Job opening: Senior Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Functional Advisor
Salary: $163 964 - 191 900 per year
Relocation: YES
Published at: Jan 05 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) Directorate for Mission Integration (MI) creates a consistent and holistic view of intelligence from collection to analysis and serves as the Director of National Intelligence's (DNI) principal advisor on all aspects of intelligence. MI integrates mission capabilities, informs enterprise resource and policy decisions, and ensures the delivery of timely, objective, accurate, and relevant intelligence.
Duties
Evaluate, integrate, review, and develop planning efforts for area of responsibility in coordination and collaboration with other U.S. Government agencies.
Manage the Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) portfolio, including a wide range of topics and issues spanning the SIGINT domain.
Communicate SIGINT Functional Management strategy and community concerns to ODNI leadership.
Provide ODNI insight and priorities to the National SIGINT Committee (SIGCOM) in accordance with ICD 113; prepare ODNI senior leadership for IC engagement regarding SIGINT topics. Ensure SIGCOM strategies align with IC guidance.
Conduct in-depth assessments of SIGINT collection and analysis capabilities and provide expert counsel to Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) senior leadership and National Intelligence Managers (NIMs) and National Intelligence Collection Officers (NICOs) to support decision-making on collection and analysis enterprise issues.
Develop new SIGINT system and associated Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (TCPED) requirements, represent National Intelligence Manager (NIM) requirements/needs through Intelligence Community Capability Requirements (ICCR) process, and follow parallel DoD Joint Capabilities Integration and Development System (JCIDS) process.
Analyze, develop, and provide mission impact to ODNI acquisition reviews. Advocate for adequate resources to develop and deliver SIGINT capabilities supporting advanced analytics and automated collection.
Analyze, develop, and provide policy oversight/assessments regarding commercial Radio Frequency capabilities and standards.
Lead the monitoring and the implementation of interagency plans by coordinating and integrating competing requirements and priorities of multiple stakeholders; plan and participate in interagency meetings.
Develop substantive inputs to the intelligence planning, programming, budgeting, and evaluation process in order to secure funding for SIGINT-related collection capabilities.
Act as liaison with ODNI elements and other agencies with responsibility for SIGINT collection to ensure alignment of programs, procedures, budgets, acquisitions, and guidelines.
Advise Director for Mission Integration (DMI), Director for Mission Performances, Analysis and Collection (MPAC), and Chief for Functions and Collections Group (FCG) leadership on SIGINT programs; serve as a subject matter expert for integrating SIGINT capabilities; and facilitate technical reach back to SIGINT organizations to support ODNI decisions.
Lead the development of initiatives that will improve partnerships, promote best practices, and foster integration across the spectrum of multi-INT disciplines.
Support DMI initiatives to address cross-cutting enterprise challenges and mission management priorities which can leverage SIGINT capabilities.
Support community decision-making forums for SIGINT collection, analysis, and mission prioritizations issues to align collection capabilities against enduring and emerging national intelligence priorities, programs, and initiatives, ensuring coordination among the major collection disciplines.
Brief senior ODNI leaders, IC members, policymakers, military decision makers, members of Congress/staffs, and other major stakeholders on SIGINT collection issues.
Superior ability to communicate complex information clearly, concisely, and in a manner that is targeted to and meets the needs of diverse audiences, to include senior-level policymakers.
Requirements
- 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.
Qualifications
Mandatory Requirements:
Expert knowledge and experience with the breadth of SIGINT collection, SIGINT planning processes, critical analysis, and consensus building, as well as an understanding of how SIGINT integrates with other intelligence disciplines.
Superior interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills, including a demonstrated ability to work effectively both independently and in a team or collaborative environment.
Expert knowledge of IC organizations' missions in order to develop the national-level strategies and policies necessary to support U.S. national security and foreign policy interests.
Expert leadership experience and analytic and/or collection expertise to support strategy and policy development, strategic planning, and implementation efforts.
Expert ability to evaluate strategic trends, strategy and implementation plans, results, and programmatic data, propose innovative solutions, and implement change.
Expert ability to conceptualize, organize, and draw inferences from incomplete data and present a compelling analysis of findings and issues; expert ability to identify, articulate, document, and mitigate knowledge gaps or alternatives approaches.
Superior communication (written and verbal) skills to communicate organizational vision, mission, and plans effectively and efficiently.
Superior ability to communicate clearly, both orally and in written reports, and to logically analyze, synthesize, and evaluate multiple sources of information for their inclusion in briefings and written documents.
Expert organizational and interpersonal skills to facilitate diverse forums, manage competing priorities, and advocate new ideas/concepts/processes.
Superior ability to exercise independent judgment on time-sensitive issues and work collaboratively across the IC.
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience as determined by mission specialty area.
Desired requirements:
Expert knowledge and experience in the SIGINT discipline, to include analysis, collection, and TCPED processes.
Ten years of experience leading strategic planning, managing, and directing the successful efforts of a government or private organization.
Education
Bachelor's Degree.
Contacts
- Address MISSION PERFORMANCE, ANALYSIS, AND COLLECTION
Director Of National Intelligence
Washington, DC 20511
US
- Name: Vacancy Team ODNI
- Email: [email protected]
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