Joint Target Analyst

About the role

The Air Force Civilian Service (AFCS) is seeking civilian professionals prepared to deploy war-winning capabilities on behalf of the United States Air Force. AFCS is currently seeking candidates for a full-time Joint Target Analyst, GG-0132-13, located at Cyberspace Operations, Fort Meade, MD.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an experienced intelligence specialist and senior joint targeting authority for US Cyber Command's (USCYBERCOM) Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF) to counter foreign cyberspace operations directed against the United States.
• Produce formal and informal joint target nominations, joint targeting reports, briefings, and effects assessments based on comprehensive functional analysis of threat target systems and their capacity to operate through technical and non-technical means.
• Provide accurate and timely joint targeting solutions that enable supported combatant commanders to successfully plan and conduct future cyberspace effect operations.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship required.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret/SCI clearance.
• Must sign a non-disclosure agreement.
• This is a designated drug testing position.
• Depending on the type of position you are selected for, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period.
• Favorable determination of requisite access is required within 280 calendar days of entry on duty date.

Qualifications

• Graduate of a DoD targeting school (e.g., Joint Targeting Staff Course, U.S. Air Force Combat Targeting Course) or possess comparable joint targeting experience.
• Advanced knowledge of the joint targeting cycle leveraged against complex technical systems and its application within USCYBERCOM and its components.
• Knowledge of policy and doctrine such as JP 3-60, JP 3-12, and CJCSI Series (3160, 3162, 3370, etc.).
• Knowledge of the national intelligence community, Joint and DoD structures, organizations, missions, functions, interrelationships and operations.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the USCYBERCOM target area of responsibility (AOR) is desired.
• An advanced intelligence or cyber related professional/scientific degree is desired.
• Previous work experience in cyber and/or intelligence operations is highly desired.

Skills

• Knowledge of a wide range of intelligence disciplines, processing and exploitation techniques, as well as dissemination methods of multi-source intelligence information that directly or indirectly affects national security.
• Experience with entity-level target development, collateral damage estimation (CDE), battle damage assessment (BDA), electronic target folders (ETF), Modernized Integrated Database (MIDB).
• Familiarity with Joint Targeting School, Cyber National Mission Force (CNMF), and USCYBERCOM.

Pay

Salary Range: $106,000 - $120,000

Schedule

Full-time