HUMINT Targeting Specialist Mid

HUMINT Targeting Specialist - Mid

Multiple, United States (On-site)

Job Title:  HUMINT Targeting Specialist - Mid

Job Code:  SSE244

Location:  Multiple

Reports to:  Program Manager

FLSA Status:  Non-Exempt

Supervisory:  No supervisory/management authority

Prepared Date: 9/24/2026

A government contract requires that this position be restricted to U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents. You must provide documentation that you are a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident to qualify.

This position requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with a polygraph. Candidates holding an active Top Secret/SCI clearance without the polygraph may be selected; the ability to obtain the required polygraph is a condition of the position and will be completed as part of the hiring process.

Position Summary:

This position requires an active TS/Sensitive Compartmental Information (SCI) clearance with the ability to obtain a Counterintelligence polygraph to be considered.

Compensation & Benefits:

Starting Salary Range for HUMINT Targeting Specialist - Mid:  Pay commensurate with experience.

Benefits That Set Us Apart

When considering your next opportunity, compensation is only part of the picture. We offer a benefits package designed to invest in your future and support your life outside of work.

Highlights include:

•  Up to a 6% 401(k) company match to help you build long-term financial security

•  Paid time off as part of our comprehensive benefits package, so you have the flexibility to rest, recharge, and enjoy what matters most

•  Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus prescription drug coverage

•  Basic life and AD&D insurance, with supplemental life options

•  Short-term and long-term disability coverage

•  Paid holidays

•  Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

•  Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) options

•  Professional development, training, and certification support

•  Voluntary benefits including accident, critical illness, and identity theft protection

Because taking care of our employees isn’t just a promise, it’s part of who we are.

Benefits are subject to change and eligibility requirements apply.

Essential Functions, Duties & Responsibilities:

Includes the following:

•  Conduct all-source intelligence analysis to describe the placement, access, accessibility, vulnerabilities, and motivations of individuals, who have access to foreign intelligence information of value to U.S. national security, and to describe the structures and functions of organizations and/or networks in which information of value to U.S. national security resides

•  Identify potential HUMINT leads through exploitation of classified and open-source, multi-discipline intelligence reporting, databases, and finished intelligence production

•  Produce comprehensive HUMINT targeting packages that clearly summarize a lead’s likely placement and access to relevant information that has the potential to answer priority intelligence requirements, as defined by the Collection Managers, which the Division or Office is seeking to answer via HUMINT collection

•  Work with Collection Strategists, Collection Managers, and analysts to define and task specific HUMINT collection activities in support of strategic-level collection strategies.

•  Review, produce, and/or coordinate HUMINT plans, orders, annexes, target packages, variant analytical products, operational proposals, and tasker requirements

•  Provide technical advice and guidance to enhance HUMINT targeting support to HUMINT Collectors

•  Apply HUMINT targeting methodologies using available intelligence tools, applications, and databases to include, but not limited to, Voltron, Rockstar, Data Xplorer, RMT, CHROME, QLIX, Palantir, Proton, and i2 Analyst Notebook

•  Performs other job-related duties as assigned

•  Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required: (Basic Qualifications)

Reporting & Analysis:

•  Professional knowledge of all-source target analysis concepts, principles, and practices, to include link analysis, network analysis, social media analysis, target analysis, and raw data fusion, and experience applying this knowledge to create comprehensive targeting packages

•  Proficiency in computer-based tools, such as CHROME, CRATE, Pathfinder, M3, i2 Analyst Notebook, Palantir, and others, that are commonly used by the Intelligence Community

• Demonstrates excellent oral and written communication skills to prepare and deliver briefings and papers for senior officials

•  Experience working with other DoD and Intelligence Community agencies, and interfacing with customers and/or functional peer group managers and senior leadership

Additional Responsibilities:

•  Have at least two (2) years of experience in operational and/or strategic-level targeting

•  Possess a Bachelor’s degree in Intelligence, Criminal Justice, Political Science, World/Regional History, and/or other history/political/intelligence or law enforcement topic.

•  Experience applying knowledge of HUMINT collection capabilities and target development strategies/processes against prioritized regional and transnational target sets

•  Experience conducting classified and unclassified research and analysis in support of HUMINT collection operations

•  Experience in at least three of the following disciplines: HUMINT, SIGINT, OSINT, IMINT, and/or MASINT collection capabilities and dissemination systems

•  Must be a US Citizen.

•  This position requires an active Top Secret/SCI clearance with a polygraph. Candidates holding an active Top Secret/SCI clearance without the polygraph may be selected; the ability to obtain the required polygraph is a condition of the position and will be completed as part of the hiring process.

•  Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer; may occasionally require standing or moving about the office for extended periods.

•  Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal.

Work Environment:

Work is performed primarily in a climate-controlled environment.

Company Information:

Behind every government mission stands skilled, mission-driven talent: people whose expertise and dedication turn complex challenges into successful outcomes. Cherokee Strategic Edge, part of Cherokee Federal, the federal contracting division of Cherokee Nation Businesses, is that team. We modernize aging systems, deliver care where it’s needed most, and keep missions supplied, staffed, and moving across defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies. For more than 60 federal clients, we take on the work others won’t, and deliver where it counts. If that’s the kind of work you’re looking for, you’ve found your team. Learn more at cherokee-federal.com.

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Cherokee Federal is a military friendly employer. Veterans and active military transitioning to civilian status are encouraged to apply.

Legal Disclaimer:  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to protected veteran status, disability or any other status protected under applicable federal, state or local law.

Many of our job openings require access to government buildings or military installations. Candidates must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Statement

Cherokee Federal is a federal contractor subject to the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act (VEVRAA). As required by VEVRAA, we take affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans. Protected veterans are encouraged to self-identify during the application process.

Cherokee Federal takes affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities in compliance with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act. Qualified individuals with disabilities are encouraged to self-identify during the application process.

Reasonable accommodations are available to qualified individuals with disabilities or those with sincerely held religious beliefs. To request an accommodation in the application or interview process, please contact Human Resources at View email address on apply.j-vers.com.