Senior Collection Requirements Architect

Nalley Consulting, Llc; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Nalley Consulting is seeking a Senior Collection Requirements Manager (CRM) to join our team at DIA HQ in Washington, DC. The role requires engaging with analysts to determine intelligence needs, converting them into collection requirements, and coordinating with multiple sources to optimize asset deployment.

The candidate should have TS/SCI clearance with CI poly, a minimum of 8 years as a CRM, and a Bachelor's degree.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of experience as a CRM.
• Engage with analysts to determine intelligence needs and convert them into collection requirements.
• Prioritize, task, coordinate with collection sources, and monitor results.
• Translate requirements into discipline-specific language per SOP and CSA guidance.
• Research and align collection requests to DIA priorities and guidance.
• Provide routine updates on status and adjust requirements for asset deployment.
• Review existing collection requirements and manage tracking databases.

Responsibilities

• Contact collection requirements originators about the status of each requirement's disposition and expiration.
• Solicit, assess, review, and publish HUMINT Evaluations from the analytical team and track statuses.
• Review HUMINT Evaluations for content, formatting, classification, and release.
• Provide weekly number of HUMINT requirements, evaluations, and HOT-R or CHROME accounts established for the section.
• Build the data infrastructure required to understand, track, and assess ISR operations and activities in the DIA and J22 mission areas.
• Identify/document technical and functional JSR system needs.
• Perform assessments of projected system requirements to support future ISR requirements.
• Provide guidance translating ISR/CM software requirements into technical specifications and architecture artifacts.
• Support ISR/CM related systems, tools, processes, and documentation.
• Coordinate with external/subordinate organizations as required.
• Provide expertise to enable interoperable intelligence systems and information flow between services and partners.

Skills

CRM experience

Clearance TS/SCI

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Join the Nalley Consulting team as a Collection Requirements Manager.
Position: Collection Requirements Manager (CRM)
LCAT: Senior
Location:DIA HQ, Washington, DC

Required clearance: TS/SCI with CI poly

Desired Experience: At least 8 years as a CRM
Desired Education: Bachelor's degree

Description

• The contractor shall engage with analysts to determine intelligence needs, identify and develop possible collection postures/strategies, and convert these intelligence needs into collection requirements to satisfy DIA intelligence requirements. This, also, includes establishing priorities and tasking, coordinating with appropriate collection sources or agencies, and monitoring results
• The contractor shall support solicitation, coordination, research, de-confliction, creation, registration, prioritization, and validation of multiple intelligence (multi-INT) such as Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT), Measurement and Signature Intelligence (MASINT), Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Human Intelligence (HUMINT), and Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) CRM per standing policy. This will include associated issue trackers, internal requirements trackers, and collection requirement programs of record
• Translate received requirements into discipline-specific language IAW SOPs and Combat Support Agency (CSA) guidance, including maintaining associated issue trackers, internal requirements trackers, and collection requirement programs of record
• Research, manage, and align IC collection requests to DIA Theater/IC priorities and guidance
• Monitor and provide routine updates to requestors on the status of DIA collection requirements. Specifically, contractor personnel shall monitor and routinely provide updates to requestors on the status of collection requirements (e.g. where the requirements were submitted for tasking, the expected collection schedule, etc.) and adjust requirements to ensure optimal deployment of limited assets
• Review existing collection requirements including development of ISR utilization and contributions summaries, management of issues and requirements, and tracking databases/ assessments

Other responsibilities

• Contact collection requirements originators about the status of each requirement's disposition and expiration (e.g. contacting requestors to determine continued relevance, then directing resubmission or cancelation)
• Solicit, assess, review, and publish HUMINT Report Evaluations from theanalytical team; including tracking, maintaining, and briefing the status of evaluations associated with Intelligence Information Reports (IIRs) cited in Finished Intelligence (FINTEL) and IIR responses to Source Directed Requirements (SDRs)
• Review HUMINT Report Evaluations for content, formatting, classification, and release
• Provide weekly number of HUMINT requirements, evaluations, and HUMINT On-Line Tasking and Reporting (HOT-R) or CHROME accounts established for the section
• Build the data infrastructure required to effectively understand, track, monitor, and assess ISR operations and activities in the DIA and J22mission areas to ensure effective employment of ISR assets
• Identify/document technical and functional JSR system needs
• Perform assessments of projected system requirements to ensure future intelligence, information, ISR systems, and programs support DIA ISR requirements
• Provide technical guidance in translating ISR and CM software or website application requirements into technical systems specifications to include, but not limited to, assisting in the production of fom1al architecture products consisting of system, technical views, and the development of software functional requirements documents
• Support ISR/CM related systems, tools and associated processes, requirements, research, analysis, user solicitation, coordination, communication, and documentation
• Support associated coordination and communication with external/subordinate organizations as required
• Provide expertise to enable interoperable intelligence systems and information flow between services, national agencies, CCMDs, coalition partners, and J22

LCAT Criteria

• Demonstrates in-depth knowledge and understanding of the labor category activities required to meet mission requirements
• Knowledgeable of and demonstrates ability to apply IC and DoD classification guidelines and procedures
• Demonstrates understanding of interpreting documents to include, but not limited to, its meaning, importance, and implications. Demonstrates ability to defend analytic judgements with sound, logical conclusions and adapt analytic judgments when presented with new information, evolving conditions, or unexpected developments
• Demonstrates ability to develop concise, insightful, and comprehensive products including reports, documents, assessments, studies, and briefing materials in formats including Microsoft Office tools (e.g. Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.), electronic / soft copy matrices and / or web-enabled formats
• Demonstrates ability to communicate complex issues clearly in a concise and organized manner both verbally and non-verbally, with strong grammar skills
• Demonstrates ability to communicate understanding from information that may be incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and / or technically advanced
• Demonstrates ability to develop structured research including, but not limited to, obtaining, evaluating, organizing, and maintaining information within security and data protocols

Other criteria

• Demonstrates ability to define comprehensive, new, or unique research approaches that enable rigorous assessments to address and contribute to high-level tasks
• Demonstrates ability to recognize nuances and resolve contradictions and inconsistencies in information
• Demonstrates ability to collaborate and work with other IC members on information sharing, and addressing disputes and conflict resolution
• Demonstrates ability to lead teams in researching multifaceted or critical problems
• Demonstrates ability to work independently and with minimal oversight
• Demonstrates ability to review products for cogent arguments, tradecraft standards, and adequate support for conclusions; routinely tests analytic rigor of products