The United States Space Force (USSF) at WPAFBH is searching for a Counterspace Directed Energy Weapons Team Lead to support NSIC (GG-0132-13).
Description:
The 2nd Intelligence Analysis Squadron within the National Space Intelligence Center is seeking a Directed Energy Weapons Team Lead position, GG-0132-13. This flight is responsible for assessing characteristics, performance, limitations, vulnerabilities, tactics and engagements of orbital ASAT weapons, providing integrated, forensic and predictive, counterspace threat intelligence for military operations, force modernization, and policy making communities. In this role, you will be responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the analysis of a team and collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize project requirements based on customer needs. Key responsibilities will include developing and executing team analytic production plans, mentoring and training team members to improve their technical skills and knowledge, ensuring team production is technically accurate and compliant with Intelligence Community Directives and tradecraft standards, and communicating tailored results to a variety of audiences such as briefing analytic findings to customers on a frequent basis.
Ideal Candidate:
We are seeking an Orbital Warfare Team Lead, specialized in counterspace Directed Energy Weapons, to join our high-demand, growing mission area. You will be responsible for leading a team of analysts with intelligence, science, and engineering backgrounds to deliver all-source intelligence analysis on adversary orbital anti-satellite (ASAT) threats. The ideal candidate possesses a strong background in foreign counterspace systems and sub-systems, with specific emphasis on laser, radio-frequency (RF), and high-power microwave expertise, in addition to an understanding of space system design and employment concepts. As a Team Lead, the ideal candidate possesses excellent leadership, mentoring, and communication skills and has experience with project management and conducting product reviews consistent with Intelligence Community Directives.
Key Skills and Abilities:
1. Professional knowledge and mastery of a broad range of engineering and intelligence principles and the ability to apply methodologies, and concepts to accurately identify engineering and intelligence requirements or shortfalls in support of weapon systems, subsystems, and/or support equipment to determine potential courses of action, provide technical advice and direction, and/or recommend solutions to satisfy open requirements and resolve shortfalls.
2. Knowledge of a comprehensive range of intelligence research and collection methods, techniques, and practices to use multi-source intelligence information systems to capture data in order to make recommendations in developing intelligence capabilities, new hypotheses and theories, and threat assessments to interpret policy and commit resources.
3. Professional Knowledge of advanced analytical tradecraft principles, concepts, and methods to produce detailed analyses of complex information/situations attained from multiple sources, to include database manipulation. Knowledge of cognitive biases, competing hypothesis, and formation of critical arguments/evidence, likelihood or probability terms and analytical judgments. Knowledge of intelligence production process and latest best practices.
4. Knowledge of the national intelligence community, Joint partners, DoD structure, organizations, and
mission/functions, inter-relationships and operations. Knowledge of Intelligence Community Directives (ICDs), and the Standards, Guides, and Best Practices of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).
5. Skill in conducting unbiased complex research, identifying appropriate available systems/data sources, and producing collection requirement assessments that answer specific tasks to link and leverage agency capabilities in support of consumers, customers, and clients.
6. Mastery ability in oral and written delivery of intelligence in the form of briefings, conferences, VTCs, and intelligence production processes.
Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret / SCI security clearance.
Safeguards classified or sensitive budget-related information and/or files.
May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.
Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.
This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.
Employee may be required to perform travel by military or commercial passenger aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments.
Relocation funding is authorized.
Information assurance certification is a condition of employment:
Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 15 days per year.
This is a drug testing designated position. The incumbent is subject to pre-employment drug testing as a condition of employment, and participation in random drug testing.
Qualifications
The 0132 series does not have an individual occupational requirement that must be met. You can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 3rd section titled Administrative and Management Positions.
Additional information
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Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
How you will be evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:
Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.
A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.
Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.
Resume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:
Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
Job title
Detailed duties and accomplishments
Employer's name and address
Supervisor's name and phone number
Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
Hours per week
Salary, if applicable
Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses
College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
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.
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PLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.
Resume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:
Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
Job title
Detailed duties and accomplishments
Employer's name and address
Supervisor's name and phone number
Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
Hours per week
Salary, if applicable
Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses
College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.
If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:
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.
Do not email applications. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here.
PLEASE NOTE: It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that information entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accurate, and submitted by the closing date. You may verify your documents have been processed with your application package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here. Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan.
