Intelligence Specialist

Department of the Air Force Headquarters • Hickam AFB, HI

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About The Position

The Intelligence Specialist serves as the Technical Director supporting PACAF/A2 leadership, staff, subordinate units, and other stakeholders. The position provides advice and direction on integrating current and future intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities and equities in support of theater air component ISR capabilities. This is a GG-14 position in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS), in the Supervision/Management work category at the Senior work level, equivalent to GS-14. It is in the Excepted Service and may be eligible for TLMS.

The role is designated special-sensitive and requires eligibility for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), other intelligence-related Special Sensitive information, or Top Secret Special Access Programs (SAP), as well as signing a non-disclosure agreement. It is also a Testing Designated Position requiring initial and periodic short-notice drug testing. The employee may travel on military or commercial aircraft for temporary duty and must be available for short-notice work on evenings, weekends, and holidays, with flexibility to adjust the scheduled workday. The position is designated as essential during national emergencies or mobilization.

The position requires U.S. citizenship and current certifications. New DCIPS employees must complete a two-year trial period. Depending on the position's competitive or excepted status, the selectee may instead be required to serve a one-year probationary period or a two-year trial period. Employment may be terminated after that period unless continued employment is certified in writing as advancing the public interest. PCS, recruitment or relocation incentives, advance-in-hire, and additional leave accrual may be authorized under stated conditions. Overseas employees and family members are responsible for obtaining and paying for medical and dental care; access to military medical and dental facilities is space-available and reimbursable.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship.
• Meet the specialized experience requirements for the OPM Qualification Standards for General Schedule Administrative and Management Positions.
• Demonstrate mastery of computer science and digital technologies, including data, artificial intelligence, and network infrastructure, sufficient to apply new theories, developments, methodologies, and research findings to broad studies of an unprecedented nature.
• Know the intelligence mission, roles, functions, organizational structure, and operations of the DoD, Air Force, and organizations involved in or influencing systems acquisition, development, or sustainment; and know planning, programming, and budgeting cycles, financial systems, and restrictions on fund expenditures.
• Mastery of intelligence missions in USAF flying squadrons and wings, Air and Space Operations Centers, and the Distributed Common Ground System, consistent with knowledge received through graduation from the USAF Weapons School.
• Mastery of the national and Air Force intelligence community, Joint and DoD structures, organizations, missions, functions, interrelationships, and operations.
• Knowledge and considerable experience in the military intelligence and intelligence systems community, and in program planning, management, and execution.
• Ability to interact successfully with the operational Air Force community, managers, engineers, scientists, senior government officials, and representatives of other government agencies, academia, and industry.
• Knowledge of U.S. intelligence community policies, entities, missions, resources, operations, capabilities, databases, and requirements for intelligence and information system integration, life-cycle management, and related integration activities.
• Knowledge of intelligence research and collection methods, techniques, and practices, including use of multisource intelligence information systems to capture data and develop recommendations, intelligence capabilities, hypotheses and theories, and threat assessments.
• Knowledge of Space, Cyber, and Information Operations concepts and capabilities and their relevance to the Pacific theater, to articulate and integrate PACAF requirements in those domains.
• Skill in establishing and maintaining effective relationships, negotiating complex issues, and resolving conflicts using mature judgment, experience, and professional standing; ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Maintain current certifications.
• Meet eligibility requirements for access to SCI, other intelligence-related Special Sensitive information, or Top Secret SAP access, and sign a nondisclosure agreement.
• Pass initial and periodic short-notice drug testing.
• Be available for short-notice work on evenings, weekends, and holidays, and adjust the scheduled workday as needed.
• Serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.
• Register for Selective Service if required.
• Federal employees must use direct deposit.

Nice To Haves

• An advanced intelligence-related or professional degree is highly desirable.
• Graduation from the USAF Weapons School is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Integrate and synchronize current and future air component ISR capabilities in the theater.
• Represent the Director, Deputy Director, and Division Chiefs in O-6-level interactions across the PACAF staff and with external organizations, including national-level intelligence agencies, Combatant Commands, and Headquarters Air Force.
• Serve as senior technical authority on ISR modernization strategies, roadmaps, and investment plans presented by PACAF to the Joint Force.
• Perform intelligence and resource oversight activities.
• Provide authoritative counsel and advice to the Director, Deputy, and Division Chiefs on national and tactical ISR operations and program issues.
• Direct or lead broad studies involving manpower, training, unit support, partner engagement, and security programs and policies affecting Theater ISR missions.

Benefits

• PCS may be paid in accordance with the Joint Travel Regulations and Air Force regulations, if authorized.
• Recruitment incentive may be authorized.
• Relocation incentive may be authorized.
• Leave accrual may be authorized upon request.
• Potential foreign-area benefits for eligible selectees residing permanently in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, or U.S. possessions throughout the recruitment process may include Living Quarters Allowance or government quarters, post allowance, and home leave, subject to approval.
• Federal employees receive a comprehensive benefits package; specific eligibility depends on position type and employment status.
• Disabled veteran leave may be available to eligible federal employees hired on or after November 5, 2016, with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed