Intelligence Research Specialist

Full Job Description

This vacancy is for a GS-132-13, Intelligence Research Specialist, located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), United State Coast Guard (USCG), Assistant Commandant for Intelligence (CG-2), Intelligence Coordination Center (ICC), Strategic Intelligence Department, Production Division, Panex, Largo, FL.

To qualify at the GS-13 grade level, applicants must have at least one (1) full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the federal sector.

Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work.

NOTE: All experience statements (i.e., duties, specialized experience, or occupational assessment questionnaire) copied from this announcement and pasted into your resume will not be considered as a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.

Specialized experience must include the following: Conducting complex all-source intelligence analysis to identify, characterize, and prioritize maritime threats and targets in support of operational strike force objectives, integrating classified and open-source data to inform actionable intelligence products.

Representing Coast Guard intelligence in interagency working groups, sharing analytical insights, promoting data integration, and contributing to collaborative maritime threat assessments.

Developing briefing materials and delivered oral presentations to senior Coast Guard and partner agency personnel on complex maritime targeting issues and trends.

Initiating and maintaining liaisonefforts with senior intelligence and law enforcement analysts across the Intelligence Community, Department of Homeland Security, partner nations, and maritime enforcement organizations to validate information and synchronize targeting efforts.

NOTE: Education cannot be substituted for experience at this grade level.

National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): 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, spiritual, community, student, social).

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

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

The Office of Personnel management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees.

If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule, C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office.

Major Duties:

You will serve as an ICC Intelligence Research Specialist and as an intelligence analyst for the Commanding Officer. Being a Coast Guard (CG) civilian makes you a valuable member of the CG team.

Typical work assignments include: Overseeing daily intelligence for targeting maritime threats (ships, people, cargo), using incidents for analysis.

Directing the Targeting team's research and analysis, evaluating diverse intelligence streams to identify and interpret threats to national security. Analyzing data across diverse U.S.

Coast Guard, National Intelligence, law enforcement, and commercial databases to produce actionable intelligence products. Producing and reviewing intelligence assessments for senior leadership.

Communicates vital security findings through formal reports, memos, and oral presentations to inform Coast Guard policy and operations.

Leveraging advanced link-analysis platforms to map and disrupt transnational criminal and terrorist networks.

Collaborating with cross-functional teams to design multi-INT (Intelligence) collection strategies and leads specialized intelligence working groups to synchronize threat assessments.