Intelligence Operations Specialist, CG-0132-14 Job in Washington, DC

Vacancy No. 2024-DOA-D895 Department Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Salary $153,506.00 to $243,500.00 Grade 14 to 14
Perm/Temp Permanent FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 11/18/2024 Close Date 12/3/2024
Job Link Apply Online Who may apply Public
Locations:
Washington, DC


Summary

This position is located in the Division of Administration of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and is responsible for identifying foreign intelligence entities (FIE) capabilities, intent, and opportunity to target FDIC personnel, assets, information, and facilities by accessing all-source threat information, writing and briefing all-source finished intelligence products compliant with Intelligence Community Directives 203, 206 & 208, and providing training, awareness and briefings.

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Clarification from the agency

This position is open to all United States Citizens. Applicants with status or those eligible under special hiring authorities, should apply under FDIC merit promotion announcement 2024-DOA-895. However, if you desire consideration also under this public non-status announcement, you must apply to both. Status applicants are current permanent Federal employees in the competitive service and former Federal employees with reinstatement eligibility.

Duties

  • Coordinates and provides tailored CI functional services to strengthen the FDIC and protect FDIC personnel and contractors, assets and interests from Foreign Intelligence Entities’ (FIE) targeting and exploitation. Identifies, analyzes and reports on FIE activities directed against the FDIC. Access, research and analyze all-source information, and write finished intelligence products compliant with Intelligence Community Directives 203, 206 and 208 on FIE tactics, techniques and procedures targeting FDIC personnel, assets and interests to inform risk-based decision making.
  • Works with FDIC divisions and offices, and other components to identify FDIC critical information and assets, and analyze FIE threats to these.
  • Presents and integrates threat information into FDIC risk assessments developed by other divisions or offices to inform mitigation strategies.
  • Accesses all-source information to vet visitors to FDIC facilities to identify known or suspected ties to FIE and inform decision making and mitigation strategies.
  • Provides foreign travel briefings/debriefings and visitor vetting, intakes and acts on foreign contact and suspicious activities reporting, and supports supply chain risk-based acquisitions decisions.
  • Provides the Intelligence and Threat Sharing Unit Chief with recommendations to remediate vulnerabilities and deficiencies and formulates courses of action to address complex CI issues.
  • Meets and deals persuasively with a CI Program, policies, and management echelons of the Corporation or other agencies to elicit cooperation and understanding necessary to support CIP objectives and mitigate FIE threats.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

Registration with the Selective Service.

U.S. Citizenship is required.  

Employment Conditions.

Completion of Financial Disclosure may be required.

Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI) required.

Qualifications

Qualifying experience may be obtained in the private or public sector. 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.  Additional qualifications information can be found here.
To qualify, applicants must have completed at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the CG-13 grade level or above in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience conducting all-source research and analysis and writing finished intelligence products on foreign intelligence entities’ tactics, techniques and procedures, to include exploiting supply chains, that are assessed as compliant with Intelligence Community Directives 203, 206 and 208, and briefing threat analysis to decision makers.
 
Applicants eligible for ICTAP (Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program) must achieve a score of 80 or higher in the online assessment to be determined “well qualified” for this position. For more information, click here.

Education

There is no substitution of education for the experience for this position.

Additional information

Additional selections may be made from this vacancy announcement to fill identical vacancies that occur subsequent to this announcement.

If selected, you may be required to serve a probationary period.

Selectee(s) for this position will be required to report to their duty station office two days per week.

To read about your rights and responsibilities as an applicant for Federal employment, click here.

This position is subject to pre-employment and random drug testing.

Must be able to obtain and maintain an interim and/or final security clearance prior to entrance on duty. Failure to do so may result in the withdrawal of a job offer or removal.

Benefits

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.

In addition to the regular benefits offered by Federal agencies, the FDIC offers additional benefits to its employees. These benefits, some at minimal cost, are some of the best and most competitive in both the private and public sectors.

