CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)
OSINT/PAI Targeting Analyst
$80K–$150K
Arlington, VA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Feb 16, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum 6 years total intelligence analyst experience; minimum 3 years specific OSINT/PAI exploitation experience; minimum 2 years digital signature reduction experience.
About the job
Conduct OSINT/PAI collection, exploitation, intelligence reporting, and targeting using publicly and commercially available data to support intelligence and special operations missions.
What you'll do
- Produce intelligence assessments with the Intelligence Community for special operations, targeting, HUMINT, exploitation, cyber operations, and threat estimates.
- Fuse publicly and commercially available information into multi-intelligence assessments.
- Conduct advanced collection, processing, exploitation, dissemination, reporting, and targeting.
What they ask for
- At least 6 years of intelligence analyst experience within DoD or the Intelligence Community, including at least 3 years of OSINT/PAI exploitation experience supporting specified operations and at least 2 years of digital signature reduction experience.
- Advanced proficiency in all-source and OSINT/PAI tools, databases, repositories, analytic and targeting methods, and OSINT research methodology.
- Advanced understanding of OSINT/PAI authorities, regulations, and policy; strong written and verbal briefing skills, including a demonstrated briefing history at O5/GS14 level or above.
- Active DoD Top Secret/SCI clearance.
Nice to have
- Prior OSINT analytic support to special operations.
Pay
USD 80,500–149,500 per-year-salary (base salary)
Tools
Microsoft Office
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