Intelligence Research Specialist
Department of Energy - Agency Wide
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Intelligence Officer (C4I)
Defense Intelligence Agency
Department of Defense
Location
Washington, District of Columbia
Salary
$121,785 - $158,322
per year
Type
Full-Time
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SES Pay Grade
Base salary range: $147,649 - $221,900
Typical requirements: Executive-level leadership experience. Senior executive qualifications required.
Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).
Job Description
Summary
This job involves analyzing military intelligence to understand political dynamics, command structures, and decision-making in specific countries or regions, while evaluating command, control, and communication systems to support national defense.
It requires producing reports on military capabilities, trends, and risks to help leaders make informed choices.
A good fit would be someone with deep knowledge of military history and technology, strong analytical skills, and experience in intelligence operations who thrives in a team-oriented, high-stakes environment.
Key Requirements
- Deep knowledge of national or regional military history, force structures, equipment, modernization, readiness, and sustainability
- Ability to assess and critique intelligence on military capabilities and author studies on trends and developments
- Expertise in evaluating Command and Control (C2), Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance (ISR) data integration, telecommunications infrastructure, and weapons release technologies
- Proficiency in complex analytic methodologies to mitigate decision-making risks and calculate confidence in outcomes
- Knowledge of conventional and nuclear C4I systems, processes, and procedures
- Experience leading interagency working groups focused on C4ISR
- Experience analyzing technical SIGINT (Signals Intelligence) data
Full Job Description
We are committed to: Teamwork: Partnering at all levels and across organizational boundaries for mission accomplishment.
Integrity: Adherence to the highest legal and ethical principles in our responsibilities. Excellence: Unrivaled defense intelligence expertise.
Service: Putting the welfare of the Nation and commitment to our mission before oneself. ASSESSMENT FACTORS 1.
Determines and disseminates salient factors required to solve or mitigate intelligence problems related to country or regional political-military dynamics, military command relationships, and decision-making processes.
2.
Employs breadth and depth of knowledge in national or regional history of military, force structure, equipment, modernization, readiness, and sustainability to appraise and critique significant military capabilities information and analyses; authors/co-authors assessments and studies that emphasize new trends and developments and updates appropriate databases.
3. Assesses and correlates outcomes of analytic design process to discern core meaning, importance, implications, and to mitigate decision-making risks. 4.
Independently employs complex methodologies to evaluate Command and Control, ISR data integration, physical telecommunication infrastructure, and weapons system release technology and procedures enabling the targeting of advanced conventional weapons.
5. Calculates confidence in probable outcomes based on sound analytic techniques and subject matter expertise, illustrating Defense implications and opportunities. HIGHLY DESIRED SKILLS 1.
Knowledge of conventional and nuclear C4I systems, processes, and procedures. 2. Experience leading interagency working groups focused on C4ISR. 3. Experience analyzing technical SIGINT data.
Major Duties:
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