Intelligence Research Specialist

Development Finance Corporation

College Park (MD)

Remote

USD 122,000 - 158,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Telework eligible

Job summary

Development Finance Corporation in College Park, MD seeks an Intelligence Research Specialist to support intelligence research operations and other functions directed by senior leadership. You will join the Strategic Information Division, collaborating with CI, cyber security, and KYC teams, and coordinating with the FBI on CI programs to protect personnel and assets.

Role offers telework eligibility; the position requires handling sensitive information and working across federal agencies.

Qualifications

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Responsibilities

Serve as a member of the DFC counterintelligence team and support CI programs to deter, detect, and neutralize threats to DFC personnel.
Coordinate with the Cyber Security Office to inform cyber alerting, detection, and protection measures for DFC systems and information.
Collaborate with other Federal agencies, such as the FBI, for leveraging CI programs and provide intelligence support to DFC's KYC office.
Lead the insider threat initiative by establishing processes to gather, analyze, and respond to counterintelligence information indicative of insider risk.

Job description

Hiring Agency: Development Finance Corporation
Department: Other Agencies and Independent Organizations
Location: College Park, Maryland
Hiring Path: Fed Transition
Number of Openings: 1
Security Clearance: Sensitive Compartmented Information

This position is located in the Strategic Information Division (SID), Office of the Chief Policy Officer (OCPO) of the U.S. International Development Corporation (DFC). As an Intelligence Research Specialist you will be responsible for providing DFC management consultant services for the intelligence research operations and other functional fields determined by senior leadership.

Key Responsibilities

As an Intelligence Research Specialist, you will: Serve as a member of the DFC counterintelligence team. DFC's counterintelligence (CI) program, which works to deter, detect, and neutralize the threats posed by foreign intelligence entities to DFC personnel. The CI program routinely prepares classified threat assessments and provides classified briefings to staff engaged in foreign/international activity (such as foreign travel or meeting with foreign officials).

Coordinate with the DFC Cyber Security Office to ensure that the office is made aware of various cyber intelligence threat streams to enable the office to design appropriate cyber alerting, detection, and protection measures for DFC systems and information. Coordinates with other DFC offices as appropriate to provide CI intelligence information to ensure protection of DFC personnel and resources.

Collaborate with other Federal agencies, such as the FBI, on possible leveraging of these established CI programs. Provide intelligence support to DFC's Know-Your-Customer (KYC) office and lead the noncommercial vetting process by evaluating and analyzing financial/intelligence information and synthesizing all relevant reporting into a finished product supporting strategic objectives.

Develop relationships within the broad threat finance intelligence and law enforcement communities to expand knowledge base and to gain access to information. Serve as a member of DFC's Insider Threat Program hub, participating in day-to-day operations and will be responsible for establishing a process to gather, integrate, and centrally analyze, and respond to counterintelligence relevant information indicative of a potential insider threat.

Please Note: This is not a Bargaining unit position.

Requirements & Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Development Finance Corporation, Other Agencies and Independent Organizations.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $121785 - $158322/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What security clearance is required?

This position requires a Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance.

What is the application deadline?