Intelligence Research Specialist

About the Role

This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Intelligence, in the following locations: New Orleans, Louisiana; Del Rio, Texas; Eagle Pass, Texas; Edinburg, Texas; El Paso, Texas; Marfa, Texas. Additional selections may be made for other organizational divisions and/or units within the duty location(s) listed above.

Responsibilities

• Identifying, reviewing, and evaluating large volumes of sensitive and complex information in support of strategic, operational, or tactical operations.
• Assuming primary responsibility for the completion of long-range and broad-scope analytical products, including intelligence notes, estimates, and assessments.
• Using established intelligence techniques to analyze data from a variety of sources to develop targets, trends, patterns, profiles, estimates, and studies in support of CBP operational and mission success.
• Conducting studies, preparing staff reports, and delivering briefings to managers and operators to enhance understanding and acceptance of findings and recommendations.
• Engaging in complex research and analyses to develop and publish finished tactical, operational, and strategic-level intelligence products; selecting the proper methods of dissemination, and coordinating dissemination of intelligence products.

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required.
• Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service.
• Primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years.
• All pre-employment processes will be conducted in English.
• Must pass a background investigation.
• Adherence to DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures.
• Compliance with government ethics standards and conflict of interest statutes.

Qualifications

GS-12 Grade Level:

• 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as:
  • Integrating data and information from all relevant sources to analyze situations or conditions that affect operations.
  • Identifying and evaluating the adversarial capabilities, composition, and disposition of all border security threats.
  • Conceptualizing, planning, drafting, editing, and presenting intelligence products, ensuring information is clear, consistent, concise, timely, relevant, and accurate.
  • Compiling, collating, extrapolating, and exploiting information from a variety of sources, using new and creative methodology for unusual problems.

GS-13 Grade Level:

• 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as:
  • Serving as a senior reviewer of an intelligence organization to evaluate, discuss, test, and validate intelligence research reports, and intelligence collection programs, plans.
  • Recognizing intelligence requirements based on existing reporting and providing evaluations on current information to improve future intelligence collection or reporting.
  • Extrapolating, compiling, and processing information from raw intelligence, open source, law enforcement, and intelligence community systems and databases.
  • Conducting special research studies and providing comprehensive assessments of broad, complex, or highly sensitive issues.

Additional Requirements:

• Meet all qualification requirements, including education if applicable.
• Meet Time in Grade requirements by 10/07/2026.
• Obtain a Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information level clearance.
• Complete required Intelligence Specialist Core and Specialized training.

Pay

This position starts at a salary of $89,508.00 (GS-12, Step 1) to $138,370.00 (GS-13, Step 10). Salary will be adjusted to meet the locality pay or cost of living expenses of the duty location upon selection.