Intelligence Operations Specialist (Counterintelligence Specialist)

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-09, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes ALL of the following: Reviewing and assessing information to determine relevance; AND Analyzing and detecting trends in data gathered from multiple sources; AND Conducting open and classified source research in support of national security or intelligence initiatives. OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: Master’s or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, if related; or LL.B. or J.D., if related; OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: You may qualify on a combination of education and experience. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours may be combined with experience. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-07, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes ONE of the following: Reviewing and assessing information to determine relevance; OR Analyzing and detecting trends in data gathered from multiple sources. OR EDUCATION: You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: You may substitute education for specialized experience as follows: 1 full year of graduate level education or superior academic achievement based on a bachelor’s degree that is demonstrated through class standing (upper 1/3 of class); or grade point average (3.0/4.0 overall or 3.5/4.0 in major), or election to membership in a qualifying national scholastic honor society. (Attach copy of transcript or list of college courses designating semester or quarter hours earned to ensure proper credit); OR COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: You may qualify by a combination of successfully completed graduate level education and specialized experience. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. (*Note: If you are qualifying using education and you are within 9 months of graduating you may tentatively qualify. However, you must graduate and/or meet all qualification requirements prior to being appointed to the position.) The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resumé.
This position is located at Departmental Offices, Terrorist and Financial Intelligence-Intelligence Analysis. As an Intelligence Operations Specialist, you will serve as a member of the Office of Counterintelligence (OCI), which provides counterintelligence (CI) expertise to assessments, operations, and investigations. OCI assessments involve research and evaluation of intelligence information to determine the operational capabilities and effectiveness of foreign intelligence entities (FIE).