Senior SOF Desk Officer

The Ascendancy Group; Tacoma (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ascendancy Group is seeking a Senior SOF Desk Officer to manage SA cases, provide HUMINT oversight, and support SAMMC. You will coordinate with the Intelligence Community, Joint SOF, and Service partners to ensure compliant reporting and data quality.

Responsibilities include assisting case management, ensuring policy adherence, and delivering real-time analysis to support mission planning and execution. A Top Secret clearance is required for this role.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 6 years of experience or 10+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience as HUMINT Desk Officer related to IA, DoW/Joint, or SOF HUMINT.
• Experience in HUMINT reporting, processing, and collection requirements.
• Expertise in GCOMS/G2G cable reporting, quality checking, and evaluation.
• Working knowledge of portals and real-time knowledge/collection management systems.
• Strong verbal and written communication, high attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Serve as Senior SOF Desk Officer and maintain dataflow for operations.
• Review HUMINT operational reporting and standard formats.
• Ensure compliance with MACOM and DIA policies and guidance.
• Assist SA and HUMINT case management as focal point for reporting.
• Maintain reporting metrics and support monthly HUMINT reporting.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior analysts.

Skills

HUMINT expertise

Dataflow management

Intelligence reporting

Security clearance

GCOMS/G2G reporting

Policy guidance

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

GCOMS

G2G cable reporting

Knowledge portals

Job description

Description

The Ascendancy Group’s Mission

To be the unequaled provider of special operations forces (SOF) and Intelligence Community focused technical, service, and training-based solutions.

Overview

As a Senior SOF Desk Officer, you will provide SA case management, HUMINT technical oversight, and operational support to 1st Special Forces Command and ARSOF Sensitive Activities Mission Management Cells (SAMMC). In this role, you will work with the Intelligence Community, Service, and Joint SOF policies to manage sensitive activities, oversee case documentation, produce operational and intelligence reporting, and ensure compliance with security and risk management standards. You will coordinate with the Intelligence Community and Joint Force partners, advise operational personnel on SA core competencies, integrate Multi-Domain Intelligence into mission planning and execution, and provide guidance, training, and mentorship to junior analysts.

Security Requirement:

• Current Top Secret/Specialized Compartmented Information Security Clearance is required.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Serves as Senior SOF Desk Officer.
• Provide support for dataflow management requests and support teams.
• Serve as subject matter expert on internal and external requirements policies, processes, and procedures.
• Review HUMINT operational reporting and the processing of Intelligence Community standard formats and inputs.
• Ensure compliance with local Major Command (MACOM) and Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) specified policies and guidance.
• Assist SA and HUMINT case management as focal point for operational reporting.
• Maintain reporting metrics to support the SAMMC mission.
• Utilize intelligence tools for qualitative review of platform/collector performance.
• Support monthly reporting of HUMINT reporting metrics.
• Monitor and track requirements documentation actions.
• Implement efficient data management processes, ensuring data quality and integrity, and facilitating seamless retrieval and analysis of information.
• Solicit, analyze, document, and facilitate prioritization and validation of analyst needs.
• Provides consistent real-time updates of collection and planned collection requirements through existing databases.

Requirements

Position Requirements:

Required:

• A bachelor’s degree and 6 years of experience or 10+ years of relevant work experience.
• Experience should be as a HUMINT Desk Officer related to IA, DoW/Joint, or SOF HUMINT experience.
• Applicable experience in HUMINT reporting, processing, and collection requirements.
• Demonstrated expertise in GCOMS/G2G cable reporting, quality checking, and evaluation.
• Working knowledge of the tools, methods, and concepts of portals and other real-time or near-real-time knowledge and collection management systems.
• Good communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Strong attention to detail.

Desired:

• Experience supporting USASOC or Joint SOF organizations.
• Must work independently with limited government oversight and function effectively as part of a team in a joint working environment.
• Experience conducting intelligence analysis and planning supporting Theater Special Operations Commands.
• Experience in a deployed environment as Sensitive Activities supporting SOF.

The Ascendancy Group (TAG) was founded on and thrives based on relationships, reputation, and trust.

We are passionate about everything we do. One hundred percent of our government-focused teammates are former members of the Department of War or the Intelligence Community who still believe in supporting our nation. We offer like-minded individuals the opportunity to continue working in small teams on unique and challenging problem sets that further our nation's security.