National Intelligence Manager for Cyber Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center Job in McLean, VA

Vacancy No. 24-12564289-DNI/CTIIC Department Office of the Director of National Intelligence
Salary $147,649.00 to $204,000.00 Grade 00 to 00
Perm/Temp Temporary FT/PT Full-time
Open Date 9/30/2024 Close Date 10/15/2024
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Locations:
McLean, VA


Job Description (Please follow all instructions carefully)

Summary

The Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC) is the DNI's Intelligence Community (IC) lead for cyber intelligence issues. CTIIC is responsible for integrating IC collection and analysis on cyber intelligence issues, and for coordinating and supporting the IC in providing accurate, timely, comprehensive support to national policy and decision makers.

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Clarification from the agency

Open to current and former Federal employees with competitive or excepted status; and all U.S. Citizens. Former members of the Peace Corps may be considered for ODNI employment only if five full years have elapsed since separation from the Peace Corps.

Duties

The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI)'s Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC) serves as the Director of National Intelligence's (DNI) node for cyber intelligence integration across the IC enterprise.

CTIIC is responsible for ensuring analytic integration of cyber intelligence across the IC (Analytic Integration Directorate), carrying out the ICD-900 mission management and policy support functions through the Office of the National Intelligence Manager (NIM) for Cyber, and through PPD-41, leading intelligence integration and support to respond to cyber incidents through the Unified Coordination Group.

CTIIC's Office of NIM Cyber is responsible for providing integrated intelligence support to the NSC policy process topics related to cyber threats, cyber operations, and associated technologies-including support to whole-of-government planning efforts led by DHS, NCIJTF, and others.

The Office enables an integrated approach to and investment in collection against cyber threats by all means and to support cyber collection operations against all topics with the goal of helping the IC build understanding of adversary strategic intentions, to provide actionable warning, and to inform cyber response actions.

The NIM also oversees the development of the Unified Intelligence Strategy and other intelligence strategy and prioritization efforts including the National Intelligence Priorities Framework.

Major Duties and Responsibilities (MDR):

NIM-Cyber will advise, support, and represent CTIIC in carrying our ICD-900 duties and responsibilities to include:

Serve as a senior advisor on cyber intelligence matters; support the National Security Council (NSC) and related NSC and cabinet-level processes, meetings, taskings, and congressional interactions on cyber policy matters affecting the Intelligence Community (IC).

Direct and oversee coordination and integration of national intelligence related to cyber threats and enabling offensive and defensive cyber operations; set collection, analysis, and intelligence priorities on behalf of the Office of the DNI (ODNI), in consonance with the National Intelligence Priorities Framework and direction from the NSC Staff.

Through the development and implementation of the Unifying Intelligence Strategy and programs, track the enterprise-wide integration of the IC's analytic, collection, counterintelligence, governance, strategy, and acquisition activities related to cyber threat intelligence and the cyber domain.

Work closely with the CTIIC Director of Analytic Integration to ensure that ODNI meets all appropriate responsibilities for US Cyber Incident Coordination as defined in PPD-41 to include intelligence support and activities related to Unified Coordination Groups (UCGs).

Drive strategic IC cyber discussions, decisions, and cross-agency initiatives through the management of the Cyber Strategy Board.

Promote shared cybersecurity situational awareness across the IC and with other Federal Cybersecurity Centers during steady-state operations, and the IC's integrated defensive response during major cyber events.

Through engagements with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Sector Risk Management Agencies, IC elements and private sector critical infrastructure stakeholders, develop enhanced information sharing practices and increased intelligence support to critical infrastructure resiliency.

Collaborate with ODNI leadership to develop innovative approaches and provide recommendations related to the National Cyber Strategy, National Intelligence Strategy, National Security Strategy and other senior policymaker goals and objectives.

Maintain effective working relationships with other CTIIC, ODNI, and IC components and other government agencies to address issues that span multiple mission or program areas.

Brief senior IC and Department of Defense officials, Congressional members and other major stakeholders on cyber related analytic and collection enterprise issues and emerging trends.

