About this role
Job SummaryLead proactive counterintelligence and security activities across the United States government, integrating the instruments of national power to detect, report, deter, disrupt, investigate, exploit, and defeat foreign intelligence threats.
QualificationsUses judgment and ingenuity to apply broad and nonspecific national-level policies to specific joint interagency operational missions. Carry out mission management responsibilities independently within a broadly defined mission, shepherding counterintelligence integration, planning, and oversight of team actions that affect national-level counterintelligence outcomes and effects. Provides senior level deconfliction and mediation for interagency activities, making decisions that often involve a strong impact on IC outcomes and effects. Extensive knowledge of IC organizations; IC mission posture, structures, capabilities, processes, and policy development. Demonstrated ability to anticipate issues relevant to the IC and United States Government and recommend/implement needed actions. Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to lead interagency working groups, build coalitions with IC elements to achieve common goals. Demonstrated analytical and critical thinking skills, including the demonstrated ability to think strategically, identify needs and requirements, develop recommendations, and evaluate outcomes against goals and objectives. Certifications/Licenses: Must be, or was previously, a Badged and Credentialed Counterintelligence Agent.
Major DutiesThe National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) is dedicated to leading the U.S. Counterintelligence and Security communities, countering all threats posed by adversarial foreign intelligence affiliated threats and enhancing our national security posture at every level. We will serve as the head of U.S. counterintelligence and integrate the instruments of national power to counter foreign intelligence threats. NCSC will be the "center of gravity" to support the counterintelligence and security efforts of the entire U.S. interagency, and public sector initiatives to protect our nation from adversarial efforts to exploit the United States and victimize the American people. Represents ODNI & NCSC at the strategic level to other IC partners, United States (U.S.) Government, State, Local and Tribal Governments and private industry. Applies mastery of the counterintelligence field to interpret and recommend actions and identify opportunities. Develops and maintains robust professional relationships with officials across the IC and law enforcement community to advance NCSC initiatives. Lead, plan, and prepare briefings, reports, and presentations to organizational leadership, senior policymakers, and senior USG officials in a manner that meets their specified requirements and provide expert analysis and recommendations that ensure directed missions align with strategic objectives. Provide collaboration tools and policies for successful collaboration effort. Engage counterparts on tactical coordination issues for effective implementation flagship collaboration initiatives. Collaborate with stakeholders to develop the roadmap for the strategic solution to compartmented collaboration. Apply legal and policy issues related to collaboration. Lead assessments to leverage best practices and lessons learned.