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Counterintelligence (CI) Officers detect, analyze, and mitigate foreign intelligence and terrorist threats affecting NGA personnel, technologies, infrastructure, and/or capabilities. They conduct CI inquiries; support investigations; research and analyze data; provide CI training and awareness; and conduct briefings and debriefings. They also monitor security incidents; coordinate damage assessmen
Learn more about this agency02/12/2024 to 02/24/2024
$62,107 - $120,981 per year
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Many vacancies in the following location:
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Not required
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Permanent - This is a permanent position.
Full-time - Full Time
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20240180
774595400
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The Counter Insider Threat Office (SII) Counterintelligence (CI) Officer uses approved analytic software tools and information to detect, identify, and refer anomalous events indicative of insider threats; produces analytical reports and provides other case support to investigative entities; shares information and conducts liaison to help protect NGA personnel, infrastructure, technology, and information. The position encompasses CI, investigative, and analytical experience related to threat detection and reporting. The officer will keep SII leadership aware of significant issues that affect operations and meet deadlines ensuring quality reporting is provided to appropriate customers.
Duties include: Ensure compliance with NGA Counter Insider Threat program to project NGA personnel, assets, and information. They develop, interpret, and implement data using authorized software and investigative tools. They ensure compliance with the NGA security policies as well as support to investigations. They also collaborate with other agencies and private-sector entities on areas of common interest, trends and shared threat pictures, coordinate the release of referrals, case support and reports of investigation, promote Counter Insider Threat awareness, and advance other shared interests.
In addition, the CI Officer will:
1. Analyze triaged data and levy insider threat analysis and interpretive software.
2. Develop, interpret, and implement insider threat related training programs and materials.
3. Ensure compliance with NGA's Counter Insider Threat Program; collaborate and coordinate internally and externally to identify best practices in the Insider Threat community - IC wide.
4. Forecast and analyze insider threat challenges and program trends.
Additional Application Requirement: You may be asked to complete one or more assessments in addition to the application you submit on this website as part of your application to NGA. These assessments may include but are not limited to 1) Online questionnaires or assessments that require you to describe your job-related knowledge, skills, abilities, or other characteristics that are aligned with the mandatory and desirable qualifications of this job posting. The information you provide in the application you submit must support the response you provide to this questionnaire. You will receive an email to describe any additional assessments required. Please monitor your emails and complete any required assessments as soon as possible.
SPECIAL INFO:
As a condition of employment at NGA, persons being considered for employment must meet NGA fitness for employment standards.
- U.S. Citizenship Required
- Security Clearance (Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information)
- Polygraph Test Required
- Position Subject to Drug Testing
- Two Year Probationary Period
- Direct Deposit Required
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:
You must be able to obtain and retain a Top Secret security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information. In addition, you are subject to a Counterintelligence Polygraph examination in order to maintain access to Top Secret information. All employees are subject to a periodic examination on a random basis in order to determine continued eligibility. Refusal to take the examination may result in denial of access to Top Secret information, SAP, and/or unescorted access to SCIFs.
Employees with SCI access and who are under NGA cognizance are required to submit a Security Financial Disclosure Report, SF-714, on an annual basis in order to determine continued eligibility. Failure to comply may negatively impact continued access to Top Secret information, Information Systems, SAP, and/or unescorted access to SCIFs.
NGA utilizes all processes and procedures of the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). Non-executive NGA employees are assigned to five distinct pay bands based on the type and scope of work performed. The employee's base salary is established within their assigned pay band based on their unique qualifications. A performance pay process is conducted each year to determine a potential base pay salary increase and/or bonus. An employee's annual performance evaluation is a key factor in the performance pay process. Employees on term or temporary appointments are not eligible to apply for internal assignment opportunity notices.
This position is a DCIPS position in the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C. 1601. DoD Components with DCIPS positions apply Veterans' Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 USC, in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement. If you are an external applicant claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must self-identify your eligibility.
MANDATORY QUALIFICATION CRITERIA: For this particular job, applicants must meet all competencies reflected under the Mandatory Qualification Criteria to include education (if required). Online resumes must demonstrate qualification by providing specific examples and associated results, in response to the announcement's mandatory criteria specified in this vacancy announcement:
1. Demonstrated experience conducting analysis, inquiries or investigations on insider threat or counterintelligence related matters to protect agency information, systems, personnel and facilities.
2. Demonstrated experience analyzing, interpreting, and applying security policies and regulations to meet program objectives supporting insider threat and/or counterintelligence missions.
3. Demonstrated experience coordinating and collaborating with other agencies and private sector entities on investigations and/or analytical products to include report writing and briefing in support of insider threat and/or counterintelligence missions.
4. Demonstrated ability to work independently or with a team to problem solve, develop a project, or write reports providing investigative or intelligence impact.
EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: A. Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in Intelligence Studies, International Relations, Security, Area Studies, or a related field. -OR- B. Combination of Education and Experience: A minimum of 24 semester (36 quarter) hours of coursework in any area listed in option A, plus experience in security, law enforcement, counterintelligence investigations, or a related area that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the duties associated with this work. As a rule, every 30 semester (45 quarter) hours of coursework is equivalent to one year of experience. Candidates should show that their combination of education and experience totals 4 years. -OR- C. Experience: A minimum of 4 years of experience in security, law enforcement, counterintelligence investigations, or a related area that demonstrates the ability to successfully perform the duties associated with this work. -AND- LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS: Successful completion of an accredited Counterintelligence Special Agent Credentialing Course, the Defense Counterintelligence Agents Course (DCAC) or Service Equivalent Counterintelligence Certification Course as directed by management; Successful completion of the ITC TSCM Fundamentals Course may be required.
DESIRABLE QUALIFICATION CRITERIA: In addition to the mandatory qualifications, experience in the following is desired:
1. Experience with IC approved insider threat detection and monitoring tools (user activity modeling) or other US Intelligence Community computer analytic software programs (HUB Operations and risk analysis programs).
2. Experience establishing and maintaining professional relationships and networking with external government agencies, contractors, or industrial partners in support of insider threat and/or counterintelligence missions.
3. Applied knowledge of Insider Threat priorities and adjudicative guidelines, foreign adversaries to include security intelligence services, terrorist organizations, and/or cyber threats posed to DoD/IC partners.
4. Completion of two or more of the following courses: Insider Threat Detection Analysis Course, HUB Operations Course, Counterintelligence Fundamentals and/or CI certification, HUMINT operations and/or certification, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, Introduction to Criminal Investigations, Cybersecurity Fundamentals, A DoD/IC analyst training course, Basic Analyst training, Intelligence Report Writing, Certified Counter Insider Threat Professional - Fundamentals (CCITP-F), Certified Counter Intelligence Insider Threat Professional - Analysis (CCITP-A), and/or Global Counter Insider Threat Professional (GCITP) certification.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Applicants are not required to submit a cover letter for employment consideration with the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. However, a cover letter is recommended. Applicants will have the option to attach a cover letter in the Qualifications - Attachments step of the online application.
APPLICANT EVALUATION PROCESS: Applicants will be evaluated for this job opportunity in three stages:
1) All applicants will be evaluated using the Mandatory Qualification Criteria.
2) Qualified applicants will then be evaluated by an expert or panel of experts using a combination of qualification criteria to determine the best-qualified candidates.
3) Best-qualified applicants may then be further evaluated through an interview process.
Military retiree applicants, if selected, may be impacted by the 180-day appointment restrictions of DODI 1402.01. HD personnel will provide additional information if applicable.
Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the Assignment Description, Additional Information Provided By the Selecting Official, and the Qualification Requirements; and then construct their resumes to highlight their most relevant and significant experience and education for this job opportunity. This description should include examples that detail the level and complexity of the performed work. Applicants are encouraged to provide any education information referenced in the announcement. If education is listed as a mandatory requirement, only degrees obtained from an institution accredited by an accrediting organization recognized by the Secretary, US Department of Education will be accepted.
In accordance with section 9902(h) of title 5, United States Code, annuitants reemployed in the Department of Defense shall receive full annuity and salary upon appointment. They shall not be eligible for retirement contributions, participation in the Thrift Savings Plan, or a supplemental or redetermined annuity for the reemployment period. Discontinued service retirement annuitants (i.e., retired under section 8336(d)(1) or 8414(b)(1)(A) of title 5, United States Code) appointed to the Department of Defense may elect to be subject to retirement provisions of the new appointment as appropriate. (See DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 300, at http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives.)
All candidates will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability, or sexual orientation.
NGA provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. Applications will only be accepted online. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify us at recruitment@nga.mil. The decision on granting reasonable accommodation will be on a case-by-case basis.
Disabled applicants are encouraged to apply directly to external job announcements in addition to the Resume Repository. NGA reserves the right to direct hire Disabled Veterans with 30%+ Comp in alignment with the NGA Hiring Strategy. By selecting this option on the application form and applying to the NGA Resume Repository, you may be considered for future direct hire against critical mission vacancies. Participation does not guarantee employment.
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Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.
Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.
Application submission involves applying using NGA's online application process at https://careers.nga.mil. Additional information concerning NGA's hiring process can be found by visiting https://www.nga.mil/careers/Hiring_Process.html.
All announcements close at 11:59PM EDT on the closing date listed. Be sure to complete and submit your application by that time in order to be considered.
ONLY ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
You can apply for the job opening at https://careers.nga.mil/psp/CAREERS/EMPLOYEE/HRMS/c/HRS_HRAM_FL.HRS_CG_SEARCH_FL.GBL?Page=HRS_APP_JBPST_FL&Action=U&FOCUS=Applicant&SiteId=1&JobOpeningId=20240180&PostingSeq=2
After visiting https://careers.nga.mil and applying via NGA's online application process, applicants can follow their status via that same NGA online application functionality. Several other topics relating to what is involved in the hiring process and how long it takes can be found by visiting https://www.nga.mil/careers/Hiring_Process.html.
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This job originated on www.usajobs.gov. For the full announcement and to apply, visit www.usajobs.gov/job/774595400. Only resumes submitted according to the instructions on the job announcement listed at www.usajobs.gov will be considered.
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