Intelligence Operations Specialist (Collection Strategist)
$ 69,923 - $ 156,755 / month
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- Assists in the creation and actioning of Collection Strategies, Postures, and Plans to close intelligence gaps. Assists in identifying and documenting qualitative and quantitative measures to determine level of impact on collection activities.
- Serves as a subject matter expert on collection management, providing authoritative guidance on multi-discipline collection techniques used across the Intelligence Community (IC). Assists in relationship-building across the IC to further collection management collaboration, goals, and objectives. Briefs collection management projects, findings, and recommendations to senior leaders and partners.
- Manages working groups and forums to create a transparent, data-sharing environment for coordination between DHS I&A, DHS components, and IC members. Sets goals, agendas, and conducts meetings and conferences.
- Participates in data calls and collaborative engagements both locally and throughout the United States. Works closely with DHS component collection managers, intelligence analysts, and IC partners to understand collection capabilities, priorities, access, challenges, and reporting streams.
- Participates in collection management committees, sub-committees, and working groups across the DHS Intelligence Enterprise (DHS IE) and IC to advance DHS equities, apply advancements in practices and systems, and perform outreach.
- Performs other duties as assigned
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
- Must be able to hold a TS/SCI Security Clearance.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen.
- This is a Testing Designated Position (TDP) and is covered by the Department of Homeland Security Headquarters Drug-Free Workplace Program.
- Overtime may be required in response to a significant event.
- Must provide most recent Performance Evaluation.
Qualifications
Specialized Experience:
GS-13: Applicant must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-12 level in the Federal service that included: coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to obtain cooperation and support or resolve collection, collection management and information sharing problems; communicating with partners to identify intelligence priorities and requirements; and evaluating collection and program operations for improvement.
The competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform this job are:
To qualify for the GS-11 level, you must possess at least one year of the following: specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable experience gained in the Private Sector and/or SLTT government organizations such as:
GS-13: Applicant must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-12 level in the Federal service that included: coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to obtain cooperation and support or resolve collection, collection management and information sharing problems; communicating with partners to identify intelligence priorities and requirements; and evaluating collection and program operations for improvement.
- You must have one year of specialized experience that has provided the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.
The competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform this job are:
- Expert knowledge of the National Intelligence Community and associated operations, missions/functions, and inter-relationships.
- Knowledge of Department of Homeland Security component missions, functions, and authorities.
- Expert knowledge of intelligence collection disciplines, collection management processes, and collection assets, activities, and raw reporting.
- Expert knowledge concerning the development of collection strategies and postures.
- Vast knowledge of developing and actioning collection plans, including through use of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.
- Vast knowledge of Intelligence Community functional management forums, processes, and coordination.
- Expert in making formal presentations and representing agency needs and equities. Strong customer service and interpersonal skills to develop and/or maintain effective working relationships with both internal and external customers.
- Skill in managing working groups including identifying goals, creating agendas, achieving consensus, and documenting issues.
- Strong ability to understand and communicate complex intelligence issues to formulate and present briefings to senior personnel.
- Vast knowledge of the National Intelligence Community and associated operations, missions/functions, and inter-relationships.
- Vast knowledge of DHS I&A homeland security intelligence mission and the role of both raw and finished intelligence reporting in the relationship between DHS, State/Local governments, and the Intelligence Community.
- Advanced knowledge of intelligence collection disciplines, collection management processes, and collection assets, activities, and raw reporting.
- Expert knowledge concerning the development of collection strategies and postures.
- Extensive knowledge of developing and actioning collection plans, including through use of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.
- Intermediary knowledge of Intelligence Community functional management forums, processes, and coordination.
- Expert in making formal presentations and representing agency collection needs and equities. Strong customer service and interpersonal skills to develop and/or maintain effective working relationships with both internal and external customers.
- Experience in managing working groups including identifying goals, creating agendas, achieving consensus, and documenting issues.
- Ability to understand and communicate complex intelligence issues to formulate and present briefings to senior personnel.
To qualify for the GS-11 level, you must possess at least one year of the following: specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable experience gained in the Private Sector and/or SLTT government organizations such as:
- Intermediate knowledge of the National Intelligence Community and associated operations, missions/functions, and inter-relationships.
- Advanced knowledge of DHS I&A homeland security intelligence mission and the relationship between DHS, State/Local governments, and the Intelligence Community as it pertains to collection management.
- Advanced knowledge of intelligence collection disciplines, collection management processes, and collection assets, activities, and raw reporting.
- Advanced knowledge concerning the development of collection strategies and postures.
- Knowledge of developing and actioning collection plans, including through use of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.
- Knowledge of Intelligence Community functional management forums, processes, and coordination.
- Ability to make formal presentations and represent agency collection needs and equities.
- Experience in participating in working groups with minimal supervision, including providing recommendations to goals and agendas, and documenting issues.
- Ability to understand and communicate complex intelligence issues to formulate and present briefings to senior personnel.
- Basic knowledge of the National Intelligence Community and associated operations, missions/functions, and inter-relationships.
- Basic knowledge of DHS I&A homeland security intelligence mission and the relationship between DHS, State/Local governments, and the Intelligence Community as it pertains to collection management.
- Basic knowledge of intelligence collection disciplines, collection management processes, and collection assets, activities, and raw reporting.
- Basic knowledge concerning the development of collection strategies and postures.
- Basic knowledge of the principles, concepts, and methodologies of collection management practiced throughout each intelligence discipline.
- Ability to make formal presentations and represent agency collection needs and equities.
- Experience in participating in working groups with supervision, including providing recommendations to goals and agendas, and documenting issues.
