in agency, defense and national forums.
• Produce and Brief products at meetings, workshops, or other community venues for the purposes of intelligence sharing and best practices.
• Edit products, if requested, according to agency policy.

Requirements

• 5 (Mid) / 8 (Senior) / 10 (SME) years of national-level HUMINT targeting experience to include strategic HUMINT targeting in support of operational HUMINT Collectors.
• Have experience in tagging data and creating networks using Palantir or similar software. Targeting officers will have the ability to work in Palantir, Analyst Notebook, or similar tools, and have experience with ArcGIS, Google Earth, or equivalent tools.
• Have working knowledge and experience with the basic personal computer, Windows Operating System, and Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skill.

Highly Desired

• Bachelor's degree in history/political science/intelligence or law.
• Successful completion of Targeting Officer courses TARGET NETWORK PROFILING COURSE (TNPC) OR OPERATIONAL HUMINT TARGETING COURSE (OHTC) highly desired.