Counterintelligence (CI) Specialist - Senior

Job Description

Supporting the Most Exciting and Meaningful Missions in the WorldCounterintelligence (CI) Specialist - SeniorResponsibilities:Senior-level CI Specialist shall function as a part of an intelligence analytical team of DoD civilian analysts and contractors. The Contractor shall provide senior level expertise and advise DCSA?s CI Directorate as it establishes, implements, and sustains programs and initiatives that fully and effectively promote DCSA?s CI strategic missions and objectives in conjunction with the IC, LE community, and industry representatives participating in the CI Partnership with Cleared Industry (CIPCI). The Contractor will be expected to leverage this expertise in support of DCSA CI programs and initiatives through the performance of in-depth research, compilation, collaboration, and analysis of a wide range of extremely complex and sensitive information as it pertains to the DCSA CI mission.The Contractor shall provide analytic support to intermediate and senior-level personnel for a wide range of complex and sensitive analysis and production tasks intended to identify, neutralize, or influence the activities of the Foreign Intelligence Entities (FIE), terrorist, insurgent, and other entities adversely affecting the regional mission and inform the larger agency and community.The Contractor:

• shall consistently apply DoD and IC analytic knowledge and tradecraft to all written and presented products and information provided or supported.
• shall assist with the identification and articulation of emerging CI issues/threats.
• shall conduct all-source research and provide expertise in structured analytic methodologies.
• shall produce written assessments, memos and other finished, professional products and deliverables, including but not limited to: Referrals, IIRs, CEMs, CMs, NIPs, CI Incident Reports (CIRs) to Other Government Agencies (OGAs) for action developed through CIPCI.
• shall provide, coordinate, and present Government approved briefings as required.
• shall provide advice on the collection and triage of suspicious reporting received from cleared industry.
• shall assist DCSA as a Subject Matter Expert with industry senior CI and Security leaders and engage as directed with partners as a SME in CI support to the NISP.
• shall provide support to DCSA CI Directorate regional leadership on the impacts of CI and Law Enforcement (LE) community issues, Counterespionage (CE) subjects, and Cybersecurity strategic objectives.
• shall provide advice and recommendations for the development and implementation of operational plans for CI collections and mission management.
• shall participate in analytical exchanges with other intelligence entities as tasked.
• shall research, synthesize, exploit, evaluate, and analyze all-source reporting on foreign intelligence entities? targeting USG critical technologies, programs, information, and supply chains.
• shall respond to ad-hoc tasks as directed or assigned by the TM, COR, and/or KO.
• shall develop and maintain productive working relationships with counterparts with federal, state, local LE and IC agencies; to include joint Agency and Service task forces.

The CI Specialist shall have the following minimum qualifications: 1. Minimum of 12 years? experience working in the U.S. Counterintelligence Enterprise and/or in the Intelligence Community.2. Experience with counterintelligence research analysis and writing analytically sound finished intelligence products.3. Experience writing intelligence reports, to include Intelligence Information Reports (IIRs), Notices of Intelligence Potential (NIP), Contact Memorandums (CMs), Collection Emphasis Messages (CEMs), and Operational and Investigative correspondence consistent with current agency and community standards.4. Current TS/SCI Security Clearance with the ability to obtain and maintain the required Clearance level.5. Experience using Intelligence Community message handling and retrieval systems such as Multimedia Messaging (M3), Think Analyze Connect (TAC), CHROME, CRATE, etc.6. Experience preparing, presenting, and defending finished intelligence products before higher-level U.S. Government officials, policy makers and other intelligence customers.7. Demonstrated experience leveraging and integrating Intelligence Analysis into the CI Operational Cycle.8. Experience working CI investigations, providing analytic support to CI investigations and collection and HUMINT operations.9. Knowledgeable in CI/HUMINT targeting to direct, deter, or neutralize threats to U.S. Government (USG) personnel, programs, and technology.10. Bachelor?s Degree (or higher-level degree) preferred.11. Experience working collaboratively with intelligence analysts, CI/intelligence operations personnel, and information technology specialists to identify and assess threats to cleared contractor?s computer networks, personnel, and facilities.12. Extensive knowledge and high degree of proficiency using law enforcement and IC databases, to include Palantir, I2MS, Portico, and JPAS.13. Possess working knowledge of and experience applying Intelligence Oversight considerations as a part of CI/intelligence analysis and collection tradecraft.14. Possess a minimum of 12 years? of experience in Federal or Department of Defense, Counterintelligence, or Analytical credentialing.15. National level liaison experience with both the US Intelligence and LE community.16. Experience applying CI analysis, operational and collection tradecrafts to threats associated with cleared industry and or the National Industrial Security Program (NISP).17. Ability to apply DoD and DoD IC?s analytic quality by using common standards that enable an interoperable and agile workforce and promote common professional development frameworks.PAE is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran?s status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.EEO is the Law PosterEEO is the Law Poster Supplement

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