INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST

Summary The incumbent will serve as an Intelligence Operations Specialist in the Counterintelligence (CI) and Insider Threat Directorate. Working closely with U.S. intelligence, security, and law enforcement partners, the incumbent will conduct all-source analysis to identify, assess, and neutralize foreign intelligence and cyber threats targeting the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), the Trusted Workforce, critical technologies, supply chains, and personnel. Responsibilities As an INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST you will be responsible for the following duties: Threat Analysis: Conduct comprehensive all-source research and analysis to identify and assess foreign intelligence and cyber threats. Communication: Present analytical findings clearly and concisely in both oral and written reports to inform stakeholders. Collaboration: Represent DCSA at CI working groups, fostering collaboration and information sharing with partner agencies. Liaison: Maintain strong working relationships with U.S. Intelligence and Law Enforcement Communities to facilitate information exchange and coordinated analytic efforts. Program Support: Provide expert advice and guidance to leadership on all aspects of CI and Insider Threat program areas, and perform administrative and information management tasks as needed. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications The experience described in your resume will be evaluated and screened from the Office of Personnel Management's (OPMs) basic qualifications requirements. See: for OPM qualification standards, competencies and specialized experience needed to perform the duties of the position as described in the MAJOR DUTIES and QUALIFICATIONS sections of this announcement by 10/02/2026. Applicant must have directly applicable experience that demonstrates the possession of the knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Qualifying experience may have been acquired in any public or private sector job, but will clearly demonstrate past experience in the application of the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to successfully perform the duties of the position. You must have specialized experience sufficient to demonstrate that you have acquired all the competencies necessary to perform at a level equivalent in difficulty, responsibility, and complexity to the next lower grade GS/GG-12 in the Federal service and are prepared to take on greater responsibility. Generally, this would include one year or more of such specialized experience. Specialized experience for this position includes: Writing and presenting in-depth knowledge of a wide range of concepts, principles, practices, and techniques associated with intelligence, counterintelligence (CI), law enforcement, threats to critical technologies and/or DoW programs or related disciplines; Supplying knowledge of terminology, methodology, and intelligence gathering techniques, research and structured analytical techniques as applied to complex assignments in CI analysis. Specifically you will be evaluated on the following competencies: 1. Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for mistakes. Complies with established control systems and rules. 2. Oral Communications: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately. 3. Planning and Evaluating: Organizes work, sets priorities, and determines resource requirements; determines short- or long-term goals and strategies to achieve them; coordinates with other organizations or parts of the organization to accomplish goals; monitors progress and evaluates outcomes. 4. Problem Solving: Identifies problems; determines accuracy and relevance of information; uses sound judgment to generate and evaluate alternatives, and to make recommendations. 5. Tools and Methods: Applies tools and methods to substantive discipline, domain, or area of work. Adapts existing tools and/or methods or employs new methodological approaches required for substantive discipline, domain, or area of work. Education Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level. Additional Information VETERANS PREFERENCE/CURRENT OR FORMER FEDERAL In accordance with DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, veterans preference is not required to be applied when considering candidates with prior Federal competitive or excepted service who have completed a probationary or trial period and have not been separated for cause. Therefore, veterans preference will not be applied to applicants with current federal service, or former federal civilian service meeting the above criteria. Re-employed Annuitant: This position does not meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found at: Applicants selected from this announcement may be required to serve a two-year trial period. If selected, Federal employees currently serving in the competitive service must acknowledge that they will voluntarily leave the competitive service by accepting an offer of employment for a DCIPS excepted service positions. If selected, non-DCIPS candidates must acknowledge in writing that the position they have been selected for is in the excepted service and covered by DCIPS. All Defense Intelligence positions under the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) are in the excepted service by specific statue, 10 U.S.C. 1601. This position is in the excepted service and does not confer competitive status. For more information on the DCIPS occupational structure click here. For more information about career advancement in DCIPS click here. This position is subject to an initial drug screening, and random testing thereafter. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or FJO being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position. Defense Security Service