Technical Research, Development and Engineering Officer

Central Intelligence Agency; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Central Intelligence Agency seeks Technical Research, Development, and Engineering Officers to create and manage technical solutions supporting Agency mission needs. These roles require commitment to public service and to upholding the rule of law and the Constitution.

Candidates should excel in multidisciplinary teams, apply advanced technical knowledge, and demonstrate integrity, initiative, and creativity.

Qualifications

• Experience collaborating in multidisciplinary teams.
• Ability to think critically to solve complex problems.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication to convey complex concepts.
• U.S. citizenship and successful background investigation.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Critical thinking

Communication

Organizational skills

Integrity

Team collaboration

Creativity

Problem solving

Leadership

Education

Advanced STEM degree

PM Certification

Arts/Trade discipline certification

Tools

C/C++

Python

Go

JavaScript

SQL

Rust

Job description

Technical Research, Development, and Engineering Officers use their specialized expertise to create and manage technical solutions to meet Agency mission needs.

Interested candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the US Constitution. Hiring decisions will not be based on race, sex, color, religion, or national origin.

Minimum Qualifications:

• All Directorate of Science and Technology candidates are expected to be effective in a mission-focused environment by:
  • Displaying interpersonal and team-oriented skills to work effectively in multidisciplinary teams
  • Demonstrating an ability to think critically towards solving complex problems
  • Applying and improving technical aptitude
  • Demonstrating strong organizational and planning skills,
  • Demonstrating effective written and verbal communication and an ability to convey complex concepts to all audiences
  • Demonstrating integrity, judgment, initiative and creativity

In addition, TRDE Officers will have skills, experience, and interest in one or more of the following areas:

• Strong project and program management principles, methods, and tools
• Management of programmatic risks, resources, schedules
• Systems engineering
• Design, modeling, fabrication, and prototyping
• Validation, verification, and testing
• Drafting technical documentation to include system performance, training, operations, and maintenance
• Signatures processing or analysis, to include principles and phenomena, theories, and concepts
• Conducting or leading research programs
• The latest trends in the industry and the future of technology and its applications to the intelligence mission
• Manufacturing, especially in creating custom products
• Working with metal, wood, plastics, textiles, make up, paper, machining, graphic design, printing, costume design, cosmetology, prosthetics, mold making, aesthetics, material science, industrial design, paper science
• Software development/coding/scripting in contemporary programming languages (C/C++, Python, Rust, GO, JavaScript, C#, Java, SQL, etc.)
• Design, development, testing, maintenance and/or governance of computers and associated hardware, software, networks, and / or data
• Data ingestion, transformation, modeling, and processing (including bulk data sets)
• Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (Al/ML)
• Architecture design/development leveraging High Performance Computing (HPC), commercial cloud platforms, and application of Quantum technology
• Traffic analysis, vulnerability assessment, exploitation methods, forensic analysis, and data recovery methods for digital networks and mobile devices
• Common industry lab and analysis methods like polymerase chain reaction (PCR), DNA sequencing, microscopy, mass spectrometry, and next-generation sequencing (NGS)
• Knowledge/Experience conducting experiments in a lab setting by conducting testing, data collection, and analysis
• Computational methods, software, and bioinformatics tools to analyze large biological datasets to find patterns and develop strategies
• Biotechnology trends and/or biosecurity and biodefense concepts
• Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear hazards and associated detection, monitoring, countermeasures, and defense strategies
• Ability to meet the minimum requirements for CIA, including U.S. citizenship and background investigation

Desired Qualifications:

• Advanced degree and/or professional technical experience in a relevant STEM discipline
• Program or Project Management Certification
• In some cases, a degree or certification and/or professional technical experience in a relevant an Arts or Trade discipline