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Departmental Requirements Officer, Washington, DC
Job Description: PotomacWave is looking for a Departmental Requirements Officer (DRO) to join our team supporting a Federal client in Washington, DC. The individual supporting this position will be responsible for assisting in the planning and organizing of integrated, GEOINT collection requirement strategies using complex, coherent and systematic intelligence collection campaigns employing national and theater assets against nuclear and energy-related targets worldwide. The individual will collaborate with a team of discipline specific and all source collection requirement managers to develop multi-discipline, department level collection requirement strategies in both complex and comprehensive generic templated approaches, as well as specifically focused ad-hoc methods.
Responsibilities:
• Provide GEOINT collection management and requirements analysis on assigned target areas. • Plan and organize, GEOINT collection requirements efforts of the DOE in using complex coherent and systematic campaigns against nuclear, science, technology, counterintelligence, and energy-related targets world-wide. • Submit GEOINT requirements via national level requirement systems. • Work effectively as a member of a diverse team, accepting and giving effective feedback, and collaborating with other collection requirement managers across the intelligence community. • Develop and present intelligence collection requirement management strategies and approaches. • Build, establish, and maintain relationships with key national, Departmental, IC and military partners. • Represent the Department on INT collection requirements subcommittees and working groups. • Assess the effectiveness of GEOINT collection. • Write, review, and submit GEOINT collection requirements (National, Theater, Source Directed) to include website and database updates. • Analyze Departmental and analyst needs to determine functional and cross-functional intelligence requirements and their relationship/performance against gaps. • Knowledge of MASINT collection and systems is desirable; experience writing, reviewing, and submitting MASINT collection requirements a plus. Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related discipline required. • Minimum of five (5) years of experience, or three (3) years of professional experience with a related master’s degree, in the desired collection requirement discipline (GEOINT) or operations management at the tactical, strategic, or national level required. • A collection requirements background with an understanding of the National Intelligence Priority Framework (NIPF), relevant National Collection Directives, report generation and dissemination. • Training and a working knowledge of discipline-specific collection requirements, evaluation and tasking systems used by originators. • Knowledge of, and skill in applying technical collection planning concepts, principles, practices, laws, regulations, and methods and techniques to include US person reporting issues. • Knowledge of the full spectrum of IC collection capabilities and accesses, to include strengths and weaknesses of specific sources/agencies in a specific discipline. Knowledge of the missions and functions of agencies within the Intelligence Community who specialize in the various collections. • Ability to establish and maintain effective mission execution and interdepartmental and interagency coordination of the department’s collection requirements, training, and tools. • Experience supporting a collection requirements portfolio; understanding customer requirements with proven skill in measuring departmental information gaps and the effectiveness of collection strategies. • Successfully completed a discipline-specific training program. • Experience with, or knowledge of GIMS; GIMS certification preferred. Certification can be obtained if candidate has a strong background in collection requirements management. Training must be completed within the first six (6) months of employment. • The selection of an individual for this position may be conditioned upon his or her successful completion of a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination. • Must have an active DOE Q or Top-Secret clearance.
Salary range $60,000 - $80,000
To apply for this position, please go to: https://potomacwaveconsulting.applytojob.com/apply/Itv4Evnmit/Departmental-Requirements-Officer?source=VetJobs Equal Opportunity Employer/Race/Sex/Religion/Disability/Veteran Status/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Age.
Certificates/Security Clearances/Other: Must have an active DOE Q or Top-Secret clearance.
Required Experience: 5+ years of experience in the desired collection requirement discipline, particularly GEOINT, or operations management at the tactical, strategic, or national level. Alternatively, 3+ years of professional experience with a related master's degree. Experience with GEOINT collection management and requirements analysis. Experience planning and organizing GEOINT collection requirements. Experience developing integrated intelligence collection strategies. Experience supporting national and theater-level collection efforts. Experience developing or supporting complex, coherent, and systematic intelligence collection campaigns. Experience submitting GEOINT requirements through national-level collection requirement systems. Experience writing, reviewing, and submitting GEOINT collection requirements. Experience with National, Theater, and Source-Directed collection requirements. Experience analyzing intelligence requirements and information gaps. Experience evaluating the effectiveness of collection strategies. Experience supporting a collection requirements portfolio. Experience identifying and measuring departmental information gaps. Experience determining customer/analyst intelligence requirements. Experience coordinating collection requirements with multiple stakeholders and collection managers. Experience establishing and maintaining relationships with national, departmental, Intelligence Community, and military partners. Experience representing an organization in IC collection requirements subcommittees and working groups. Experience with discipline-specific collection requirements, evaluation, and tasking systems. Experience with collection requirement training programs. Experience with GEOINT Information Management Services (GIMS), or the ability to obtain GIMS certification. Experience with website and database updates associated with collection requirements. Experience supporting nuclear, science and technology, counterintelligence, and energy-related targets, preferably. Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in a related discipline. Active DOE Q or Top Secret clearance.
Required Skills: GEOINT collection management Collection requirements management Requirements analysis Technical collection planning Strategic collection planning National-level collection requirements Theater-level collection requirements Source-directed collection requirements Understanding of the National Intelligence Priority Framework (NIPF) Understanding of National Collection Directives Knowledge of collection reporting, generation, and dissemination Knowledge of discipline-specific collection evaluation and tasking systems Understanding of the Intelligence Community collection enterprise Knowledge of IC collection capabilities and accesses Ability to assess the strengths and weaknesses of collection sources and agencies Understanding of the missions and functions of Intelligence Community agencies Knowledge of collection planning concepts, principles, laws, regulations, methods, and techniques Knowledge of reporting requirements/issues Ability to develop multi-discipline collection strategies Ability to identify and assess intelligence gaps Ability to measure collection effectiveness Ability to analyze customer and analyst requirements Ability to develop functional and cross-functional intelligence requirements Strong stakeholder relationship management Strong interdepartmental and interagency coordination Strong written and verbal communication Strong briefing and presentation skills Ability to work effectively as part of a diverse, multi-disciplinary team Ability to provide and receive constructive feedback Ability to manage collection requirement portfolios Ability to maintain collection databases and websites
Preferred Experience: GIMS certification Experience with MASINT collection and systems. Experience writing, reviewing, and submitting MASINT collection requirements. Experience supporting departmental-level collection requirements. Experience working with nuclear-related intelligence requirements. Experience supporting science and technology intelligence. Experience supporting counterintelligence-related collection requirements. Experience supporting energy-related intelligence requirements. Experience working with national and theater intelligence collection assets. Experience representing a department in IC collection requirements working groups and subcommittees. Experience managing a multi-discipline collection requirements portfolio. Experience developing department-level collection strategies. Experience developing both generic/template-based and ad-hoc collection approaches. Experience working directly with military and national-level intelligence partners.
Preferred Skills: GIMS certification MASINT collection management MASINT requirements development Multi-discipline collection strategy development Advanced collection portfolio management Intelligence gap analysis Collection effectiveness assessment Strong interagency coordination Strong IC partner relationship management Ability to integrate GEOINT with other intelligence collection disciplines Ability to translate customer requirements into collection strategies Ability to develop department-level intelligence collection campaigns Strong requirements prioritization skills Strong intelligence briefing and presentation skills Strong understanding of national-level intelligence collection processes