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OSINT and Technical Targeter

Reston, VA, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-28 → 2026-09-25

Core

Conduct open-source intelligence (OSINT) and all-source research to support client contracts and national security objectives by analyzing social media, identifying key entities, and synthesizing findings from disparate sources.

Role type

Senior IC OSINT and Technical Targeter

Builds

Sourced reports and all-source analysis products for defense and government clients

Domain

Defense and government services / Intelligence Community (IC)

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery

Required skills

OSINT research, social media analysis and exploitation, information extraction and merging, written and verbal communication, time management, independent work, process improvement

Preferred skills

Technical targeting, netflow analysis, commercial application vulnerability identification, Python programming, network penetration testing, OSINT tool usage (e.g., Kali Linux), foreign language proficiency (Chinese, Russian)

Technologies

MS Office, Python, Kali Linux, OSINT tools, API calls

Responsibilities

Conduct OSINT research to support all-source analysis, extract and merge information from disparate sources, develop expert-level understanding of social media analysis, identify and document dominant sources and platforms, monitor prioritized sources for key events and entities

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with 10-15 years experience

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