Identity Intelligence Analyst
McLean, Virginia
About 2 weeks left
Salary: $102,415 – $133,142
per year
(GS-12)
Salary context
Based on 77 annual-salary jobs in the same occupational series. This role's pay spans a broad range among similar positions.
Job Details
Position Overview
The National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) leads the nation's effort to protect the United States from terrorism by integrating, analyzing and sharing information to drive whole-of-government action and achieve our national CT objectives.Duties
This position is within the Directorate of Identity Intelligence. The selected candidate will be responsible for supporting Identity Intelligence efforts focused on known or suspected terrorist biometric and biographic information. Selected candidates will work with data from across the Intelligence Community, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and other sources. Selected candidates will be responsible for ensuring that policies and procedures are applied consistently and accurately to the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE) database, and ensuring the integrity of the data used to populate TIDE with international terrorist identities information. The person in this position is expected to exhibit professional behaviors and help create and maintain a positive, professional, and high-performance workplace.Develop an understanding of a variety of tools and approaches to gain a comprehensive understanding of known or suspected terrorists (KSTs); incorporate policies, strategies, tactics, techniques, procedures and mechanisms to reveal the true identity of individuals by analyzing and exploiting data to build the most comprehensive terrorist identity record available to the USG.
Resolve target identities through the integration of biographic, biometric, contextual, and behavioral information.
Plan, develop, utilize, and refine methodological tools and approaches to gain a comprehensive understanding of complex and significant issues and incorporate insights and findings into reports.
Identify, gather, and extract Identity Intelligence information and perform relational tracing to determine relationships, patterns, trends, indicators, and warnings that address intelligence gaps.
Plan, identify, and develop strategies to overcome identified gaps and increase efficiencies in data collection or processes. Cultivate and facilitate collaborate with counterparts in other agencies to support the integration of IC-wide terrorism analysis capabilities throughout the USG.
Perform, in-depth all-source research and analysis for specifically defined targets; conduct targeted analysis of known and unknown terrorist personalities, groups, and networks in order to reveal identity attributes for future analytical and watchlisting purposes. Present findings as appropriate via written products, graphic presentations or oral briefings.
Manage, initiate, cultivate, and maintain cooperative and productive relationships with individuals in the US Government (USG), Intelligence Community (IC), and ODNI.
Assist in setting priorities and driving programs to ensure senior Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) officials are prepared for policy meetings throughout the Intelligence Community (IC) and US Government (USG).
Qualifications & Requirements
FREE RESPONSE ESSAY QUESTIONSAll applicants must answer the following four short, free response essay questions. The responses cannot exceed 200 words per question. By submitting your responses to the following questions, you certify that you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or AI (such as a large language model [LLM]).
- How has your commitment to the Constitution and the founding principles of the United States inspired you to pursue this role within the Federal government? Provide a concrete example from professional, academic, or personal experience.
- In this role, how would you use your skills and experience to improve government efficiency and effectiveness? Provide specific examples where you improved processes, reduced costs, or improved outcomes.
- How would you help advance the President's Executive Orders and policy priorities in this role? Identify one or two relevant Executive Orders or policy initiatives that are significant to you and explain how you would help implement them if hired.
- How has a strong work ethic contributed to your professional, academic or personal achievements? Provide one or two specific examples and explain how those qualities would enable you to serve effectively in this position.
Thorough knowledge of the Watchlisting business process.
Ability to research and logically analyze, synthesize, and judge information, as well as the ability to review and incorporate multiple sources of information in performing assignments.
Ability to remain open-minded and change opinions on the basis of new information and requirements; ability to support group decisions and solicit opinions from coworkers.
Interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills, including an ability to work effectively within an interagency environment on complex issues requiring negotiation and consensus-building.
Ability to work under pressure with strict deadlines while maintaining a high level of attention to detail.
Ability to direct taskings, assess and manage performance, collaborate on goal setting, and support personal and professional development of all levels of personnel.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE: 3-5 years' experience in a related field or Bachelor's degree in a related field.
Desired Requirements:
Experience working within the TIDE database.
Through interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to work effectively both independently and in a team or collaborative environment; demonstrated success working across organizational lines.
Familiarity with traditional and nontraditional information resources, particularly current or projected collection systems and data sources for analysis; basic knowledge of selected analytic tools (link analysis, data integration, geographic information systems).
Through knowledge of traditional and nontraditional information resources, particularly current or projected collection systems and data systems for analysis; basic knowledge of selected analytic tools (link analysis, data integration, geographic information systems).
Thorough knowledge of the mission, charter, roles, ad responsibilities of the ODNI, IC, and USG agencies, and how these organizations can effectively integrate their terrorist identities analysis capabilities.
Ability to apply detailed knowledge of ODNI, IC organizations, and relevant customer organizations or operations, in order to effectivly translate their requirements and provide appropriate output or responses to meet customer needs.
Education
Do NOT submit transcripts.Conditions of Employment
- Must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the United States
- Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI)
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
- A two-year trial period is required for all new permanent appointments to the ODNI.
Evaluations
You must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement. We will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. If you are among the best qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for consideration and may be called for an interview.Required Documents
A complete application package must include:a. RESUME: Resumes must be no longer than two (2) pages in length. Resumes longer than two (2) pages will be removed from consideration. Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the vacancy announcement, particularly the MDRs, and construct their resume to highlight their most significant experience and qualifications relevant to this job opportunity. You must ensure the resume contains all of the required information and you organize it so we can associate the following information for each experience/position: job title; name of employer; beginning and ending dates of employment (month/day/year format), and hours worked per week. We will assume full-time unless otherwise stated. Additionally, include a detailed description of job duties, accomplishments, related skills and responsibilities, to include any supervisory/managerial responsibilities and number of staff supervised (if applicable), and series and grade or equivalent (if a federal position).
b. ESSAY QUESTION RESPONSES: The responses cannot exceed 200 words per question (please see questions in the Requirements section above). By submitting your responses to these questions, you certify that you are using your own words and did not use a consultant or AI (such as a large language model [LLM]).
c. COVER LETTER: Applicants must submit a professional narrative as a supplement to the resume to elaborate on their qualifications and previous work performed.
d. CURRENT SF-50: Federal Government employees must provide your official most recent SF-50 (i.e., dated within the last 52 weeks from the closing date of this vacancy announcement). An SF-50, Notification of Personnel Action, is used to verify current federal status, position, title, grade, and organization of record. If your SF-50(s) does not provide the information needed to make a final determination for qualification, you will be found ineligible for the position.
e. POSITION NUMBER: Reference the announcement number in the subject line on each document submitted.
Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents may result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted.
How to Apply
We encourage you to read the entire announcement prior to submitting your application.In order to be considered, you must apply via USAJOBS. The ODNI will not accept emailed applications. Your application must be received by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of this announcement. Applications received after the closing date will NOT be eligible for consideration. All attachments should be in Microsoft Word or Adobe PDF format.
Do not include the following types of information in your profile or resume:
- Classified or government sensitive information
- Social Security Number (SSN)
- Photos of yourself
- Personal information such as age, gender, religious affiliation, etc.
- Encrypted and digitally signed documents
The most highly qualified candidates will be referred to the hiring manager for further consideration and possible interview. We expect to make a selection within 60 days of the closing date of this announcement. Due to the large number of applications received, applicants will be contacted ONLY if they have been selected for an interview.
Source: Data sourced from USAJOBS