Intelligence Operations Specialist

Full Job Description

This position is located in the Department of Health and Human Services, Immediate Office of the Secretary, headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia.

This position is within the Office of National Security (ONS). This announcement has an applicant limit of 50 and will close on the day that 50 applications have been received, at 11:59 PM.

Please read the "How You'll be Evaluated" section for specific details regarding the evaluation process for this job.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR Minimum Qualifications: You must have one year specialized experience to perform successfully the duties of the position.

To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service performing at least ALL of the following: 1.

Applying all-source intelligence analysis tradecraft and interpreting complex intelligence and open-source datasets on Foreign Intelligence Entity (FIE) capabilities to produce intelligence assessments and investigative leads to inform Department-wide risk decisions and guide supported Components in prioritizing operational and investigative impacts to mission interests.

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Conducting in-depth threat research and risk analysis on Homeland and National Security issues affecting biosecurity and public health activities; developing mitigation strategies for identified SCRM/CI vulnerabilities, initiating intelligence gap analyses resulting in the launch of new or expanded collection efforts across multiple stakeholder communities.

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Assessing SCRM/CI posture across agency supported missions, translating senior-level customer requirements into actionable intelligence outputs, and consulting with Department leadership to align identity intelligence support with mission needs, while leading briefings to internal and external IC partners to ensure analytic positions are comprehensive and consistent with agency applicable policy and Intelligence Community Directives.

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Representing an intelligence organization in interagency communities of interest and working groups, maintaining collaborative information-sharing networks across stakeholder elements and IC counterparts, and coordinating multi-jurisdictional intelligence activities; while independently balancing classified information-sharing risks and providing intelligence-based recommendations that shape SCRM/CI initiatives and inform senior-official decision-making.

Documenting experience: IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Qualifications are based on breadth/level of experience.

In addition to describing duties performed, applicants must provide the exact dates of each period of employment (from MM/YY to MM/YY) and the number of hours worked per week if part time.

As qualification determinations cannot be made when resumes do not include the required information, failure to provide this information may result in disqualification.

Applicants are encouraged to use the USAJOBS Resume Builder to develop their federal resume.

Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupational application questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

In accordance with Office of Personnel Management policy, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description.

Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable, however, when documented by satisfactory evidence, such as a signed memorandum from the employee's supervisor or an SF-50 or SF-52 documenting an official detail or other official assignment.

The documentation must indicate whether the duties were performed full time or, if part time, the "percentage of times" the other duties were performed.

It is expected that this documentation is included in the employee's official personnel record.

In order to receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your official position, you must provide a copy of the appropriate documentation of such experience as indicated above.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through national Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; community; student; social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to gain employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

If such experience is on a part-time basis, you must provide the average number of hours worked per week as well as the beginning and ending dates of the experience so it can be fully credited.

OPM Qualification General Policies Website Major Duties:

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING DAY TO DAY As an Intelligence Operations Specialist , you will use your knowledge and experience to optimize business results and customer experience by: Serve as an Identity Intelligence Analyst (Intelligence Operations Specialist) with HHS-wide responsibility to coordinate strategic information and intelligence programs and operations in support of the Secretary, Deputy Secretary, and OPDIV/STAFFDIV senior leadership.

The incumbent accomplishes the work with performing the following duties and responsibilities.

Interprets specialized datasets or other intelligence regarding a target's intent and technological capabilities and produces intelligence assessments and operational/investigative leads that explain their impact on HHS equities.

Gathers information and conducts activities to protect against espionage and other intelligence activities conducted for or on behalf of FIE.

Incumbent identifies and advances opportunities to provide identity intelligence support to HHS operations and other sensitive activities.

Conducts assessments in a SCRM/CI context to protect against FIE activities.

Incumbent develops and recommends appropriate mitigation strategies to improve the Counterintelligence posture of supported elements.

Identifies intelligence gaps and initiates the development of comprehensive intelligence collection programs.