INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST

INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST

Department: Department of the Air Force

Location(s): Lackland AFB, Texas

Salary Range: $126361 - $164268 Per Year

Job Summary: Click on "Learn more about this agency" button below for IMPORTANT additional information. *** Salary ranges includes local market supplements *** The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a senior intelligence planner and subject matter expert in the J2 Staff of 16th Air Force, Air Forces Cyber, and Joint Force Headquarters - Cyber with responsibilities that include intelligence planning in support of combatant command plans and operation.

Major Duties:

• -Conducts and oversees the most complex planning of multi-source intelligence support to operations. Serves as a subject matter expert for intelligence support to operational planning. Evaluates relevance and reliability of classified and unclassified information to understand adversary strengths and weaknesses. Leads the coordination, generation, and review of ISR inputs to war planning efforts to include OPLAN, WARNORDs, PLANORDs, ALERTORDs, DEPORDs, EXORDs, PTDOs, OPORDs and RFFs in relation to 16 AF (AFCYBER) JFHQ-C (AF) subordinate cyber units, to fuse multi-source information from intelligence disciplines (SIGINT, ELINT, OSINT, HUMINT) to satisfy a broad range of operational planning requirements. -Develops and presents ISR capabilities to a wide variety of service, national and coalition customers. Provides Combatant Commanders the intelligence information derived from ISR assets to maximize their own forces' effectiveness by optimizing friendly force strengths, exploiting adversary weaknesses, and countering adversary strengths. Plans and directs management of the entire effort from identifying the need for information to delivering a fused intelligence product to a consumer. Seeks new techniques and technologies associated with intelligence processing concepts. -Serves as a senior adviser and primary consultant in the dissemination of multi-source intelligence. Leads a wide variety of complex and non-routine collection and operations projects/programs/teams to support component, combatant command, and support agency planning and operations. Interprets and makes analytic judgments on broad-based and domain/discipline-agnostic intelligence products, applications, capabilities and resources. Oversees, coordinates, monitors, and evaluates the collection, and dissemination of multi-source information to exploit adversary weaknesses and counter adversary strengths. -Plans, directs and oversees ISR operations. Manages, oversees, and integrates functions to provide ISR intelligence and situational awareness necessary to successfully plan and conduct operations in support of the commanders and other customers within the assigned areas of responsibility. Planning and the directing of the collection and reporting on the most complex intelligence data enables strategic, operational, and tactical users to better understand the operational environment systemically, spatially, and temporally, allowing them to orient themselves to the current and predicted situation to enable decisive action. -Serves as a senior technical authority on ISR issues. Makes authoritative recommendations and defends decisions on operations policy matters to the Director and Headquarters 16 AF staff and is often required to make difficult decisions committing NAF funds or resources impacting future capabilities. Represents 16 AF in meetings with senior planners from other MAJCOMs, Air Staff, DoD, National Security Agency (NSA), Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), other national agencies, and congressional staff members.

Qualifications: This is a GG-14 position in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). The GG-14 duties for the "Professional" work category are at the "Senior" work level and are equivalent to those at the GS-14 level. The selectee's salary will be set within the grade equivalent to a GS/GG grade based on the selectee's qualifications in relation to the job. In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Administrative and Management Positions EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Your resume must reflect the quality level of experience which demonstrates the possession of the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for successful job performance required for this position. Examples of creditable experience include: Mastery of and skill in applying a comprehensive range of intelligence research, collection methods, dissemination applications and methodologies that includes the evaluation of many diverse sources of information utilizing multiple intelligence information systems in order to develop intelligence capability and threat assessments. Amasses and reviews in detail intelligence data using multi-source expertise from either regional or functional background/training to current and operational intelligence missions. Demonstrates knowledge of the national intelligence community, Joint, DoD structure, organizations and mission/functions, inter-relationships, and operations. Note: Creditable experience may include previous military experience, experience gained in the private sector, or experience gained in another government agency. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: 1. Knowledge of a comprehensive range of intelligence research and collection methods, techniques, and practices; and multi-source intelligence information systems to capture and report on data in order to develop intelligence capabilities and threat assessments, interpret policy, and commit resources. 2. Knowledge of advanced dissemination principles, concepts, and methods to disburse the most complex information/situations attained from multiple sources. 3. Knowledge of the joint planning process; national intelligence community; Joint, DoD structure, organizations and mission/functions; and inter-relationships and operations. 4. Knowledge of the principles, concepts, and theories of Air Force Network Operations, Defensive Cyberspace Operations, and Cyberspace Effects Operations. 5. Skill in working out solutions to problems or questions related to the work, writing clear and concise intelligence products, and delivering written and/or verbal presentations to senior level audiences for decision-making purposes; and quickly assimilating disparate data, rendering knowledgeable and accurate assessments of the implication of such data, and making decisions, estimates, and recommendations under conditions of urgency and pressure. 6. Ability to plan, organize, and direct the functions and staff of a small to medium-sized organization. CONDTIONS OF EMPLOYMENT CONT'D: 1. Drug Testing: This position has been designated by the Air Force as a Testing Designated Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Testing Program. Employee must pass initial and periodic short notice drug testing. Illegal drug use by employees in sensitive positions presents a clear threat to the mission of the Air Force, national security, and public safety. PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week. VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

How to Apply: The complete Application Package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 01/13/2026 To preview the Application Questionnaire, please click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12858060 To begin the process, click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account. Follow the prompts to complete the application questionnaire. Please ensure you click the Submit My Application button at the end of the process. To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes: 1. Your Resume. If you submit more than one resume, only the most recent will be reviewed. The "most recent" is considered the resume with the latest timestamp. Resumes may not exceed two pages. The two-page resume ensures the most relevant experience is reviewed and considered, which is a common practice in both the public and private sectors. Resumes exceeding two pages will be removed from consideration. Additional information on how to complete or update your resume may be located here. For qualification determination your resume must contain hours worked per week and dates of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as insufficient, and you will not receive consideration for this position. If you are a current Federal employee or previous Federal employee, provide your pay plan, series and grade, i.e. GS-0301-09. Current Federal Civilian Employees may list any relevant performance related rating (given within the last three years) and/or incentive awards in your resume. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your name, first and last, MUST be included on your resume. 2. A complete Application Questionnaire 3. Additional Required Documents (see Required Documents section). Ensure all submitted documents contain your full name. 4. Help recruiters find you. Make your resume and profile searchable, which means recruiters may contact you about possible jobs. Additional information may be located here. 4. Return Rights: Per AFI 36-1101 - DCIPS employees have no statutory right of return to the previous position, unit, or geographic location. PLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Human Resources WILL NOT modify or change any answers submitted by an applicant.

Application Deadline: 2026-01-13