Intelligence Operations Specialist - SV-0132-J - Transportation Security Administration - Arlington, Virginia - EXPIRED

This Intelligence Operations Specialist position is located in the Intelligence Analysis Division, within the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (OIA), Transportation Security Administration (TSA), Department of Homeland Security (DHS). If selected for this position, you will serve as the Collection Manager for the OIA, using your extensive knowledge of collection platforms and management of Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Human Intelligence (HUMINT), Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT), Open Source Intelligence (OSINT), Measures and Signature Intelligence (MASINT), Cyber Intelligence, Digital Network Intelligence, and Counterintelligence (CI). Typical assignments will include but are not limited to:

• Developing, coordinating, maintaining, and updating OIA Priority Intelligence Requirements, collection requirements, and collection support briefings to leverage intelligence collection capacity in support of the TSA counter-terrorism mission.
• Mentoring OIA all-source intelligence analysts on developing collection requirements; understanding the capabilities and limitations of specific collection platforms using SIGINT,HUMINT, GEOINT, MASINT, and OSINT in all-source analytic intelligence products; providing source directed requirements; and submitting collection evaluations.
• Collaborating with the DHS Intelligence Enterprise, Intelligence Community, and Law Enforcement Community to: synchronize efforts; bring awareness to TSA\'s collection requirements; and represent TSA at interagency intelligence collection meetings.
• Applying existing intelligence oversight and guidance consistently and effectively to make decisions about access to foreign and domestic sources of intelligence information.
• Eliciting and documenting intelligence information shortfalls, working independently with internal and external customer bases, and keeping customers apprised of the status of collection activities.
• Producing executive quality written presentations and oral briefings that provide senior audiences critical information needed to make decisions regarding collection management policies and issues.
• Advising OIA leadership on all aspects of collection requirement policies; ensuring the OIA collection requirements process adheres to doctrine, policy, procedures, and oversight requirements; and developing collection policies, procedures, and best practices for the OIA.

To qualify for the SV-J Pay Band (equivalent to GS-14), you must have one year of specialized experience at the SV-I Band or GS-13 in the Federal service or equivalent experience in the private sector. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Such experience includes applying collection management principles, policies, practices, precedents and methodologies to manage intelligence collection disciplines (e.g., Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Human Intelligence (HUMINT), Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT),Open Source Intelligence(OSINT), Measures and Signature Intelligence (MASINT), Cyber Intelligence, Digital Network Intelligence, and Counterintelligence [CI]); and developing and maintaining collections requirements and collection support briefings to support an organization\'s counter-terrorism mission.

National Service Experience (i.e., volunteer experience): Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

NOTE: Credit for experience is given based on a 40-hour workweek. Part-time experience is credited on a part-time ratio, i.e., working 20 hours per week for two months equals one month of experience. No additional credit is given for overtime.

You must meet the qualification requirements for this position no later than the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

You will be evaluated based on a comparison of the position requirements against the quality and extent of the experience and/or related education as reflected in your resume and supporting documentation. You are encouraged to ensure work experiences clearly show possession of the competencies required for this position. We will compare your resume and supporting documentation to your responses on the assessment questionnaire. If, after reviewing your resume and any supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have rated yourself higher than is supported by your application materials, your category placement may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this job.

When completing the assessment questionnaire for this position, you will be prompted to elect if you wish for your application to be considered as External (where Veterans’ Preference applies), as Status (current or former Federal Employees), and/or Internal to TSA as a current permanent or competitive temporary employee. At that time, please select the answer(s) that apply to you and your application to this position.

Candidates will be rated and ranked using Category Grouping procedures. Under Category Grouping, candidates will be rated and ranked into one of three categories:

Best Qualified - applicants possessing experience that substantially exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are highly proficient in all requirements of the job and can perform effectively in the position;

Well Qualified - applicants possessing experience that exceed the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in most of the requirements of the job; and

Qualified - applicants possessing experience that meets the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors and are proficient in some, but not all of the requirements of the job.
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