Counterintelligence Officer - Level III

at  Amentum

R0111930
On Site
Springfield, Virginia, United States
Full time
Conduct defensive CI activities in support of the NGA mission
Conduct daily research to gather, assimilate, evaluate and interpret information concerning intelligence, terrorism and espionage threats against NGA 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 NGA, the DoD, and the Intelligence Community
Assimilate, evaluate and interpret all-source information related to NGA from an operational security perspective
Publish finished intelligence with recommendations for mitigation and countermeasures, as appropriate
Detect and assess anomalous activities for links to possible foreign intelligence collection within NGA 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 NGA 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 NGA 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 (Multi-media Message Manager (M3), Palantir, Tripwire Analytic Capability (TAC), ARCSIGHT, RSA Security Analytics, Consular Consolidated Database (CCD), Quantum Leap Intelligence Exchange (QLIX), Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE) and Proton) 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 NGA components to facilitate information sharing to support NGA CI activities
Prepare briefs, as requested, related to any or all the above subject matter for delivery to internal and external audiences at the strategic, operational and tactical levels
Conduct approximately 25-35 formalized threat briefings per month tailored specifically for NGA travelers’ and their intended foreign destinations and geospatial-related conferences and symposia involving foreign official representation/attendance for purposes of determining foreign intelligence service threats/interest in Agency personnel
Conduct approximately 25-35 foreign contact and foreign travel debriefings per month and preparing applicable reports detailing the results and findings to include preparing Intelligence Information Reports
Provide CI advice and CI expertise in approximately 15-20 CI Risk Assessments per month in support of personnel security and the security clearance adjudication process pursuant to Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 704 requirements
Provide CI technical expertise to support vulnerability mitigation efforts
Provide CI expertise in protecting emerging geospatial and IC technologies and the intelligence acquisition process
Provide CI support to Research and Technology Protection (RTP) initiatives to include writing approximately eight CI Threat Assessments (CI/TA) per month
Provide for the seamless integration of CI support to NGA’s Supply Chain Risk Management (SCRM) policies and initiatives to include compliance with ICD 731, 731.1, 731.2, and ICD 503
Produce approximately 75 Supply Chain Risk Assessment reports per month in support of IC Desk Top Environment (DTE), Joint Program Management Office (JPMO), ICD 731 compliance
Support and attend IC DTE JPMO Supply Chain Management (SCRM) Working Group and liaise and coordinate across IC Agencies as appropriate
Provide IC DTE JPMO advice and expertise in support of CI operations and issues
Interview NGA personnel and prepare accurate operational reports and summaries from those interviews
Provide a formal report of findings and recommendations for all unauthorized disclosures involving the known or suspected loss of classified information
Apply knowledge, experience and understanding to process approximately 10 Intelligence Community items in support of Special Access Programs (SAP)
Apply knowledge and understanding of GEOINT needed to conduct approximately four CI damage assessments involving the loss or unauthorized disclosure of intelligence and the preparation of formal reports of findings and recommendations
Produce approximately 100 Intelligence Information Reports (IIRs) per year
Produce CI Notes and CI Minutes for Agency awareness as required
Work closely with members of the Intelligence Community (National Reconnaissance Office, National Security Agency, National Counterintelligence and Security Center, and Defense Intelligence Agency) to share information, collaborate, draft and finalize community information reviews/damage assessments
Conduct approximately 5-10 CI inquiries per year
Process approximately 65-75 agency documents for public release monthly
As appropriate, participate in agency and IC directed damage assessment task forces
Complete assigned tasks and activities within prescribed timelines and to established community standards, directives and instructions

REQUIREMENTS:

ACTIVE TS/SCI clearance is required
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
Minimum of 7 years of CI experience
Foundational defensive CI experience (ex. conducting investigations, inquiries, collections, operations, analysis, briefings, debriefings, training and awareness)
Must be credentialed graduates of an accredited federal or DoD CI training academy (ex. FBI Academy, etc.)

Please refer the Job description for details