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# Intelligence SME

- **Company:** Booz Allen Hamilton Inc.
- **Location:** Chantilly, VA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $77,600.0 - $176,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Software System Penetration Testing, Burp Suite, Signals Intelligence, Network Security, Open Source Intelligence, Red Team (Cyber Security), Purple Team (Cyber Security), Cyber Warfare, Vulnerability Analysis
- **Published:** September 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.clearancejobs.com/jobs/9192717/intelligence-sme

## About the Role

This is a home for experience d practitioners and subject matter experts alike. Whether you're deep in one discipline or have cross-functional breadth, there's a place for your skillset here., * Experience producing analytic products, assessments, or operational outputs that support decision-makers

 * Ability to work collaboratively across disciplines, teams, and stakeholder groups in a large, operational environment
 * Ability to manage competing priorities and shifting requirements in a dynamic mission environment
 * TS/SCI clearance with a polygraph
 * Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in intelligence targeting, mission management, SIGINT, MASINT, OSINT or all-source analysis, or offensive or defensive cyber operations, including red teaming or penetration testing, or 9+ years of experience in intelligence targeting, mission management, SIGINT, MASINT, OSINT or all-source analysis, or offensive or defensive cyber operations, including red teaming or penetration testing, in lieu of a degree

Nice If You Have:

 * Experience as a trained and deployed operator within the intelligence or spe cia l operations community, coordinating persistent collection operations, or serving as a mission or collection manager
 * Experience with targeting tools such as Analyst Notebook or TargetProfiler
 * Experience with SIGINT, MASINT, OSINT, or another intelligence collection or analysis discipline
 * Experience with offensive security operations, red team or purple team met hodologies, or tools such as Cobalt Strike, Met asploit, or Burp Suite
 * Experience with defensive cyber operations, network security engineering, or vulnerability assessment
 * Knowledge of standard intelligence systems and tools, the intelligence planning process, and the national IC community
 * Possession of excellent written and verbal communication skills, including briefing findings to technical and non-technical audiences
 * OSCP, OSW E, GXPN, or similar Certification
 * Completion of an Intelligence Spe cia lty Course
 * Graduate of a Joint or Service Targeting School such as JTS or CTC

## Description

Critical decisions are made every day in support of our nation's defense. Whether you're tracking targets, managing collection, fusing multi-source intelligence, or operating on the offensive edge of cyber, your work directly shapes what decision-makers know and when they know it.


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