Mid Cyber Counterintelligence Desk Officer

Prescient Edge; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 100,000 - 128,000; Full time

Job summary

Prescient Edge is seeking a Mid. Cyber Counterintelligence Desk Officer (CI Specialist) in Fort Meade, MD. The role focuses on researching cyber methodologies and leading briefings for senior leadership while coordinating investigations and operations across cyberspace.

The ideal candidate has extensive counterintelligence experience, specialized JCITA/DCITA cyber courses, and a TS/SCI w/ poly clearance, with strong oral and written communication skills in a high-security environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years as credentialed Counterintelligence Special Agent.
• Graduate of JCITA/DCITA cyber CI courses.
• TS/SCI with CI POLY or ability to obtain.
• College education cannot be used in lieu of experience.

Responsibilities

• Research emerging cyber methodologies, tradecraft, tools used by FIE/FTO against U.S. Army equities.
• Demonstrate knowledge in sensitive investigations and operations involving networks, computers, and digital media.
• Support inspections of subordinate units to collect, store, and process digital evidence.
• Explain how computer- and Internet-based applications can enable national security crimes such as espionage or terrorism.
• Use oral and written skills to brief senior leadership and author memoranda and finished intelligence products.
• Compile and disseminate metrics capturing cyber CI activities in investigations, collections, and operations.
• Coordinate resources to identify and obtain information for Cyber-related events.

Skills

Counterintelligence

Cyber investigations

Oral communication

Written communication

Leadership

Education

High School Diploma

Associate’s degree

Bachelor’s Degree

Master’s Degree

Job description

Mid. Cyber Counterintelligence Desk Officer (CI Specialist)

Benefits & Compensation

At Prescient Edge, we believe that acting with integrity and serving our employees is the key to everyone's success. To that end, we provide employees with a best in class benefits package that includes:

• A competitive salary with performance bonus opportunities
• Comprehensive healthcare benefits, including medical, vision, dental, and orthodontia coverage
• A substantial retirement plan with no vesting schedule
• Career development opportunities, including on-the-job training, tuition reimbursement, and networking
• A positive work environment where employees are respected, supported, and engaged.
• Salary range: $100,000 - $128,000. Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills and the abilities of the applicant internal equity, and alignment with market data.

Description

• Shall research emerging Cyber-related methodologies, tradecraft, tools, and procedures used by Foreign Intelligence Entities (FIE) and Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTO) against U.S. Army equities and develop information papers for leadership.
• Shall demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge in all aspects involving sensitive investigations and operations involving networks, computers, and digital media.
• Shall support inspections of subordinate units in the appropriate methods to collect, store, and process digital evidence.
• Shall demonstrate an understanding of how computer- and Internet based applications can be used to facilitate national security crimes such as espionage or terrorism.
• Shall use oral and written communication skills in order to conduct briefings and discussions with internal and external senior leadership and to author memoranda and finished intelligence products.
• Shall compile and disseminate metrics capturing cyber CI activities in support of investigations, collections, and operations.
• Shall exercise knowledge of key U.S. Intelligence and Law Enforcement community resources to identify and obtain relevant information and effect any necessary coordination for Cyber-related events.

Requirements

Required experiences

• Must be a graduate of any of the following Military Department Counterintelligence Agent Certifying Courses:
• Army – Counterintelligence Special Agent Course (CISAC)
• Army – 35L Course (or its predecessor)
• Army – 351L Course (or its predecessor)
• Air Force –Basic Special Investigators Course (BISC), U.S. Air Force Special Investigations Academy, or predecessor Navy – Special Agent Basic Training Program (SABTB), Naval Criminal Investigative Service Training Academy, or predecessor.
• B. Must be a graduate of all the following Joint Counterintelligence Training Academy/Activity (JCITA) or Defense Cyber Investigations Training Academy (DCITA) Courses: JCITA – CI Investigations in a Cyber Environment DCITA – Windows Forensics Examinations (Encase of FTK) DCITA – Forensic Intrusions in a Windows Environment (FIWE)
• Experience: Minimum 10 years of experience as a credentialed Counterintelligence Special Agent Understanding of CI Investigations Fundamentals of Cyber Counterintelligence Understanding of FIE TTPs.
• *College education cannot be used in lieu of experience.

Required Education

• High School Diploma- 12 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Associate’s degree- 10 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Bachelor’s Degree- 8 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Master’s Degree- 6 years of relevant experience with at least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.

Security Clearance

• Security clearance required TS/SCI with CI POLY or the ability to obtain CI POLY.

Location

• Fort Meade, MD.