The United States Space Force (USSF) at WPAFB, Dayton, OH is searching for a Counterspace Directed Energy Weapons Team Lead to support NSIC S9 (GG-0132-13).

Description:
The 2nd Intelligence Analysis Squadron within the National Space Intelligence Center is seeking a Directed Energy Weapons Team Lead position, GG-0132-13. This flight is responsible for assessing characteristics, performance, limitations, vulnerabilities, tactics and engagements of orbital ASAT weapons, providing integrated, forensic and predictive, counterspace threat intelligence for military operations, force modernization, and policy making communities. In this role, you will be responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the analysis of a team and collaborating with cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize project requirements based on customer needs. Key responsibilities will include developing and executing team analytic production plans, mentoring and training team members to improve their technical skills and knowledge, ensuring team production is technically accurate and compliant with Intelligence Community Directives and tradecraft standards, and communicating tailored results to a variety of audiences such as briefing analytic findings to customers on a frequent basis.

Ideal Candidate:
We are seeking an Orbital Warfare Team Lead, specialized in counterspace Directed Energy Weapons, to join our high-demand, growing mission area. You will be responsible for leading a team of analysts with intelligence, science, and engineering backgrounds to deliver all-source intelligence analysis on adversary orbital anti-satellite (ASAT) threats. The ideal candidate possesses a strong background in foreign counterspace systems and sub-systems, with specific emphasis on laser, radio-frequency (RF), and high-power microwave expertise, in addition to an understanding of space system design and employment concepts. As a Team Lead, the ideal candidate possesses excellent leadership, mentoring, and communication skills and has experience with project management and conducting product reviews consistent with Intelligence Community Directives.


Key Skills and Abilities:
1. Knowledge of the full range of intelligence research and collection methods, techniques, and practices to use multi-source intelligence information systems related to satellite communications (SATCOM) architecture, radio frequency (RF) signals and the electromagnetic spectrum.
2. Knowledge of advanced analytical principles, concepts, and methods to produce detailed analyses of complex information/situations attained from multiple sources for the characterization, analysis and reporting of RF communications externals (COMEXT) data in support of operational and intelligence assessments.
3. Knowledge of the national intelligence community, Joint, DoD structure, organizations, and mission/functions, interrelationships, space operations, and intelligence communities' electromagnetic interference (EMI) resolution process and key external customers.
4. Skill in conducting unbiased complex research, communication, identifying appropriate available systems/data sources, and producing collection requirement assessments that answer specific tasks to link and leverage agency capabilities in support of consumers, customers, and clients.
5. Skill in communicating effectively with others, both orally and in writing, in working out solutions to problems or questions related to the work, writing clear and concise intelligence products, and delivering written and/or verbal presentations to senior level audiences for decision-making purposes.
6. Ability to maintain control of classified material, quickly assimilate disparate data, render knowledgeable and accurate assessments of the implication of such data, and make decisions, estimates, and recommendations under conditions of urgency and pressure based on mature judgment and experience and present and/or defend a position.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S Citizen.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top-Secret / SCI security clearance.
• Safeguards classified or sensitive budget-related information and/or files.
• May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis.
• Eligible for situational telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed “Unscheduled Telework”.
• This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applications, whichever comes first.
• Employee may be required to perform travel by military or commercial passenger aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments.
• Relocation funding is authorized.
• Information assurance certification is a condition of employment:
• Subject to Temporary Duty Assignment (TDY): Approximately 15 days per year.
• This is a drug testing designated position. The incumbent is subject to pre-employment drug testing as a condition of employment, and participation in random drug testing.

Qualifications

The 0132 series does not have an individual occupational requirement that must be met. You can view the experience level requirements here. Please scroll down to the 3rd section titled Administrative and Management Positions.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here:

Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.

Resume:You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide:

1. Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number
2. Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended
3. Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information:
   • Job title
   • Detailed duties and accomplishments
   • Employer's name and address
   • Supervisor's name and phone number
   • Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.)
   • Hours per week
   • Salary, if applicable
4. Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses

College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.

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