Senior FMV Operations Lead (CONUS Rotational)

SMX is seeking a  Senior Operations Lead to support Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED)  Special Operations Forces (SOF). This individual will coordinate with the supported organization, team leadership, and cross-functional working groups to plan and execute a wide variety of PED operational support. You will coordinate with the supported command to determine specific requirements and prioritize resources that align mission requirements and intelligence readiness needs with threats and operational challenges in specific Areas of Responsibility (AORs).

This position requires a DoD Top Secret SCI clearance which requires US citizenship for work on a DoD contract.

This is a 7/7, 12/12, 90/90 CONUS rotational position.

Application Deadline:  March 30, 2026

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide analysis CONUS PED locations with rotational OCONUS deployments as needed
• Willingness to work a flexible schedule (nights and weekends, as needed)
• Perform near real-time observation, analysis, exploitation, and reporting of GEOINT data IAW the DNI ICD 203 and SOCOM Joint PED standards
• Deliver quality outputs for all Screener, Reviewer, and production functions
• Support operations accomplishing FMV Analyst duties ensuring that final production is free of errors and in keeping with the team Standard Operating Procedures
• Perform Quality Assurance/Quality Control Reviews of all production efforts prior to government submittal - trains others on concepts
• Be able to liaison with AFRICOM and SOCAF foreign counterparts in support of combined ISR intelligence missions at various deployed locations in Africa
• Ability to coordinate with Foreign Disclosure Officers to enable the proper intelligence sharing in accordance with established intelligence sharing agreements
• Interface with other intelligence organizations to fully prepare teams for exploitation of enemy personnel, as well as prepare post screening analytical products and assessments supporting targeting efforts, and threat analysis
• Create SOPs and chain of command within assigned Team, overall customer organization and program - trains others on concepts
• Draft presentations and supporting documentation, on a as needed basis is required
• Coordinate with Foreign Disclosure Officers to enable the proper intelligence sharing in accordance with established intelligence sharing agreements
• Communicate with intelligence and operations partner elements; maturity/experience commensurate with driving change through deep technical subject matter expertise and operational experience – proven experience bridging seams between operators and analysts to drive cutting edge products
• Provide fusion of new, groundbreaking intel disciplines into assessments through incorporation of historical FMV data, optical images, non-optical images, satellite images, radar, or other intelligence information to enhance intelligence products while removing human latencies and overcoming traditional high/low side limitations – expert at fusing data into advanced intelligence products
• Contribute to the production of intelligence assessments and products in support of deployed SOF to enable the F3EAD targeting cycle
• Apply intelligence techniques in support of a specified Areas of Responsibility (AOR) using logic, analysis, synthesis, creativity, judgment, and systematic approaches to gather, evaluate, and use multiple sources of information to inform decisions and outcomes; shapes intelligence community exploitation TTPs to revolutionize and synthesize data

Required Skills & Experience

• Required Clearance: TS/SCI
• Expert understanding of intelligence tools and Motion Imagery PED Software such as SOCETGXP, In Motion, Microsoft Office, Google Earth, AIDE, DCGS-A, MIRC, PIDGIN, GETS, AIMES, NGDS, GSR, CEDALION and UVDS
• The ability to gather, interpret, and compare data to produce reports and establish conclusions is required
• Demonstrates the ability to perform all listed FMV Analyst duties at an advanced level with minimal or no supervision and confirm proficiency by working shifts on the PED operations floor
• Experience researching, developing, and presenting all-source intelligence products, at the operational level, to senior leaders including CT and regional analysis, GEOINT, HUMINT, SIGINT, OSINT/PAI, political/military analysis and support to targeting is required
• Experience as a site lead
• Possess a firm understanding of input/output/flow of information in C5ISR environment
• A minimum of 10 years of hands-on IMINT and or FMV analysis and production experience
• A minimum of 15 years of experience with operational and tactical level intelligence to include general experience in the fields of targeting, intelligence systems, and geospatial systems
• Demonstrated deployed experience in forward deployed locations supporting SOF is required Prior deployment experience to Africa assigned to a SOF unit providing intelligence support to tactical and operational SOF is required
• Possess a firm understanding of ISR collection techniques, sensor and platform capabilities and best practices utilized during multi-INT product creation
• Experience providing direct analytical support to operations and providing direct analytical and targeting support to deployed SOF elements in support of Counter Violent Extremist Organization and Counter Terrorism operations is required
• Demonstrates advanced proficiency of the ARIES Contract customer mission to explain and anticipate requirements for the different mission sets, designations, and requirements - trains others on concepts
• Prior SOF targeting operations experience in the AFRICOM AOR

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