The National Counterterrorism Center's Directorate of Intelligence (NCTC/DI) is seeking an experienced GS-15 analyst with strong tradecraft, leadership, and interpersonal skills to help oversee and drive the analytic effort of a high performing group working to combat terrorism against the United States. As a group-level asset in the DI, the selected officer will help managers formulate and implement an operationally and policy-relevant analytic program and advance analytic tradecraft and expertise on CT issues. The selectee will work with senior analysts and leadership in other NCTC groups to help the Center integrate efforts and produce sophisticated analytic products that leverage our unique access to data and tools.
The officer will be asked to lead multidisciplinary projects that leverage the Center's data science and Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning expertise, and make use of a range of terrorism data to include financial, seized media, and social media sources to create new terrorism knowledge.
The officer will ensure that the Directorate's analytic lines are progressing and staying fresh by encouraging DI analysts to think creatively and challenge their own analytic lines, promoting diversity of analytic opinions, and helping them identify creative ways to tackle strategic production in an increasingly limited collection environment.
NCTC/DI is committed to developing its officers, and will provide the selected officer with development and training opportunities, encourage research projects, and support the selectee's corporate contributions to NCTC, ODNI, and their home agency.
The officer will also have opportunities to travel, take appropriate language training, and attend relevant conferences. Duties and responsibilities will include: Sharing expertise with others and mentoring more junior analysts in the Directorate.
Senior analysts are among the DI's leading teachers of our trade and organizational culture, setting a positive tone and playing a leading role in building workforce morale and fostering cooperation, collaboration, and continuous learning.
Leading the production of a broad range of finished intelligence products in support of US foreign policy and national security interests as well as sophisticated targeting and network development products.
Senior analysts produce sophisticated, cross-cutting, finished intelligence and briefings on terrorism-related issues that model the highest standards of DI tradecraft and policy or operational relevance.
Cultivating and maintaining 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.
You also will have the opportunity to: Provide leadership and expert guidance to the planning, analysis, and application of a full-range of methodological tools and approaches to gain a comprehensive understanding of complex analytical issues and incorporate insights and findings into well-crafted, in-depth intelligence products.
Plan, prepare, and present written analysis and oral briefings to the most senior internal and external customers on counterterrorism issues; explain the most complex concepts to non-expert customers and tailor the output to correspond to customer needs.
Develop, utilize, and refine a full range of methodological tools and approaches to gain a comprehensive understanding of complex and significant analytic issues and incorporate insights and findings into well-crafted, sophisticated intelligence products.
Oversee the development and implementation of strategies for driving collection, or historical information in support of US interests and policy objectives; cultivate and identify key internal and external sources of relevant information that meet customer and self-derived needs.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the United States
- Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI)
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
- A two-year trial period is required for all new permanent appointments to the ODNI.
Expert knowledge in area of subject matter expertise.
Expert ability to effectively plan and lead the development of high-quality, complex analyses, studies, projects, assignments, and briefings on key US foreign policy and national security objectives focused on a specific region or transnational issue for IC consumers and policymakers at the highest levels of government.
Superior ability to apply expert knowledge of ODNI, IC organizations, and relevant customer organizations or operations (e.g., military, policymakers, and law enforcement), in order to effectively translate their requirements and provide appropriate output or responses to meet customer needs.
Expert knowledge of IC policy and procedures and demonstrated knowledge of analytic tradecraft and superior ability to communicate intelligence information and judgments to generalists as well as specialists.
Superior critical thinking skills demonstrated in a portfolio of published analysis that show applicant's ability to think strategically and creatively.
Superior ability to work effectively across organizational lines-often under tight deadlines-to synthesize and produce sophisticated intelligence.
Superior ability to execute senior-level guidance in a fast-paced environment and superior ability to translate strategic goals into specific objectives with appropriate metrics and methods to track progress toward meeting those goals.
Superior ability to promote information sharing practices across the ODNI and IC.
Superior interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills, in working with individuals at the highest levels of the IC and government in justifying, defending, negotiating, and resolving significant and controversial issues.
Superior ability to work effectively both independently and in a team or collaborative environment.
Superior ability to coach and mentor junior colleagues.
Must have a Bachelors Degree
Desired Requirements
Creative problem-solving skills and superior ability to provide leadership in carrying out mission responsibilities. Generally, ten or more years of related work experience.
Previous work experience or academic study in terrorism fields.
Previous work experience on terrorist network modeling and forensic media exploitation. Cover letter and resume required.
Job Interview Travel: Candidates from outside the Washington, D.C., area may be selected for a telephone, teleconference, or in-person interview.
Salary Determination:
The ODNI uses a rank-in-person system in which rank is attached to GS employees on the basis of individual qualifications, experience, and performance.
Individuals whose current GS grade is equivalent to the grade of the advertised position will retain their current grade and step.
Individuals who transfer to the ODNI from a non-GS pay scale will have base pay converted to the appropriate GS grade and step as determined by the Director/ Human Resource Management.
On occasional instances when a current federal civilian employee applies for an ODNI position that is a lower grade than his or her personal grade, the candidate's personal grade will be downgraded to the grade of the advertised ODNI position and pay will be set at the step that is closest to but not less than the employee's current annual base rate of pay, not to exceed the maximum rate (i.e., step 10) of the GS grade to which assigned.
Relocation Expenses: For new ODNI employees, reimbursement for relocation is discretionary based on availability of funds.
Reasonable Accommodations:
The ODNI provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Reasonable Accommodations Officer by classified email at dni_reasonable_accommodation_wma@cia.ic.gov, by unclassified email at DNI_DRA@dni.gov, by telephone at 703-275-3900 or by FAX at 703-275-1217. Your request for reasonable accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE EEOD EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS EMAIL IS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS ONLY.
The ODNI is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulations.
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A complete application package must include:
a. RESUME: Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the vacancy announcement, particularly the MDRs, and construct their resume to highlight their most significant experience and qualifications relevant to this job opportunity. You must ensure the resume contains all of the required information and you organize it so we can associate the following information for each experience/position:?Job title; Name of employer; Beginning and ending dates of employment (month/day/year format); Hours worked per week. We will assume full-time unless otherwise stated. Detailed description of job duties, accomplishments, related skills, and responsibilities to include any supervisory/managerial responsibilities and number of staff supervised (if applicable) and;?Series and grade or equivalent (if a federal position).
b. POSITION NUMBER: Reference the announcement number in the subject line on each document submitted.
c. COVER LETTER: Applicants must submit a professional narrative as a supplement to the resume to elaborate on their qualifications and previous work performed.
d. CURRENT SF-50: Federal Government employees must provide your official most recent SF-50 (i.e., dated within the last 52 weeks from the closing date of this vacancy announcement.) SF-50, "Notification of Personnel Action" is used to verify to verify current federal status, position, title, grade, and organization of record. If your SF-50(s) does not provide the information needed to make a final determination for qualification, you will be found ineligible for the position.
Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents may result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted.
Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