To find out more, click here.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

How You Will Be Evaluated

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

Your resume and the online assessment questionnaire will be reviewed to determine whether you meet the qualification requirements outlined in this announcement. Therefore, it is imperative that your resume contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make the qualification determination. Please ensure that your resume contains specific information such as position titles, beginning and ending dates of employment for each position, average number of hours worked per week, and if the position is/was in the Federal government, you should provide the position series and grade level.

Your resume will also be evaluated to measure your responses to the assessment questions. If you rated yourself higher on the questionnaire than what is supported by your resume, your overall qualifications assessment may be adversely affected.

If you are found qualified, you will be placed in one of three categories: Best Qualified, Highly Qualified, or Qualified. These category assignments are a measure of the degree in which your background and responses to the assessment questions match the competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) listed below. Within these categories, candidates eligible for veterans’ preference will receive selection priority over non-veterans.

  1. Knowledge of Counterintelligence (CI) policy, process and procedures including implementing programs.
  2. Ability to communicate and write threat information and products in accordance with Intelligence Community standards (203, 206 and 208), other documents, and briefings, for all levels.
  3. Ability to think critically and apply Structured Analytic Techniques to conduct Counterintelligence research and analysis.
  4. Knowledge of Foreign Intelligence Entities’ tactics, techniques and procedures targeting, exploiting and collecting on personnel, infrastructure, information and systems.
  5. Knowledge of counterintelligence and security practices including deterrence, response and mitigation.
  6. Ability to communicate orally using threat intelligence products, other documents, briefings, and oral presentations for all levels.

You do not need to respond separately to these KSAs. Your answers to the online questionnaire and resume will serve as responses to the KSAs. 

If you are among the best-qualified applicants referred for consideration, you may be required to complete one (or more) job-related structured interview(s) and a test on application of a Structured Analytic Technique.

Applicants are expressly prohibited from disclosing, publishing, reproducing, or transmitting the content of FDIC assessments for any purpose, in any form, or by any means, whether verbal, written, or electronic. Dishonest conduct, such as obtaining help from others, using reference materials, disclosing assessment content, or submitting a response that is not your own original work, may lead to your disqualification from the selection process and from Federal employment in the future (5 CFR part 731). If you are a current Federal employee, you may be removed or debarred from Federal Service.


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Required Documents

Failure to provide all of the required documentation as stated in this vacancy announcement, may result in an ineligible determination or may affect your consideration status.  Please review the following to determine your eligibility and which document(s) is required to complete your application.
VETERANS’ PREFERENCE:  If you are claiming veterans’ preference, click here.  (Note: Veterans must submit the Member 4 copy of the DD 214, Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty – or other copy showing the type of discharge/character of service [e.g., Honorable, Under Honorable Conditions, etc.] along with any other required documents (e.g., DD-214, VA Letter, SF-15, etc.) to demonstrate veterans’ preference eligibility.)
INTERAGENCY CAREER TRANSITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM (ICTAP): If you are a displaced or surplus Federal employee eligible for consideration under the ICTAP, you must submit proof of eligibility. For more information, click here.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.

How to Apply

To begin, click the “Apply” button and follow the prompts. If you haven’t already, register and establish a USAJOBS account. After you register online, click the “Apply” button to complete the online assessment questionnaire, and submit all required documents. Please be sure to click “Submit Application” to complete the application process. You must apply online.

Applicants requesting an exception from the online process must contact the Human Resources Specialist or point of contact listed in this announcement prior to 12:00 noon local time on the closing date.

To return to your saved application, log in to your USAJOBS account and click on “Applications” tab. Click on the “Position Title,” and then select “Update Application” or “Additional Application Information” to continue.

You have until 11:59 p.m. ET (Eastern Time) on the closing date of this announcement to complete the application process.

Please ensure you have completed the application process by verifying the status of your application on-line to reflect: “Received”. Failure to complete the application process will result in an incomplete application and you will not be considered for the position.

Agency contact information

Ymani Washington
Phone
703-835-1923
TDD
1-800-925-4618
Fax
000-000-0000
Email
ymwashington@fdic.gov
Address
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
FDIC Human Resources Branch
3501 Fairfax Drive
HRB (PA-1730-5007)
Arlington, Virginia 22226
United States
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Next steps

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