INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST (COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AGENT)

INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST (COUNTERINTELLIGENCE AGENT)

Department: Department of Defense

Location(s): Groton, Connecticut

Salary Range: $118905 - $154579 Per Year

Job Summary: DCSA'S Eastern Region is seeking a qualified CI professional to serve as a Counterintelligence Agent. In this role you will serve as an SME responsible for providing CI functional services, oversight, and support to the cleared Defense Industrial Base (DIB). This is a great opportunity for those with a broad experience in CI collection, reporting, FIE tradecraft, and operations.

Major Duties:

• As an Intelligence Operations Specialist (Counterintelligence Agent) you will be responsible for the following duties: -Serves as a subject matter expert responsible for providing CI functional services, oversight, and support to the cleared Defense Industrial Base; and for conducting CI collections directed against Foreign Intelligence Entity (FIE) targeting cleared industry. -Collect, evaluate, analyze (field-level), and disseminate CI threat information regarding suspicious activities and other actionable information concerning cleared contractor facilities. -Serves as a technical consultant related to CI and counter-proliferation issues involving facilities where critical program information (CPI) resides and also facilities supporting DoD Research, Development, and Acquisition (RDA) programs. -Conducts CI threat awareness training to educate DCSA and cleared contractor personnel on the threats posed by FIEs; makes recommendations of appropriate CI countermeasures necessary to counter FIE collection efforts. -Establishes and maintains highly collaborative relationships with the DoD components, USG LE and IC counterparts, and with cleared contractors. -Represents DCSA CI in daily internal and external meetings pertaining to CI-related discussions to identify and resolve threats to cleared industry.

Qualifications: The experience described in your resume will be evaluated and screened from the Office of Personnel Management's (OPMs) basic qualifications requirements. See: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0100/intelligence-series-0132/i.e. for professional positions or positions with a basic education requirement: http://main.opm.gov/policy-dataoversight/ classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0100/foreign-affairs series- 0130/; i.e. for positions with no IOR: http://main.opm.gov/policy-dataoversight/ classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0300/management and -program-analysis-series-0343/) for OPM qualification standards, competencies and specialized experience needed to perform the duties of the position as described in the MAJOR DUTIES and QUALIFICATIONS sections of this announcement by 12/01/2025 Applicant must have directly applicable experience that demonstrates the possession of the knowledge, skills, abilities and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position. Qualifying experience may have been acquired in any public or private sector job, but will clearly demonstrate past experience in the application of the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to successfully perform the duties of the position. You must have specialized experience sufficient to demonstrate that you have acquired all the competencies necessary to perform at a level equivalent in difficulty, responsibility, and complexity to the next lower grade GS/GG-12 in the Federal service and are prepared to take on greater responsibility. Generally, this would include one year or more of such specialized experience. Specialized experience for this position includes: Conducting CI collection activities in cleared industry and produces and disseminates relevant reports meeting collection requirements; Providing subject matter expertise to planning efforts with internal and external CI partners to provide input for the development and refinement of the CI operations objectives, priorities, strategies, plans and programs; Coordinating with intelligence and CI defense partners to obtain relevant essential information; and Establishing and maintaining relationships, both internal and external; and Experience with the National Industrial Security Program and the DoD Personnel Security Program process sufficient to correlate counterintelligence issues emerging within cleared industry. Specifically you will be evaluated on the following competencies: Processing and Exploitation Capabilities Teamwork Legal, Government, Jurisprudence Collection Operations

How to Apply: To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package as described in REQUIRED DOCUMENTS. Click 'Apply Online' to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. 1. Follow the prompts to complete the assessment questionnaire and upload required documents. 2. Please ensure you click the Submit My Answers button to submit your application. 3. Applications must be received by the closing date of the announcement to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire, please go tohttps://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12811637. To review the status of an application through USAJOBS: 1. Log into your USAJOBS account 2. Click Application Status within your profile to expand your application 3. Locate the job announcement and click the more information link under the Status column for this position. You will be routed to Application Manager. The Details tab displays by default. The Details tab displays comprehensive information about the selected Application Package including: assessment(s) and the status, supporting documents and their status, correspondence sent to you by the hiring agency, and your application processing status.

Application Deadline: 2025-12-01