This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security, Office of Intelligence and Analysis, Counterintelligence Division. The incumbent serves as a Counterintelligence Officer and is responsible for conducting counterintelligence activities to identify, deceive, exploit, disrupt, or protect against espionage against other intelligence activities, sabotage, or assassinations conducted for or on behalf of foreign powers, organizations. Non-BU: This is a non-bargaining unit position.

Duties

As a Intelligence Operations Specialist, GS-0132-12/13, your typical work assignments may include: Serves as a Counterintelligence Officer in the Counterintelligence Program Division, and applies knowledge of concepts and terminology, policies, directives, with respect to intelligence capabilities. Develops and maintains collaborative information and knowledge sharing networks and builds alliance with colleagues and counterparts within area of responsibility. Conducts defensive counterintelligence training and awareness for DHS Personnel, partners, and stakeholders. Independently, develops, plans, coordinates, and evaluates counterintelligence training events specific to addressing customer's needs and requirements. Applies expert techniques of debriefing, interviewing, and elicitation in a systematic manner through direct and indirect questioning to obtain information of security, counterintelligence, investigatory and/or intelligence value. Applies techniques for gathering information necessary to make legal determinations, develops new sources of information where appropriate, analyzes facts, and frames allegations to determine compliance with laws, regulations and policies. Determines scope, methodology and criteria to accomplish investigations in accordance with investigative standards and investigative policies. All DHS-HQ announcements have a 5 business day open period due to the number of applications received. This announcement will be open for 5 business days OR until the first 100 applications have been received, whichever happens first. View common definitions of terms found in this announcement: Common Definitions.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation.
• You must submit to a pre-employment drug test. This is a Testing Designated Position (TDP) and is subject to random testing.
• You may be required to serve a two-year trial period.
• Acceptance of an excepted service appointment from applicants in the competitive service will require a written statement of understanding when voluntarily leaving the competitive service.
• Applying to this announcement certifies that you give permission for DHS to share your application with others in DHS for similar positions.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret security clearance.

Qualifications

Specialized Experience GS-12 You qualify for the GS-12 grade level if you possess the specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in Federal service or equivalent private/public sector experience. For this position, specialized experience is defined as: Using automated systems, national level databases, hard copy studies, and open-source information to conduct counterintelligence investigations. Assessing potential threats and vulnerabilities to determine the level of risk and develop recommendations for appropriate mitigation countermeasures. Interpreting specialized datasets or other intelligence regarding a target's capabilities. Developing intelligence information reports and documents to explain the target's impact on national operations. Coordinating with internal and external stakeholders to develop new sources of intelligence information and foster cooperation in exploiting targets. NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. Substitution of education in lieu of specialized experience may not be used for this grade level. Specialized Experience GS-13 You qualify for the GS-13 grade level if you possess the specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in Federal service or equivalent private/public sector experience. For this position, specialized experience is defined as: Graduated from an accredited counterintelligence training school (i.e., Defense Counterintelligence Agent Course (DCAC), Counterintelligence Special Agent Course (CISAC) or equivalent. Leading counterintelligence investigations and intelligence gathering activities. Using automated systems, national level databases, hard copy studies, and open-source information to conduct counterintelligence investigations. Assessing potential threats and vulnerabilities to determine the level of risk and develop recommendations for appropriate mitigation countermeasures. Interpreting specialized datasets or other intelligence regarding a target's capabilities. Developing intelligence information reports and documents to explain the target's impact on national operations. Leading coordination activities with internal and external stakeholders to develop new sources of intelligence information and foster cooperation in exploiting. NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. Substitution of education in lieu of specialized experience may not be used for this grade level. All qualifications and eligibility requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement. Note: Current or former Federal employees MUST submit a copy of their SF-50 Form which shows competitive or excepted service appointments ("position occupied" block 34 on the SF-50 should show a "1"), tenure group (block 24 should show a 1 or 2), grade, and salary. If you are applying for a higher grade, please provide the SF-50 Form which shows the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade (examples of appropriate SF-50s include promotions, With-in Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s dated a year apart within the same grade/job). If you have promotion potential in your current position, please provide proof. Employees applying with an interchange agreement must provide proof of their permanent appointment. IF YOU DO NOT SUBMIT ALL OF THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTATION, YOU WILL NOT RECEIVE CONSIDERATION AS A STATUS CANDIDATE. 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. Current or Former Political Appointees: 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.

Education

Not Applicable

Contacts

• Address IC - DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis Customers 3801 Nebraska Avenue NW Washington, DC 20016 US
• Name: Melinda Redmond
• Phone: 000-000-0000