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Posted: March 31, 2026 (1 day ago)

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National Counterintelligence Officer Adversarial Influence

Office of the Director of National Intelligence

Other Agencies and Independent Organizations

Fresh

Salary

$169,279 - $197,200

per year

Closes

April 15, 2026

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 leading efforts across the U.S.

government to spot, stop, and counter foreign intelligence threats that try to influence or harm national security, especially through adversarial tactics.

The role requires coordinating teams from different agencies to plan strategies, share information, and integrate counterintelligence into big-picture decisions.

It's ideal for experienced leaders who are great at building partnerships, thinking ahead about risks, and communicating complex ideas clearly to high-level officials.

Key Requirements

  • Demonstrated leadership in interagency working groups and building coalitions within the Intelligence Community (IC)
  • Expert knowledge of the intelligence cycle and experience in analysis, collection, and counterintelligence initiatives
  • Superior written, oral communication, and critical thinking skills for strategic planning and evaluating outcomes
  • Strong interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills to work independently and in teams
  • In-depth understanding of IC organizations, missions, structures, capabilities, processes, and policy development
  • Ability to anticipate issues and recommend/implement actions for the IC and U.S. Government
  • Experience leading national counterintelligence campaigns, particularly in adversarial influence

Full Job Description

Lead proactive counterintelligence and security activities across the United States government, integrating the instruments of national power to detect, report, deter, disrupt, investigate, exploit, and defeat foreign intelligence threats.

Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to lead interagency working groups and build coalitions with IC elements to achieve common goals.

Expert knowledge of and experience in the intelligence cycle.

Expert written, oral communication, and critical thinking skills, as demonstrated by the ability to think strategically, identify needs and requirements, develop recommendations, and evaluate outcomes against goals and objectives.

Superior interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills; ability to set and execute a vision for the IC; build and leverage professional networks; and ability to work effectively both independently and in a team/collaborative environment.

Expert knowledge of IC organizations; IC mission posture, structures, capabilities, processes, and policy development.

Superior ability to anticipate issues relevant to the IC and United States Government and recommend/implement needed actions. Major Duties:

Lead national counterintelligence campaigns and initiatives for the Adversarial Influence portfolio, to include: leading analysis, collection, and counterintelligence initiatives to identify and counter foreign intelligence threats; leading the IC in assessing progress against counterintelligence priorities and gaps; leading the development of solutions to address counterintelligence capability needs; and integrating counterintelligence into national decision making.

Lead, initiate, cultivate, and maintain productive working relationships with colleagues, experts, IC members, policy committees, and law enforcement agencies as appropriate and use these relationships to share information of interest, coordinate joint actions, and drive counterintelligence initiatives related to the Adversarial Influence portfolio.

Recognize, value, build, and leverage diverse collaborative networks within the ODNI and across the IC and routinely engage IC counterparts to drive mission integration.

Develop and continually expand personal knowledge in counterintelligence and achieve a government-wide reputation as a force for integration.

Oversee ranking and prioritizing of competing requirements for additional capabilities through a transparent and accountable methodology.

Support briefings to senior IC officials and other major stakeholders collaboration progress, issues and challenges.

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Posted on USAJOBS: 3/31/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 4/2/2026

Source: USAJOBS | ID: 26-12926345-DNI/NCSC