Intelligence Specialist - Alternate Hiring Authority

Air Force Materiel Command • Robins AFB, GA

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About The Position

The Intelligence Specialist, GG-0132-13, supports the effective research, development, fielding, employment, sustainment, and improvement of Air Force capabilities. The role identifies intelligence requirements, resolves or mitigates deficiencies, integrates intelligence, and provides necessary intelligence data and infrastructure in a timely and secure manner.

The position serves as a multi-source Intelligence Specialist supporting DoD and USAF acquisition programs, systems, and processes. It presents Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities to program office, service, national, and/or coalition customers, and serves as an intelligence authority on specific ISR programs, systems, or issues.

This is a Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) position designated special-sensitive. The incumbent must be able to obtain and retain a TOP SECRET security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), and must sign a non-disclosure agreement. New DCIPS employees must complete a two-year trial period. Depending on whether the selected position is competitive or excepted, a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period may apply. An advanced intelligence-related or professional/scientific degree is desirable. This is a Centrally Managed position under the Intelligence Career Field. The announcement gathers applications that may or may not result in referral or selection under the Alternate Hiring Authority.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Must be able to obtain and retain a TOP SECRET security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), and sign a non-disclosure agreement.
• Must meet the applicable OPM qualification standards for General Schedule Administrative and Management Positions.
• Resume must demonstrate experience and competencies necessary for successful performance, including relevant acquisition intelligence requirements analysis and recommendations to senior acquisition authorities and staff.
• Knowledge of the intelligence cycle, intelligence policy and guidance, and the structure, organization, roles, missions, and interrelationships of the national Intelligence Community, DoD, and USAF.
• Knowledge of acquisition policy and guidance; intelligence's role throughout a weapon system's life cycle; Acquisition Intelligence analysis mission and strategy; and field intelligence office responsibilities supporting USAF research laboratories, acquisition program offices, and life-cycle management, nuclear, sustainment, and system testing enterprises.
• Knowledge of intelligence research methods, techniques, practices, and advanced analytical principles and methods for analyzing complex multi-source intelligence information.
• Skill in conducting unbiased complex research, identifying available systems and data sources, and producing intelligence requirement assessments that link and leverage agency capabilities for consumers, customers, and clients.
• Skill in oral and written communication, including developing clear and concise intelligence products and delivering written and/or verbal presentations to senior-level audiences.
• Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• May be required to pass a drug test.
• Must provide transcripts if using education to qualify where education is a positive degree requirement or forms the basis of qualifications.
• Foreign education used to meet requirements must be shown to be equivalent to conventional U.S. education; the applicant is responsible for providing evidence.
• Applicants claiming veterans' preference must submit documents verifying eligibility.
• Part-time or unpaid experience must be clearly documented with duties, responsibilities, and total hours per week.

Nice To Haves

• An advanced intelligence-related or professional/scientific degree is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a multi-source Intelligence Specialist.
• Provide intelligence support to DoD/USAF acquisition programs, systems, and processes.
• Present ISR capabilities to program office, service, national, and/or coalition customers.
• Serve as an intelligence authority on specific ISR programs, systems, or issues.
• Identify intelligence requirements, resolve or mitigate deficiencies, integrate intelligence, and provide needed intelligence data and infrastructure in a timely and secure manner.
• Provide acquisition intelligence requirements analysis and recommendations to senior acquisition authorities and senior staff on matters involving air, space, and cyberspace analysis, production, and strategy for developing airborne and related ground systems within the area of expertise.
• Conduct complex research and produce intelligence requirement assessments, capabilities assessments, and threat assessments; identify intelligence deficiencies and advocate for customer requirements.
• Communicate and collaborate to resolve work-related problems or questions, write intelligence products, and deliver written and/or verbal presentations to senior audiences for decision-making.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package.
• PCS may be paid if authorized under the Joint Travel Regulations and Air Force regulations.
• Recruitment and/or relocation incentives may be authorized.
• Leave accrual may be authorized upon request.

What This Job Offers

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