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Summary
CI Officer III, IV, V
Clearance: Must currently possess an active TS/SCI security clearance and be able to obtain a CI polygraph after hire (if not before)
Location: Springfield, VA
Salary Range: $95,000 - $155,000
Experience: Must have at least 7+ years of experience with intelligence analysis and production
Description: Sphinx CI Officers conduct defensive CI activities in support of the NGA mission.
Responsibilities
- Conduct daily research to gather, assimilate, evaluate and interpret information concerning intelligence, terrorism and espionage threats against Customer personnel, programs, technology and information systems and/or facilities and the National System for GEOINT (NSG).
- Provide daily CI analyses for distribution to selected parties within Customer, the DoD, and the Intelligence Community.
- Assimilate, evaluate and interpret all-source information related to the Customer from an operational security perspective.
- Publish intelligence with recommendations for mitigation and countermeasures, as appropriate.
- Detect and assess anomalous activities for links to possible foreign intelligence collection within Customer with recommended countermeasures.
- Immediately alert the government to imminent foreign intelligence, terrorism and espionage threats with recommended countermeasures.
- Provide analytical forecasts of foreign intelligence, terrorism and espionage threats against the Customer as requested with recommended countermeasures.
- Provide CI assessments of proposed international agreements involving GEOINT sharing as requested.
- Provide annual CI threat analyses of foreign intelligence and terrorism threats to Customer employees assigned to Contiguous United States (CONUS) and Outside Contiguous United States (OCONUS) locations.
- Apply knowledge and understanding of most of the applicable analytical tools to conduct CI analysis of anomalous activities.
- Liaise with Department of Defense (DoD), the Intelligence Community, and appropriate law enforcement entities to remain abreast of current CI trends and issues.
- Conduct liaison with Customer components to facilitate information sharing to support Customer CI activities.
- Prepare briefs, as requested, related to any or all of the above subject matter for delivery to internal and external audiences at the strategic, operational and tactical levels.
Required Qualifications
- Must currently possess an active TS/SCI security clearance and be able to obtain a CI polygraph after hire (if not already held)
- Must be a self-motivated, disciplined, and mature professional capable of operating with little tasking and oversight
- Must be capable of operating within a diverse environment and comfortable operating with limited guidance and oversight, maturity and self-motivation required.
- Level III CI Officers shall have a minimum of 7 years of experience; Level IV CI Officers shall have a minimum of 11 years of experience; Level V CI Officers shall have a minimum of 15 years of experience.
- Foundational defensive CI experience (ex. conducting investigations, inquiries, collections, operations, analysis, briefings, debriefings, training and awareness).
- All CI Officers must be credentialed graduates of an accredited federal or DoD CI training academy (ex. FBI Academy, CIAC, DCAC etc.).
- Possess a Bachelor's degree in National Intelligence Studies, Law Enforcement, History, Analysis/Research, Journalism, Political Science, Library Science, Engineering, or Mathematics, or related field.
Desired Qualifications
- Possess Master's degree in National Intelligence Studies, Law Enforcement, History, Analysis/Research, Journalism, Political Science, Library Science, Engineering, or Mathematics, or related field.
- Advanced CI training (JCITA, HT-JCOE, FLETC, etc.)
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
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Job Description
CI Officer III, IV, V
Clearance: Must currently possess an active TS/SCI security clearance and be able to obtain a CI polygraph after hire (if not before)
Location: Springfield, VA
Salary Range: $95,000 - $155,000
Experience: Must have at least 7+ years of experience with intelligence analysis and production
Description: Sphinx CI Officers conduct defensive CI activities in support of the NGA mission.
Responsibilities
- Conduct daily research to gather, assimilate, evaluate and interpret information concerning intelligence, terrorism and espionage threats against Customer personnel, programs, technology and information systems and/or facilities and the National System for GEOINT (NSG).
- Provide daily CI analyses for distribution to selected parties within Customer, the DoD, and the Intelligence Community.
- Assimilate, evaluate and interpret all-source information related to the Customer from an operational security perspective.
- Publish intelligence with recommendations for mitigation and countermeasures, as appropriate.
- Detect and assess anomalous activities for links to possible foreign intelligence collection within Customer with recommended countermeasures.
- Immediately alert the government to imminent foreign intelligence, terrorism and espionage threats with recommended countermeasures.
- Provide analytical forecasts of foreign intelligence, terrorism and espionage threats against the Customer as requested with recommended countermeasures.
- Provide CI assessments of proposed international agreements involving GEOINT sharing as requested.
- Provide annual CI threat analyses of foreign intelligence and terrorism threats to Customer employees assigned to Contiguous United States (CONUS) and Outside Contiguous United States (OCONUS) locations.
- Apply knowledge and understanding of most of the applicable analytical tools to conduct CI analysis of anomalous activities.
- Liaise with Department of Defense (DoD), the Intelligence Community, and appropriate law enforcement entities to remain abreast of current CI trends and issues.
- Conduct liaison with Customer components to facilitate information sharing to support Customer CI activities.
- Prepare briefs, as requested, related to any or all of the above subject matter for delivery to internal and external audiences at the strategic, operational and tactical levels.
Required Qualifications
- Must currently possess an active TS/SCI security clearance and be able to obtain a CI polygraph after hire (if not already held)
- Must be a self-motivated, disciplined, and mature professional capable of operating with little tasking and oversight
- Must be capable of operating within a diverse environment and comfortable operating with limited guidance and oversight, maturity and self-motivation required.
- Level III CI Officers shall have a minimum of 7 years of experience; Level IV CI Officers shall have a minimum of 11 years of experience; Level V CI Officers shall have a minimum of 15 years of experience.
- Foundational defensive CI experience (ex. conducting investigations, inquiries, collections, operations, analysis, briefings, debriefings, training and awareness).
- All CI Officers must be credentialed graduates of an accredited federal or DoD CI training academy (ex. FBI Academy, CIAC, DCAC etc.).
- Possess a Bachelor's degree in National Intelligence Studies, Law Enforcement, History, Analysis/Research, Journalism, Political Science, Library Science, Engineering, or Mathematics, or related field.
Desired Qualifications
- Possess Master's degree in National Intelligence Studies, Law Enforcement, History, Analysis/Research, Journalism, Political Science, Library Science, Engineering, or Mathematics, or related field.
- Advanced CI training (JCITA, HT-JCOE, FLETC, etc.)
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Health Savings Account (HSA)
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Vision insurance
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