- Ability to understand and communicate complex intelligence issues to formulate and present briefings to branch and division leadership.
Additional information
This is a permanent appointment position that is classified in the Excepted Service under Title 50 and will be filled on a full-time permanent basis. Employees hired under an Excepted Service appointment may be required to serve a two (2) year trial period.
Anyone interested in this opportunity should submit their work history showing current grade by COB 03/14/2025
Note: One or more positions may be filled using this vacancy announcement.
Federal agencies must provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the hiring agency directly. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
The United States Government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, and genetic information, and age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.
- Benefits
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. .
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
Conditions of Employment
- Must be able to hold a TS/SCI Security Clearance.
- Must be a U.S. Citizen.
- This is a Testing Designated Position (TDP) and is covered by the Department of Homeland Security Headquarters Drug-Free Workplace Program.
- Overtime may be required in response to a significant event.
- Must provide most recent Performance Evaluation.
Qualifications
Specialized Experience:
GS-13: Applicant must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-12 level in the Federal service that included: coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to obtain cooperation and support or resolve collection, collection management and information sharing problems; communicating with partners to identify intelligence priorities and requirements; and evaluating collection and program operations for improvement.
The competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform this job are:
To qualify for the GS-11 level, you must possess at least one year of the following: specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable experience gained in the Private Sector and/or SLTT government organizations such as:
GS-13: Applicant must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-12 level in the Federal service that included: coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to obtain cooperation and support or resolve collection, collection management and information sharing problems; communicating with partners to identify intelligence priorities and requirements; and evaluating collection and program operations for improvement.
- You must have one year of specialized experience that has provided the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position.
The competencies or knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to perform this job are:
- Expert knowledge of the National Intelligence Community and associated operations, missions/functions, and inter-relationships.
- Knowledge of Department of Homeland Security component missions, functions, and authorities.
- Expert knowledge of intelligence collection disciplines, collection management processes, and collection assets, activities, and raw reporting.
- Expert knowledge concerning the development of collection strategies and postures.
- Vast knowledge of developing and actioning collection plans, including through use of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.
- Vast knowledge of Intelligence Community functional management forums, processes, and coordination.
- Expert in making formal presentations and representing agency needs and equities. Strong customer service and interpersonal skills to develop and/or maintain effective working relationships with both internal and external customers.
- Skill in managing working groups including identifying goals, creating agendas, achieving consensus, and documenting issues.
- Strong ability to understand and communicate complex intelligence issues to formulate and present briefings to senior personnel.
- Vast knowledge of the National Intelligence Community and associated operations, missions/functions, and inter-relationships.
- Vast knowledge of DHS I&A homeland security intelligence mission and the role of both raw and finished intelligence reporting in the relationship between DHS, State/Local governments, and the Intelligence Community.
- Advanced knowledge of intelligence collection disciplines, collection management processes, and collection assets, activities, and raw reporting.
- Expert knowledge concerning the development of collection strategies and postures.
- Extensive knowledge of developing and actioning collection plans, including through use of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.
- Intermediary knowledge of Intelligence Community functional management forums, processes, and coordination.
- Expert in making formal presentations and representing agency collection needs and equities. Strong customer service and interpersonal skills to develop and/or maintain effective working relationships with both internal and external customers.
- Experience in managing working groups including identifying goals, creating agendas, achieving consensus, and documenting issues.
- Ability to understand and communicate complex intelligence issues to formulate and present briefings to senior personnel.
To qualify for the GS-11 level, you must possess at least one year of the following: specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service, or comparable experience gained in the Private Sector and/or SLTT government organizations such as:
- Intermediate knowledge of the National Intelligence Community and associated operations, missions/functions, and inter-relationships.
- Advanced knowledge of DHS I&A homeland security intelligence mission and the relationship between DHS, State/Local governments, and the Intelligence Community as it pertains to collection management.
- Advanced knowledge of intelligence collection disciplines, collection management processes, and collection assets, activities, and raw reporting.
- Advanced knowledge concerning the development of collection strategies and postures.
- Knowledge of developing and actioning collection plans, including through use of Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.
- Knowledge of Intelligence Community functional management forums, processes, and coordination.
- Ability to make formal presentations and represent agency collection needs and equities.
- Experience in participating in working groups with minimal supervision, including providing recommendations to goals and agendas, and documenting issues.
- Ability to understand and communicate complex intelligence issues to formulate and present briefings to senior personnel.
- Basic knowledge of the National Intelligence Community and associated operations, missions/functions, and inter-relationships.
- Basic knowledge of DHS I&A homeland security intelligence mission and the relationship between DHS, State/Local governments, and the Intelligence Community as it pertains to collection management.
- Basic knowledge of intelligence collection disciplines, collection management processes, and collection assets, activities, and raw reporting.
- Basic knowledge concerning the development of collection strategies and postures.
- Basic knowledge of the principles, concepts, and methodologies of collection management practiced throughout each intelligence discipline.
- Ability to make formal presentations and represent agency collection needs and equities.
- Experience in participating in working groups with supervision, including providing recommendations to goals and agendas, and documenting issues.
- Ability to understand and communicate complex intelligence issues to formulate and present briefings to branch and division leadership.
Additional information
This is a permanent appointment position that is classified in the Excepted Service under Title 50 and will be filled on a full-time permanent basis. Employees hired under an Excepted Service appointment may be required to serve a two (2) year trial period.
Anyone interested in this opportunity should submit their work history showing current grade by COB 03/14/2025
Note: One or more positions may be filled using this vacancy announcement.
Federal agencies must provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the hiring agency directly. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.
The United States Government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, and genetic information, and age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.