Securing Travel, Protecting People - At the Transportation Security Administration, you will serve in a high-stakes environment to safeguard the American way of life. In cities across the country, you would secure airports, seaports, railroads, highways, and/or public transit systems, thus protecting America's transportation infrastructure and ensuring freedom of movement for people and commerce.

Duties

This Intelligence Operations Specialist position is located Operations Support (OS), Intelligence & Analysis (I&A), Field Intelligence Division (FID), Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Duties include but are not limited to: Oversees the production of, including reviewing and editing, reports, products, and briefings on complex and specialized threat information relating to transportation equities for TSA operational components, private industry, and/or foreign transportation security stakeholders, that enables customers to implement new rules, regulations, and policies in response to evolving threats. Guides analysts in conceptualizing, researching, and writing specialized reporting or analyses of varying complexity on threats or incidents affecting transportation to advance TSA's understanding of threats to transportation, and potentially inform development of new TSA operational rules, regulations, and policies. Monitors intelligence reporting and oversees/guides analysis and production aligned to TSA Priority Intelligence Requirements, Intelligence and Analysis (IA) objectives and requirements, and emerging customer requests. Broad policies and objectives provide general guidance for addressing issues but allow considerable discretion to develop new and innovative approaches. Oversees and reviews production of multiple intelligence reports, products, presentations, and related materials of varying complexity on adversary tactics and threats to the transportation sector domestically and abroad. Enforces IA and TSA policies requiring writing at the classification level appropriate for optimal dissemination of products for stakeholder and foreign partner release. Performs subject matter expert review of written intelligence reports or products for analytic quality, logical argumentation, clarity, accuracy, security classification markings, relevance to customer requirements, and adherence to TSA analytic methodologies and procedures. Often represents TSA as a senior technical point of contact for internal and external contacts, playing a lead role in drafting reports and contractual documents for external distribution. Collaborates with the Senior Intelligence Officer to develop analytic methodologies, standard operating procedures, priority intelligence/counterintelligence requirements, production plans, and other guidance to ensure production is analytically sound, timely, and relevant to TSA operational components and private industry. Initiates, builds, and maintains professional relationships with partners in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Intelligence Community, establishing the foundation for future collaborations. Identifies new trends in intelligence/counterintelligence reporting that could have strategic impacts on TSA decisions, operations, and organizational objectives in the future. Recognizes interrelationships and linkages with other TSA divisions and offices and assesses potential impact(s); elevates issues and concerns to senior leadership when appropriate. Identifies challenges in TSA's intelligence/counterintelligence processes that inhibit accomplishment of IA or TSA organizational objectives; conceives, develops, recommends, and initiates process improvements; and evaluates results for effectiveness. Allocates resources to accomplish large work activities within established schedules. Serves as a subject matter expert on intelligence tradecraft, analytic production, traditional and advanced analytic techniques, data exploitation, and security classification procedures. Mentors and provides formal and informal training to analysts on tradecraft and analytical techniques.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for the SV-J Pay Band (equivalent to GS-14), you must have one year of specialized experience at the SV-I or GS-13 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Such Specialized Experience defined as: Oversee intelligence analytic processes, standards, and tradecraft and a wide range of intelligence community research systems and applications to perform and enhance analyses of emerging adversary tactics and threats to the US transportation sector; and) Apply analytic principles, methods, and processes used to conduct systematic and objective inquiry, including design, raw reporting, analysis, and interpretation of data, and reporting of results; and) Develop written and oral communications products that communicate information or data in a clear, concise, and organized manner appropriate for the intended audience, and to brief, write, review and edit intelligence assessments from multiple sources. Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime. National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Resumes must include the following: Narrative description of duties with start and end dates (including the month and year) for work experience. State the number of hours worked in a position (i.e. full-time or part-time). If part-time, state the total number of hours worked per week. Performance level (i.e. band or grade) Utilizing the USAJOBS Resume Builder and completing all available fields is strongly encouraged. You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

Contacts

• Address OS - FFID- Intelligence and Analysis 6595 Springfield Center Dr Springfield, VA 22150 US
• Name: HC ServeU Customer Care
• Email: [email protected]