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Summary DCSA's Counterintelligence (CI) Directorate is seeking highly motivated CI professional to serve as a CI Analyst to identify, assess threats to DCSA, trusted workforce, and cleared industry. In this role you will serve as a SME responsible for providing analytical products involving all-source intelligence analysis on Foreign Intelligence entities (FIE) posing threats to US national security and integrating intelligence data to generate coherent analysis and reports. Responsibilities As a INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST you will be responsible for the following duties: The incumbent provides analytic expertise to the DCSA to identify, assess, and disrupt threats to cleared industry, cleared personnel, DOD, and DCSA. The incumbent serves as the technical consultant in the field of all-source counterintelligence (CI) analysis, with a focus on foreign intelligence entities, threats to critical technology and related subject matter areas as they pertain to personnel and industrial security. The Incumbent reviews and interprets threat data from all information sources, including the DoD, Intelligence Community and raw information obtained by DCSA by the routine conduct of its missions. The Incumbent researches, processes, synthesizes, exploits, integrates, evaluates, analyzes and interprets available (primarily raw) information and data. The Incumbent identifies new trends or patterns based upon processed information and produces finished intelligence assessments and briefs of findings to inform operational policy guidance. The Incumbent evaluates all-source raw reporting, open-source information and cleared industry reporting to assess foreign intelligence threats to U.S. critical technologies. The Incumbent provides DCSA with CI analytic insight related to critical technology and training. The Incumbent researches, screens, collects, evaluate and disseminate finished assessments and briefings. The Incumbent provides Threat Information which serves as the basis for the development of new industrial security or investigative methods and approaches. The Incumbent determines the individual handling of sensitive, controversial issues. The incumbent evaluates relevance and reliability of both classified and unclassified information to understand adversary. The incumbent provides CI insight related to U.S. Government agencies and organizations, DCSA and Industrial Security and Personnel Security Investigative (PSI) elements of DCSA to thwart attempts by foreign intelligence entities to obtain protected US information and technology. The incumbent trains and educates Industrial Security Specialists and Investigators related to foreign intelligence threats and related issues. The incumbent alerts DCSA intelligence customers to indications that a critical technology, contractor facility, government organization, or an individual has been targeted for intelligence activities or situations that exist which increases the opportunity for exploitation by foreign intelligence entities. The incumbent supports CI integration throughout the agency by educating DCSA employees on CI issues. The incumbent conducts courses to provide information, perspective and guidance to DCSA management, supervisors, employees and cleared DoD contractors on CI issues and how they can be identified during the conduct of investigations, security inspections, and other subsequent actions. The incumbent maintains an ongoing liaison with the Intelligence and Law Enforcement Communities to exchange information and coordinate analytic efforts. The incumbent identifies intelligence gaps and works with DCSA CI Operations Division and the Intelligence Community to drive collection and information gathering. The incumbent produces reports of potential counter-terrorist threats to industry or force protection. The incumbent ensures appropriate assistance is given to the CI contractor employee(s) or cleared military or civilian personnel of DoD. The incumbent assists in the conduct of administrative inquiries into potential CI issues involving defense contractors and their personnel. The incumbent develops strategies to stimulate knowledge exchange and builds incentive structures to enhance process improvement implementation. The incumbent facilitates and leverages benchmark knowledge practices and establishes methodologies to incorporate best practices into the CI Directorate The incumbent performs other duties as assigned. 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: General Schedule Qualification Standards (opm.gov) 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 10/10/2024 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: Analyzing defense intelligence topics, including infrastructure, cyber, or human terrain to determine Foreign Intelligence Entity threats to US interests. Utilizes experience with the National Industrial Security Program and the DoD Personnel Security Program process sufficient to correlate counterintelligence issues emerging in cleared industry. Identify, review and interpret new data sources and combine information from disparate sources to help Stakeholders understand their mission environment through intelligence production. Utilize IC-standard intelligence and production tools, databases, techniques, and intelligence information systems to achieve required mission objectives. Specifically you will be evaluated on the following competencies: 1. Oral Communication: 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. 2. Reasoning: Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions. 3. Writing: Recognizes or uses correct English grammar, punctuation, and spelling; communicates information (for example, facts, ideas, or messages) in a brief, clear, and organized manner; produces written information, which may include technical material, that is appropriate for the intended audience. 4. Researching: Identifies a need for and knows where or how to gather information. Obtains, evaluates, organizes, and maintains information. 5. Counterintelligence: Support activities that protect against espionage, other intelligence activities, sabotage, or assassinations conducted for or on behalf of foreign powers, organizations or persons, or terrorist activities. 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. Other Notes: 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: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf 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. Selection under this appointment authority does not confer civil service competitive status. All current and former Federal employees must submit a copy of your latest SF50 (Notification of Personnel Action) showing your tenure, grade and step, and type of position occupied (i.e., Excepted or Competitive); or similar Notification of Personnel Action documentation, i.e., Transcript of Service, Form 1150, etc. Resumes should NOT include: Classified information/SSN/Photo of yourself/personal information (gender, religion, affiliation etc/Encrypted digitally signed docs). Resumes with this prohibited information will be automatically ineligible for consideration.