Senior Cyber Intelligence Officer

Position description

The Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC) is the DNI’s Intelligence Community (IC) lead for cyber intelligence issues. CTIIC is responsible for integrating IC collection and analysis on cyber intelligence issues, and for coordinating and supporting the IC in providing accurate, timely, comprehensive support to national policy and decision makers.

The Analytic Integration Directorate (AI) at ODNI’s Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC) is seeking an analytic manager with exceptional tradecraft, critical thinking, and interpersonal skills to join our team in leading and integrating IC analysis of foreign cyber threats from both government and non-state actors. CTIIC is committed to developing a diverse and inclusive workforce, values training and other development opportunities, and seeks personnel who can contribute analytic talent and other related expertise to our mission.

Are you a critical thinker with insatiable curiosity interested in exploring how technical information, national security issues, and global events converge to inform policy? Do you like cutting through the noise to clearly communicate key findings and tough concepts through writing and briefings? Want unique access to top policymakers, analytic counterparts across the Intelligence Community (IC), and leading cyber security companies? The ODNI’s Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center (CTIIC) is looking for analysts to help grow our center and be a part of the new wave of government cyber intelligence.

Dynamic, high-tempo, and cutting-edge, CTIIC is dedicated to informing national policy and decision makers of cyber intelligence issues through engagement across the public and private sectors and with partners and allies. Whether we are integrating IC collection and analysis on cyber intelligence issues; asking novel cyber threat questions; or providing accurate, timely, comprehensive support to the National Security Council; CTIIC is on the frontlines informing cyber policy, security, and operations.

At CTIIC, we place diversity at the forefront of everything we do to ensure equity, inclusion, and accessibility for all. We rely on each employee’s unique strengths, experiences, and creativity to carry out our mission. We empower all employees and offer opportunities for professional growth and cyber skill development.

Lead, plan, direct, and coordinate the preparation of tailored and insightful finished intelligence products and analysis that support key US national security and foreign policy objectives and help shape IC analysis and priorities.

Build global situational awareness of significant cyber threat intelligence by independently identifying, researching, and assessing intelligence reporting.

Maintain awareness of current cyber intelligence issues and policymaker priorities.

Independently review and develop a broad range of finished intelligence products in support of United States (US) foreign policy and national security interests.

Provide leadership and expert guidance to the research, editing, and production of intelligence products that leverage multiple sources of information to set significant cyber threat reporting in context and highlight US response actions.

Coordinate with IC officers and federal cyber centers to gather insights into significant cyber threat reporting.

Lead, coordinate, communicate, and aid in the understanding of significant cyber threats for non-specialist customers by explaining activity and avoiding jargon.

Perform proactive community outreach and collaboration activities by planning and engaging in internal and external information sharing, fostering collaborative relationships with interagency partners, and communicating timely and relevant intelligence information.

Maintain contact with customers in the organization and IC in order to understand their changing needs and requirements, and gather, compile, and report information that meet their needs.

Promote the sharing of information and knowledge from intelligence reports by effectively recognizing, valuing, building, and leveraging diverse and collaborative networks within ODNI, with other federal cyber centers, and across the IC.

Lead the development and delivery of oral briefings and written reports for ODNI leadership and senior internal and external customers on cyber intelligence activities and/or threats.

Lead, initiate, cultivate, and maintain productive working relationships with colleagues, experts, IC members, policy committees, and law enforcement agencies as appropriate and use these relationships to share information of interest; attend internal and external training, seminars, or conferences on broad or more strategic subject areas.

Attend internal and external training, seminars, or conferences on broad or more strategic subject areas.

Develop and continually expand personal knowledge of analytic tradecraft and cyber and technology issues.

Qualifications

Conditions of Employment

• Must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the United States
• Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI)
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• A two-year trial period is required for all new permanent appointments to the ODNI.

Qualifications

Mandatory Requirements:

Provide a 2-3-page writing sample in addition to a cover letter.

At least five years as an all-source intelligence analyst or three years as a cyber threat intelligence analyst responsible for producing all-source written production.

Expert knowledge and experience as an all-source intelligence analyst serving at the senior level.

Superior oral and written communication skills, including the ability to research, develop, and deliver high-quality analysis and briefings and clearly convey complex information and technical data to generalists as well as specialists.

Superior knowledge of IC policy and procedures and expert knowledge of analytic tradecraft, including the ability to incorporate the use of a broad range of methodological tools and approaches to research, analyze, and present information and data.

Superior interpersonal and creative problem-solving skills, including an ability to manage competing priorities, work effectively both independently and in a team or collaborative environment, mentor junior colleagues, and demonstrate initiative in carrying out mission responsibilities in a fast paced environment.

Superior ability to apply knowledge of ODNI, IC organizations, and relevant customer organizations or operations (e.g., military, policymakers, and law enforcement) to effectively translate their requirements and provide appropriate responses to meet customer needs.

Superior leadership skills and ability to maintain and develop effective working relationships within the IC for exchanging information and promote information-sharing practices across the ODNI, the IC, and beyond.

Superior analytic and critical thinking skills, including an ability to remain open-minded and change opinions on the basis of new information and requirements.

Superior ability to brief counterparts and senior officials on current intelligence products, answer questions, and provide supporting information.

Superior ability to independently produce analytic finished intelligence, either as lead analyst or manager of analysts, and broad knowledge of the role of intelligence analysis within the IC.

Expert problem-solving skills and superior ability to provide innovative leadership in carrying out mission responsibilities.

Expert knowledge and experience exercising sound judgment, tact, and integrity to manage interactions with senior US government officials and IC elements, including the superior ability to establish and maintain regular contacts within the IC for exchanging information.

Superior interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills, in working with individuals at the highest levels of the IC and government in justifying, defending, negotiating, and resolving significant and controversial issues.

Desired Requirements:

Previous experience working as an analyst or manager covering regional or cyber issues.

College or graduate school degree in international relations, computer science, or related areas is preferred.

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