Summary

Lead proactive counterintelligence and security activities across the United States government, integrating the instruments of national power to detect, report, deter, disrupt, investigate, exploit, and defeat foreign intelligence threats.

Duties

Assist USG departments/agencies implementation and program development of the NOP initiatives, develop OPSEC capabilities and ensure stakeholders remain fully informed of OPSEC efforts, and engage constructively to advance OPSEC efforts and bring a coordinated, integrated, enterprise perspective to bear against mission.

Develop plans and methodologies to evaluate and assess USG department/agency compliance with NOP guidance and community best practices.

Support USG working groups, roundtables, and other collaborative mechanisms to gather OPSEC requirements, drive policy modifications, and share best practices across the IC and USG.

Develop, refine and implement OPSEC training and awareness resources, program development guidance, national advisories, and support the development and delivery of NCSC's National OPSEC Symposium and related activities during the annual National OPSEC Awareness Month.

Plan, guide, and conduct the research and identification of key program issues, evaluate alternatives, and develop innovative proposals for decision by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) senior leadership.

Plan and produce IC resource strategies and issue papers, strategic evaluations, background papers, talking points, surveys, assessments, maturity evaluations, and other products applying subject matter knowledge to support the IC senior leadership in making informed programmatic decisions.

Plan, develop and present findings, conclusions, options, and recommendations to ODNI senior management.

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

This is an excepted service GS-14 position open to the public and all current federal employees at the GS-14 and one level below. Current federal employees at the GS-14 and one level below may apply to this position, and if selected will maintain pay set at their current grade and step. Current federal employees at grade levels GS-12 and below are not eligible for this position and their application will not be forwarded to the hiring manager. All current federal employees that apply for this position must submit their most recent SF-50, Notification of Personal Action (i.e., dated within the last 52 weeks from the closing date of this vacancy announcement) to verify their status of eligibility.

Education

Do not submit transcripts.

Additional information

JOB INTERVIEW TRAVEL

Candidates from outside the Washington Metropolitan Area (WMA) 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 Chief of Human Resource Management.

In some cases 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, and not less than, the employee's current annual base rate of pay, not to exceed the maximum step rate of the GS grade to which assigned.

RELOCATION EXPENSES

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

Benefits

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