SIGINT Collection Requirements Manager - Washington, DC

VetJobs•Washington, DC

3d•$65,000 - $82,000

About The Position

PotomacWave is seeking a SIGINT Collection Requirements Manager to support a Federal client in Washington, DC. The role provides national-level expertise in SIGINT collection requirement systems and support. It involves planning and organizing INT-specific integrated collection requirement strategies and campaigns using national, theater, and tactical assets against nuclear and energy-related targets worldwide. The manager works with discipline-specific and all-source collection requirement managers to develop multidisciplinary, department-level strategies using both comprehensive, templated approaches and focused ad hoc methods. The position performs complex collection management and requirements work, including coordination with intelligence community partners and oversight of SIGINT entitlements and access.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a related discipline and five years of professional experience, or a related master's degree and three years of professional experience; preferred.
At least five years of experience in SIGINT collection requirements or operations management at the tactical, strategic, or national level; preferred.
Strong collection requirements background and thorough 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 and skill applying advanced technical collection planning concepts, principles, practices, laws, regulations, methods, and techniques, including U.S. person reporting issues.
Knowledge of the full spectrum of intelligence community collection capabilities and accesses, including strengths and weaknesses of specific sources and agencies within a discipline.
Extensive knowledge of the missions and functions of intelligence community agencies specializing in various collection disciplines.
Ability to establish and maintain effective mission execution and interdepartmental and interagency coordination of the Department's collection requirements, training, and tools.
Experience in collection requirements portfolio areas and understanding customer requirements, with demonstrated ability to develop metrics and measure the effectiveness of an INT in addressing Departmental information gaps and collection strategies.
Mastery of the roles, missions, and functions of the SIGINT community and the principles, concepts, and methodologies of the U.S. national, theater, and tactical SIGINT collection environment.
Mastery and skill in coordinating diverse analytical gaps and addressing national-level SIGINT priorities, SIGINT Information Needs (INs), and Knowledge Gaps (KGs).
Experience with entitlement management systems and administration.
Successful completion of a discipline-specific training program.
Must have an active DOE Q or Top Secret clearance.
Selection may be conditioned on successful completion of a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.

Nice To Haves

A mixture of tactical, strategic, and national-level experience with prior knowledge of the mission is desirable.
A related bachelor's degree with five years of professional experience or a related master's degree with three years of professional experience is preferred.
At least five years of experience in SIGINT collection requirements or operations management at the tactical, strategic, or national level is preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide expert INT-specific collection management and requirements analysis for assigned target areas.
Plan, organize, and lead INT collection requirements efforts and campaigns against nuclear, science, technology, counterintelligence, and energy-related targets worldwide.
Write, review, and submit national-level SIGINT requirements using the SIGINT Requirements Tool (SRT).
Collaborate with collection requirement managers across the intelligence community, providing and receiving feedback as a member of a diverse team.
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 SIGINT collection requirements subcommittees and working groups.
Assess the effectiveness of intelligence collection.
Analyze Departmental and analyst needs to identify functional and cross-functional intelligence requirements and assess their relationship and performance against gaps.
Direct and oversee entitlement management duties, including Gatekeeper.
Develop and maintain SIGINT entitlement missions and structures in Gatekeeper.
Oversee access to new and existing Gatekeeper missions and entitlements for tools, data, and controlled reporting.
Respond to Customer Service Request Portal (CSRP) requests concerning the use of intelligence reporting in finished analysis.
Evaluate, edit, and draft national-level requirements for validation and approval through appropriate Community requirements tools.