Counterintelligence Analyst II - Quantico VA

About the role

The position supports the Office of Special Investigations (OSI) within the Department of the Air Force (DAF) team. It involves developing, implementing, and overseeing the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Due Diligence process.

Responsibilities

• Support, develop, and contribute to the comprehensive review of SBIR/STTR proposals and associated vendors.
• Perform research and analysis of companies to identify patterns, concerns, or threats aiding in efforts to identify foreign intelligence entities and other adversarial threats to OSI and DOD programs.
• Establish a process to continually monitor previously assessed companies for new or developing foreign ownership, control, or influence (FOCI) concerns.
• Provide analytical support to agents, other analytical divisions, and OSI leadership in support of related investigative and national security efforts.
• Identify trends and actions of intellectual property theft and technology transfer investigated by OSI, and provide informational briefings outlining findings to facilitate the DAF efforts to prevent such theft/loss.
• Identify access and threat vectors commonly exploited by foreign intelligence, or other adversaries, to target DAF/DOD programs and associated supply chains and will subsequently provide informational briefings and other analytical products in support of the DAF’s risk mitigation efforts, as needed.
• Produce and publish analytical products via portal, SharePoint, and other electronic methods for OSI leadership, OSI field offices, and SBA leadership/customers.
• Establish and maintain accurate and up-to-date records of all counterintelligence assessments and associated documentation.
• Support ongoing research into small business and vendor efforts to develop published all-source analysis.
• Conduct counterintelligence assessments on potential SBIR/STTR vendors and proposals to identify potential foreign ownership, control, or influence, cybersecurity and regulatory risks.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders, such as program managers, analysts, and other relevant parties to ensure that counterintelligence assessments are conducted in a timely and effective manner.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant laws, regulations, and industry best practices related to counterintelligence, FOCI, cybersecurity, and regulatory risk.
• Report recommendations and inputs to the OSI Technical Lead.
• Prepare analytical reports, make assessments, and manage case closures.
• May be requested and required to participate in Proposal Support functions due to expertise.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• At least three (3) years of experience with collecting, evaluating and analyzing raw and processed intelligence reporting concerning threats to DoD technologies.
• At least three (3) years of experience working in the principles, concepts, and methodologies of intelligence analysis and research to include statistical methods; link, pattern, and timeline analysis; and database manipulation.
• At least one year of demonstrated knowledge in the authorship of finished intelligence which adheres to Director of National Intelligence (DNI) analytic tradecraft standards.
• At least three (3) years of experience using analytical software and presentation tools, such as Analyst Notebook, Microsoft Publisher, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Adobe suite products.
• At least three (3) years of experience with the link analysis process, including the ability to make connections between foreign intelligence entities and operations.
• Knowledge of Joint-Publication (JP) 2-0
• Knowledge of Intelligence Community Directives (ICD): 203, 205, 206, 211, and 731
• Knowledge of Department of Defense Directives (DoDD): 5240.10 and 5240.02
• Knowledge of Department of Defense Instruction (DoDI): 5000.86, 5240.04, 5240.18, 5240.19, and 5240.24
• TS/SCI security clearance

Skills

• Counterintelligence functional services
• Research across multiple acquisition and intelligence databases and networks
• Effective communication skills
• Link, pattern, and timeline analysis
• Database manipulation
• Authorship of finished intelligence
• Use of analytical software and presentation tools
• Link analysis process

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

$45,000 - $60,000

Schedule

Full-time, Monday-Friday