Intelligence Specialist

National Air and Space Intelligence Center • Wright-Patterson AFB, OH

14h • Onsite

About The Position

The primary purpose of this position is to serve as a team lead collecting and researching Publicly and Commercially Available Information (PAI/CAI) and other open sources (OS) for information relevant to organizational information needs, with a focus on Chinese language sources.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• All new DCIPS employees are required to complete a two-year DCIPS trial period.
• Must be registered for Selective Service.
• Employee may be required to work other than normal duty hours, to include evenings, weekends and/or holidays.
• Shift work and emergency overtime may be required.
• Employee must maintain current certifications.
• Disclosure of Political Appointments
• Advance in hire may be authorized if there is demonstrable proof provided on your resume.
• Position is designated special-sensitive and requires eligibility for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), other intelligence-related Special Sensitive information, or involvement in Top Secret Special Access Programs (SAP).
• A non-disclosure agreement must be signed.
• Employee must pass initial and periodic short notice drug testing.
• Incumbent must achieve and maintain a passing score in Listening 2/Reading 2 (L2/R2) on the Defense Language Proficiency Test (DLPT).
• Comprehensive knowledge of intelligence research and collection methods, principles, techniques, and concepts, as well as relevant terminology and intelligence analysis tools used for analytic reporting.
• Proficiency in advanced data principles, concepts, and methods to collect and disseminate detailed, semi-complex to complex information from various sources, including open sources.
• Knowledge of a wide range of theories, principles, techniques, and methods of intelligence research and collection, as well as relevant terminology and the use of intelligence analysis tools, in producing analytic reporting.
• Knowledge of the national intelligence community, DoW, and joint structures, organizations, mission/functions, interrelationships, and operations, as well as security practices for ensuring the safeguarding of classified information.
• Knowledge of Chinese professional, academic, scientific, and technical publications, and other mission-relevant information sources.
• Skill in reading and writing in English and Chinese and understanding the syntax of both languages.
• Knowledge of software programs used for performing PAI/CAI research, as well as OSINT methods, procedures, and technologies used to interpret the results or outputs of tools and programs.
• Skill in creating collections requirements, conducting complex research using PAI/CAI systems and data sources, and producing finished assessments that answer customer requirements, leverage agency capabilities and new methods, approaches, or procedures, maintain control of classified and controlled unclassified materials, assimilate disparate data, render knowledgeable and accurate assessments and estimates, and make effective recommendations, even under conditions of urgency and pressure.
• Ability to communicate and express ideas effectively, both orally and in writing, to work out solutions to problems or questions related to tasks, to write clear and concise intelligence products, and to deliver written and verbal presentations to a range of audiences for decision-making purposes.

Nice To Haves

• A bachelor's, master's degree, or equivalent experience in intelligence, foreign area studies, language studies, the social sciences, or other related disciplines are highly desired.

Responsibilities

• Collects, processes, and exploits complex intelligence information.
• Serves as a team lead, planning and implementing appropriate collection methods to gather semi-complex to complex technical intelligence data in the Chinese language for analysis and-production activities.
• Collaborate to gather relevant information, improve tradecraft, and create high-value reports.
• Works with assigned analysts, PAI/CAI coordinators, collection managers, OSINT specialists, system engineers, translators, and other personnel to collect available information on a required topic.
• Serves as a functional expert on Chinese language, culture, and scientific and technical open sources.
• Makes policy recommendations to management regarding operational matters.
• Applies expertise to special initiatives, guides junior analysts, enhances cooperative efforts, and safeguards classified information.
• Applies expertise to special initiatives, studies, products, and Chinese working group reports and activities.

Benefits

• Federal employees have access to a comprehensive benefits package.
• Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree