Departmental Requirements Officer - Washington, DC

VetJobs•Washington, DC

3d•$60,000 - $86,000

About The Position

PotomacWave is seeking a Departmental Requirements Officer (DRO) to support a Federal client in Washington, DC. The role assists with planning and organizing integrated GEOINT collection requirement strategies and systematic intelligence collection campaigns using national and theater assets against nuclear, science, technology, counterintelligence, and energy-related targets worldwide. The officer collaborates with discipline-specific and all-source collection requirement managers to develop department-level, multidisciplinary strategies using both templated and ad hoc approaches.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related discipline.
At least five years of experience in the desired GEOINT collection requirements discipline or operations management at the tactical, strategic, or national level; alternatively, at least three years of professional experience with a related master’s degree.
Collection requirements background and understanding of the National Intelligence Priority Framework (NIPF), relevant National Collection Directives, and report generation and dissemination.
Training and working knowledge of discipline-specific collection requirements, evaluation, and tasking systems used by originators.
Knowledge of and ability to apply technical collection planning concepts, principles, practices, laws, regulations, methods, and techniques, including US person reporting issues.
Knowledge of the full spectrum of intelligence community collection capabilities and accesses, including the strengths and weaknesses of specific sources and agencies within a discipline.
Knowledge of the missions and functions of intelligence community agencies specializing in various collection disciplines.
Ability to coordinate the Department’s collection requirements, training, and tools across departments and agencies to support mission execution.
Experience supporting a collection requirements portfolio; understanding of customer requirements and demonstrated ability to measure departmental information gaps and collection strategy effectiveness.
Successful completion of a discipline-specific training program.
Active DOE Q or Top-Secret clearance.
May be required to successfully complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of MASINT collection and systems.
Experience writing, reviewing, and submitting MASINT collection requirements.
GIMS certification preferred; certification may be obtained by candidates with a strong collection requirements management background. Training must be completed within the first six months of employment.

Responsibilities

Provide GEOINT collection management and requirements analysis for assigned target areas.
Plan and organize DOE GEOINT collection requirements efforts using systematic campaigns against nuclear, science, technology, counterintelligence, and energy-related targets worldwide.
Submit GEOINT requirements through national-level requirement systems.
Collaborate with collection requirement managers across the intelligence community as part of a diverse team, giving and receiving feedback.
Develop and present intelligence collection requirement management strategies and approaches.
Build and maintain relationships with national, Departmental, intelligence community, and military partners.
Represent the Department on intelligence collection requirements subcommittees and working groups.
Assess GEOINT collection effectiveness.
Write, review, and submit national, theater, and source-directed GEOINT collection requirements, including website and database updates.
Analyze Departmental and analyst needs to identify functional and cross-functional intelligence requirements and assess their relationship to and performance against gaps.