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 (Direct Hire) position is located Operations Support, Intelligence and Analysis, Threat Analysis Division, 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 cyber 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 evolving cyber threats. Guides analysts in conceptualizing, researching, and writing specialized reports or analyses of varying complexity on cyber threats or incidents affecting transportation to advance TSA's understanding of cyber threats to transportation, and potentially inform development of new TSA regulations, and policies. Monitors cyber intelligence reporting and oversees/guides analysis and production aligned to TSA Priority Intelligence Requirements, Intelligence and Analysis (l&A) 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 adversaries' cyber tactics and cyber threats to the transportation sector domestically and abroad. Enforces l&A 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, planning a lead role in drafting reports and contractual documents for external distribution. Collaborates with other senior intelligence analysts to develop analytic methodologies, standard operating procedures, priority intelligence requirements, production plans, and other guidance to ensure production is analytically sound, timely, and relevant to TSA operational components and private industry. Identifies new cyber trends and phenomena that pose a threat to the transportation sector that require innovative approaches to solve complex problems. Leverages Intelligence Community expertise to implement new analytic techniques to advance TSA's understanding of transportation cyber threats and provide value-added analyses to TSA operational components and private industry stakeholders. Provides information and assessments to inform leadership and customers on evolving and emerging cyber threats to transportation; and seeks feedback on developing requirements and refining objectives for continuous improvement of products and services. 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 analyst on tradecraft and analytical techniques. Note: The duties are at the full SV-J performance level.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify at the SV-J (GS-14) grade level: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the SV-I (GS-13) in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all the following: Applying applications to perform and enhance analyses of emerging adversary cyber tactics and cyber threats to the US transportation sector; and) Experience writing, reviewing, and editing intelligence assessments from multiple sources; and) Experience identifying cyber threats, vulnerabilities and cyberattack stages (e.g., reconnaissance, scanning, enumeration, gaining access, escalation of privileges, maintaining access, network exploitation, covering tracks). 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 - TAD- Intelligence and Analysis 6595 Springfield Center Dr Springfield, VA 22150 US
• Name: HC ServeU Customer Care
• Email: [email protected]