INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST

Full Job Description

This National Guard position is for a INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST, Position Description Number D1654P01 and is part of the OH 178 Wing, Ohio Air National Guard.

The primary purpose of the position is to perform specialized SIGINT duties as a Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR) unit crewmember and to train assigned military unit members in the duties and functions associated with SIGINT Tasking, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TPED).

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Applicants who have the 1 year of appropriate specialized experience, as indicated in the table, are not required by this standard to have general experience, education above the high school level, or any additional specialized experience to meet the minimum qualification requirements.

Experience, education or training developing and recommending policy, organizing and carrying out specific programs, evaluating and recommending changes in methods of intelligence operations.

Experience in administrative, investigative, or technical work which required the applicant to deal effectively with others.

Experience collecting, evaluating and organizing pertinent facts and to analyze and prepare clear and concise reports. Major Duties:

As a INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST, GS-0132-11, you will perform the following duties:

Serves as a ISR unit crewmember in the SIGINT exploitation section, responsible for SIGINT operations and production affecting time critical targeting (TCT), direct threat warning, battle damage assessment, combat identification, combat search and rescue, multi-INT correlation, threat analysis, mapping, intelligence preparation of the battlespace, situation monitoring, and mission reporting.

Provides SIGINT correlation of data from multiple ISR platforms and intelligence products.

Requests dynamic sensor retasking in order to exploit time critical information not originally entered into the collection plan.

Assesses the data and provides cross-cueing sensor/tip-offs to other platforms and exploitation sections improving multi-INT correlation.

Updates Air Force ISR unit components and C4I nodes on SIGINT findings.

Processes and analyzes SIGINT derived from manned, unmanned, and other operational assets in support of intelligence taskings from National Agencies, Joint Commands, Air Force MAJCOMs, and AOCs.

Prepares, evaluates, and interprets analytical reports and develops procedures to meet changing requirements and insure maximum operational efficiency.

Applies and/or modifies established intelligence practices to problems involved with real-time and near-real-time airborne intelligence operations, including performing analysis and evaluation of raw un-validated data.

Participates in pre-mission conferences to outline mission objectives, potential threats, and possible outcomes. Produces finished reports, instructions, and manuals with a minimum of supervision.

Responsible for safety of operational intelligence assets and operation of various communications nets in addition to secure voice communications.

Directs force protection efforts for manned and unmanned vehicles and other aircraft operating within the area of responsibility by employing secure voice radios for imminent threat warning and advisory support.

Exercises independent judgment in determining techniques, procedures, and sensors to be utilized in intelligence data collection.

Must possess a high level of knowledge of specialized intelligence, collection, and dissemination techniques and their sources, particularly in real-time and near-real-time airborne data collection.

Reports collected data to national and theater consumers via Tactical Reports, time sensitive reports, and other products.

Prepares post-mission reports from analysis of communications patterns, trends, and characteristics for general intelligence and operational community consumption.

Prepares and evaluates finished reports relative to SIGINT activities. Briefs analysis findings and estimates to superiors and mission planners.

Publishes finished reports and documents for use by decision-makers in the squadron, AOC, Air Force MAJCOMs, Joint Commands, and the National Agencies.

Researches, analyzes and plans SIGINT exploitation activities in preparation for operational missions. Utilizes allotted resources for SIGINT operations and analysis activities.

Communicates with other intelligence departments and agencies to share data and techniques, findings, and planning for future operations.

Works with other crew members to ensure that the SIGINT exploitation section maintains a capability to provide timely and accurate operational intelligence support and fully trained intelligence personnel during peacetime and contingency operations.

Coordinates with the Gaining Command on operational intelligence elements needed to carry out coordination and liaison with counterparts and colleagues in other major command intelligence organizations such as Air Combat Command (ACC), National Guard Bureau (NGB),United States Air Forces Europe (USAFE), Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) and other governmental agencies such as Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), National Security Agency (NSA), U.S.

Space Command (SPACECOM), Air Intelligence Agency (AIA), U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), and the Central Intelligence Agency(CIA).

Incumbent represents the organization at interagency conferences and meetings that deal with specialty functions and internal training requirements at the unit level.

Performs other duties as assigned. *The above duty description does not contain all details of the official position description.

A copy of the entire position description can be found on FASCLASS by searching the position description PD#: (D1654P01). https://acpol2.army.mil/fasclass/search_fs/search_fasclass.asp