Perform as a
CI Operations IT Manager (Journeyman) supporting the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Directorate for Operations (DO) Enterprise Technology Office (ETO) in Reston, VA. Support enterprise-level IT solutions enabling Counterintelligence (CI) functional management, enterprise coordination and deconfliction, requirements management, and performance assessment.
This position is contingent upon award and expected to start ~30SEP2026.Requirements:- Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 4-6 years of demonstrated experience in the Counterintelligence career field, including CI investigations, operations, collection, analysis and production, functional services, and/or mission support.
- Experience identifying and managing functional IT requirements supporting CI mission operations.
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline architectures, automation frameworks, and operational practices supporting mission-critical IT systems.
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, Bamboo, or comparable platforms.
- Experience with configuration management and version control tools such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef, and Git.
- Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience supporting system monitoring, incident response, capacity planning, performance management, patching, backup, and disaster recovery.
- Knowledge of DoD cybersecurity requirements, DISA STIGs, and applicable Intelligence Community security standards, including ICD 503.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work across CI mission, technical, development, security, and system administration teams.
- Active TS/SCI clearance with completed CI Polygraph required prior to performance.
- Ability to work 100% onsite in Reston, VA.
Additional Qualifications:- Credentialed CI Special Agent or law enforcement officer at the Federal or State level.
- Graduate of a CI Special Agent training program or CI/HUMINT-certified course.
- Previous experience supporting DIA, the Intelligence Community, or DoD CI/HUMINT missions.
Responsibilities:- Support DIA enterprise-level IT solutions enabling CI functional management, coordination, deconfliction, and performance assessment.
- Engage CI stakeholders, mission partners, and vendors to identify and document functional management IT requirements.
- Develop, publish, and manage Functional Requirements Documents (FRDs), capability requirements, product backlogs, meeting documentation, and related IT/business-management products.
- Support analytical tools, dashboards, catalog systems, coordination platforms, and other functional-management capabilities.
- Develop proofs of concept and support evaluation of current and future CI functional-management capabilities.
- Review applicable policies and directives and translate mission requirements into actionable technical requirements.
- Support CI/CD pipelines, automation, configuration management, version control, and containerized environments supporting CI mission systems.
- Coordinate system monitoring, incident response, performance tuning, patching, backup, and disaster-recovery activities.
- Coordinate with CI professionals, developers, security personnel, and system administrators to maintain secure and reliable mission capabilities.
- Provide operational metrics, status reporting, and post-implementation performance and production analysis to Government stakeholders.
- Support continuity and reliable operation of mission-critical CI systems and capabilities.
