INTELLIGENCE RESEARCH SPECIALIST

Development Finance Corporation; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 122,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

Development Finance Corporation seeks an Intelligence Research Specialist within the Strategic Information Division (SID), OCPO. You will conduct all-source research and analysis using classified and unclassified information, evaluate intelligence reporting, identify gaps, and support senior leaders and inter-agency partners.

This federal role requires clear analytic judgments, confidence statements, and collaboration with security officials; telework is eligible.

Qualifications

• All-source research and analysis using classified and unclassified information.
• Apply analytic tradecraft and structured analytic techniques.
• Prepare written intelligence products and briefs for senior leaders.

Responsibilities

• Conduct all-source research and analysis using classified and unclassified information.
• Evaluate intelligence reporting and identify intelligence gaps.
• Prepare written intelligence products and brief senior leaders and inter-agency partners.
• Support counterintelligence risk mitigation and threat warning.

Skills

All-source research

Analytic tradecraft

Briefing senior leaders

Job description

• Hiring Agency: Development Finance Corporation
• Department: Other Agencies and Independent Organizations
• Location: Washington, District of Columbia
• Hiring Path: Fed Transition
• 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: Conduct all-source research and analysis using classified and unclassified information; evaluates intelligence reporting; identifies intelligence gaps; develop analytic judgments; prepares written intelligence products; briefs senior leaders, operational personnel, security officials, law enforcement partners, and inter-agency stakeholders; and support counterintelligence risk mitigation, threat warning, and decision-making; Apply analytic trade craft, structured analytic techniques, source evaluation, confidence statements, assumptions checking, alternative hypotheses, chronology development, pattern analysis, and gap identification to ensure analytic rigor, objectivity, and transparency; Ensure intelligence judgments are clearly distinguished from known facts, assumptions, reporting gaps, and analytic inferences; Communicate confidence levels and identifies collection or information gaps requiring additional reporting, coordination, or research.

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?

Applications close on 2026-11-04.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.