Perform personnel management responsibilities with a focus on recruiting and building a high-performance workforce; promote team building and a collaborative work environment; ensure goals and performance objectives are understood; assess performance and provide timely feedback, recognition, and remediation.

Lead the development and implementation of the ODNI Strategic Plan; oversee the build-out and execution of the plan by coordinating Mission and Vision Statements, Core Values, Goals and Objectives, and Integrated Initiatives; specifically, provide overarching guidance to the team and coordinate all phases of the effort with ODNI senior leadership at key decision points.

CTIIC Unclassified Website: https://www.dni.gov/index.php/ctiic-home

Requirements

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.

Qualifications

Mandatory Requirements:

Minimum 10 years' experience in the intelligence community.

Expertise working on cyber intelligence and cybersecurity across multiple functional roles; and ability to anticipate issues relevant to cyber.

Superior oral and written communication skills including the ability to clearly convey complex information and technical data to all levels of management.

Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, including the ability to think strategically in identifying mission opportunities and requirements; develop cogent and achievable recommendations.

Superior innovative and results-oriented leadership.

Outstanding interpersonal skills and the ability to build consensus, work effectively and independently, and influence key stakeholders to build a broad coalition promoting an interagency and national approach to intelligence integration; proven ability to work with senior officials, to build and sustain professional networks in a diverse, fast-paced, multi-task environment, and to manage competing priorities.


Desired Requirements:

Knowledge of IC structures, capabilities, and operational mechanisms.

Expertise in cyber domain-related national-level policy and strategy development and execution.

Experience dealing with the White House and Congress on cyber issues.

Expert negotiation, influencing, and conflict management skills; comprehensive ability to resolve complex, cross component and cross-program issues; superior project leadership skills.

Ability to provide strategic and tactical planning that pertain to personnel and budget policies, regulations, and the development and execution of the best business practice methodologies.

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Additional information

Job Interview Travel: Candidates from outside the Washington, D.C., area may be selected for a telephone, teleconference, or in-person interview.

Salary Determination:

The ODNI uses a rank-in-person system in which rank is attached to GS employees on the basis of individual qualifications, experience, and performance.
Individuals whose current GS grade is equivalent to the grade of the advertised position will retain their current grade and step.
Individuals who transfer to the ODNI from a non-GS pay scale will have base pay converted to the appropriate GS grade and step as determined by the Director/ Human Resource Management.

On occasional instances when a current federal civilian employee applies for an ODNI position that is a lower grade than his or her personal grade, the candidate's personal grade will be downgraded to the grade of the advertised ODNI position and pay will be set at the step that is closest to but not less than the employee's current annual base rate of pay, not to exceed the maximum rate (i.e., step 10) of the GS grade to which assigned.

Relocation Expenses: For new ODNI employees, reimbursement for relocation is discretionary based on availability of funds.

Reasonable Accommodations:
The ODNI provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Reasonable Accommodations Officer by classified email at dni_reasonable_accommodation_wma@cia.ic.gov, by unclassified email at DNI_DRA@dni.gov, by telephone at 703-275-3900 or by FAX at 703-275-1217. Your request for reasonable accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE EEOD EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS EMAIL IS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS ONLY.

The ODNI is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulations.

Benefits

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How You Will Be Evaluated

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

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: 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); Hours worked per week. We will assume full-time unless otherwise stated. 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. POSITION NUMBER: Reference the announcement number in the subject line on each document submitted.

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.) SF-50, "Notification of Personnel Action" is used to verify 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.


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.

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

We encourage you to read the entire announcement prior to submitting your application.

Click "Apply" at the top of the page. Your application MUST be received by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing date of this announcement.

In order to be considered, you must apply via USAJobs. The ODNI will not accept emailed applications. 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

Agency contact information

Vacancy Team ODNI
Address
Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center
Director Of National Intelligence
Washington, DC 20002
US
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Next steps

Once you successfully complete the application process, you will receive an acknowledgement of receipt email. Please note that the acknowledgement email does not ensure completion of your application. You must ensure that you submit all required documentation.

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.






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