Intelligence Specialist (Cyber)

Summary

About the Position: This position is in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). Employees occupying DCIPS positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at the 780th Military Intelligence Brigade, 78st Military Intelligence Battalion, located at Fort Meade, Maryland.

Duties

• •Serves as a Senior Certified Interactive On-Net Operator (ION) and subject matter expert for the 780th Military Intelligence Brigade, 781st Military Intelligence Battalion.
• •Exploits computer components and architectures, including the functions of various components and peripherals, basic programming concepts, assembly codes, TCP/IP, OSI models, underlying networking protocols, security hardware, and software options.
• •Maintains operational, technical, and authoritative situational awareness during exploitation and while performing Cyberspace Operations.
• •Acts as an operational subject matter expert and provides input towards intelligence reports, pre/post mission briefs, and the targeting cycle.
• •Coordinates with other Cyber Specialists to give and/or obtain information relating to support in cyberspace, support to collections management initiatives, planning operations and goals, and initiatives and assessments.
• •Mentors developmental and Basic Certified IONs and serves on assessment panels for selection of ION candidates.
• •Through regular review of message traffic, intelligence information, data analysis, and from other sources of information, identifies intelligence gaps,
• •Advises supervisor on specific findings and recommends appropriate courses of action, and, provides technical feedback towards the productions of finished intelligence products.
• •Provides and maintains draft documentation for cyberspace operations and CNO tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTP) as inputs to training programs.
• •Assists with integrating Cyberspace Operations capabilities into operations/exercise design and integrating/synchronizing Cyber-related effects.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Civilian Employees of the Command Army DCIPS positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement. In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one (1) year of experience equivalent to at least the GG-12 grade level in the Federal service which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as: Conducting offensive Computer Network Operations (CNO), network reconnaissance and vulnerability analyses of system networks and or hosts; collecting raw intelligence critical to operational objectives while performing cyberspace operations; and, researching military, political, scientific, and technical developments. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level in the federal service (GG/GS-12). Specialized experience is progressively responsible intelligence-related security work directly related to the position being filled. Creditable experience may include previous military experience, experience gained in the private sector or in another government agency as long as it was at a level at least equivalent to the next lower band in the series. Progressively responsible experience is that which has included intelligence-related research, analysis, collections and /or operations. This experience should have included intelligence analysis and/or production, intelligence collection and/or operations, counterintelligence, or threat support directly related to the position to be filled. This experience should demonstrate: Knowledge of intelligence processes, cycle and organizations; Knowledge of and/or ability to use research tools such as library holdings, photographs, statistics, graphics and maps; Knowledge of the systems, procedures and methods of analyzing, compiling, reporting and disseminating intelligence data; and/or Knowledge of organization(s) for and methods of collecting and analyzing intelligence data.