Intelligence Specialist (Operations)

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About the Position: This position is in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). Employees occupying DCIPS positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S.

Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at the U.S. Army Counterintelligence Command, Region 2, SW-San Antonio.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

10-Point Other Veterans’ Rating 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans 5-Point Veterans' Preference Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Current DoD Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee (non-Army) Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement Disabled Veteran w/ a Service-Connected Disability, More than 10%, Less than 30% Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Prior Federal Service Employee Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible United States Citizen Applying to a DCIPS Position Army DCIPS positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement.

In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below.

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).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience.

Specialized experience is defined as experience 1) leading and coordinating sensitive counterintelligence (CI) investigations, operations, and collection activities across subordinate field offices/resident agencies; 2) ensuring appropriate technical controls, mission management, and oversight of counterintelligence (CI) investigations, operations, and collection activities are conducted in accordance with policies, regulations, directives, and laws; 3) agency representative initiating actions and interpreting counterintelligence (CI) policy; AND 4) making authoritative determinations on complex CI issues that set precedence that could involve substantial resource expenditures and significantly impact major programs across the Region.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GG/GS-12).

Progressively responsible experience is that which has included intelligence-related research, analysis, collections and /or operations.

This experience should have included intelligence analysis and/or production, intelligence collection and/or operations, counterintelligence, or threat support directly related to the position to be filled.

This experience should demonstrate: Knowledge of intelligence processes, cycle and organizations; Knowledge of and/or ability to use research tools such as library holdings, photographs, statistics, graphics and maps; Knowledge of the systems, procedures and methods of analyzing, compiling, reporting and disseminating intelligence data; and/or Knowledge of organization(s) for and methods of collecting and analyzing intelligence data.

Major Duties:

• Establishing, promoting, and maintaining liaison relationships within the intelligence, law enforcement, and analytical communities of interest as appropriate to accomplish the Region counterintelligence (CI) mission and objectives.
• Providing authoritative advice on counterintelligence (CI) policy matters after receiving direction from the immediate supervisor.
• Reviewing draft investigations and operational correspondence, briefings, decision papers, policy memoranda recommendations and electronic media concerning the most sensitive and complex counterintelligence (CI) activities.
• Interacting with subordinate and higher echelons and other command staff sections to ensure assigned actions are understood, tracked, and completed within the assigned suspense.