Intelligence Research Specialist (CounterIntelligence)

Department of the Treasury Treasury, Departmental Offices (9 current openings) Washington, District of Columbia Full-time Security Clearance: Sensitive Compartmented Information
Application Deadline:
2026-08-24
Posted:
2026-08-11

About 2 weeks left

Salary: $85,447 – $158,322 per year (GS-11/13)

Salary context

Based on 49 annual-salary jobs in the same occupational series. This role pays around the middle of similar positions.

Job Details

Qualifications & Requirements

You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-13, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes: Identifying and assessing threats to an organization; AND Developing reports and assessments; AND Briefing and advising leadership on a range of issues; AND Collaborating on projects with cross-functional teams or organizations; AND Representing teams or organizations in meetings and other forums. Specialized experience for the GS-12: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience in ALL of the following: Independently researching, interpreting, and analyzing information from multiple sources; AND Composing reports, assessments, studies, or presentations; AND Coordinating on projects with cross-functional teams or organizations; AND Representing teams or organizations in meetings. Specialized experience for the GS-11: You must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as ALL of the following: Researching, interpreting, and analyzing information from multiple sources; AND Composing reports, assessments, studies, or presentations; AND Participating in or contributing to meetings and other forums. OR You may substitute education for general or specialized experience as follows: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree; OR 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree; OR LL.M., if related. OR You may qualify by a combination of successfully completed graduate level education and specialized experience. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education. The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service.. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resumé. (*Note: If you are qualifying using education and you are within 9 months of graduating you may tentatively qualify. However, you must graduate and/or meet all qualification requirements prior to being appointed to the position.)

Position Overview

This position is located at Departmental Offices, Terrorism and Financial Intelligence - Intelligence Analysis. As a Intelligence Research Specialist, you will function as a counterintelligence (CI) analyst, conducting research and analysis regarding CI threats to the Treasury Department. CI threat analysis is focused on analyzing the capabilities and intentions of foreign intelligence entities (FIE) to target Treasury, including the supply chain.

Duties

  • Pursuant to 50 USC 3024 (v), and with concurrence and consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, this position is being established in the excepted service as an element of the Intelligence Community within the Department of the Treasury. The following are the duties of this position at the GS-13. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties, and will receive training to help you grow in this position. As a Intelligence Research Specialist (CounterIntelligence), you will: Conduct all-source research and analysis on foreign intelligence threats to the Treasury Department. Develop CI products and briefings that convey analytic judgements in a clear and concise manner to a broad range of customers. Review collection requirements and evaluates intelligence reporting. Provide analytic support to multi-disciplinary CI issues, operational activities, and education and awareness efforts. Represent Treasury in CI and/or SCRM working groups and other interagency forums.