Intelligence Specialist

SECURITY NOTICE:

You must be a U.S. citizen to be eligible for this position. You must also be able and willing to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance. A non-disclosure agreement is required upon hire.

Open Dates 23 OCT 2026 and closes 29 OCT 2026

Job advertisement: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/889807600 or click apply on LinkedIn and it will take you to the USAJOBS applications.

About Us:

NASIC is the national source for air, space, and cyberspace intelligence. As a NASIC employee, you will be part of a multi-disciplinary team of experts working together to solve technical challenges. By working with us, you’ll help discover and characterize the capabilities, limitations, and vulnerabilities of our nation’s enemies.

Primary Purpose of this Position:

• Performs duties involving the processing and exploitation of complex intelligence information. Situations/information coordinated, integrated, and analyzed are not susceptible to generally accepted methods. The work requires use of independent judgment and experience to develop new methods, approaches, and procedures.
• Presents ISR capabilities to a variety of service, national, and coalition customers. Provides Commanders and other customers the intelligence information and evaluation derived from ISR assets to maximize their own forces' effectiveness by optimizing friendly force strengths, exploiting adversary weaknesses, and countering adversary strengths.
• Serves as a functional authority on ISR issues. Makes recommendations and defends decisions on operational policy matters to the Director and AF ISR Agency staff; often required to make recommendations on committing large expenditures of Agency funds or resources impacting future capabilities and MASINT/EO programs.

Qualifications:

This is a GG-13 position in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). The GG-13 duties for the "Professional" work category are at the "Full Performance" work level and are equivalent to those at the GS-13 level. The selectee's salary will be set within the grade equivalent to a GS/GG grade based on the selectee's qualifications in relation to the job.

To qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements describes in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Administrative and Management Positions.

Basic Requirement:

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Your resume must reflect the quality level of experience which demonstrates the possession of the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for successful job performance required for this position. Examples of creditable experience include: extensive knowledge of the full range of intelligence research, processing, and exploitation methods, techniques, and practices using multi-source intelligence information systems to capture data in order to make recommendations in developing intelligence capabilities and threat assessments; knowledge of advanced dissemination principles, concepts, and methods to produce detailed reports on complex information/situations attained from multiple sources; demonstrates knowledge of the national intelligence community, Joint, DoD structure, organizations and mission/functions, inter-relationships, and operations. Note: Creditable experience may include previous military experience, experience gained in the private sector, or experience gained in another government agency.

In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, to qualify for this position you must also meet the qualification requirements listed below:

1.Knowledge of the full range of intelligence research, processing, and exploitation methods, techniques, and practices using multi-source intelligence information to capture and report intelligence information in a usable form that directly or indirectly affects national security; interprets policy and commits resources impacting intelligence capabilities.

2.Knowledge of advanced USAF and national ISR processing and exploitation, PED capabilities, systems, and multi-source intelligence production policies to process and exploit complex information/situations attained from multiple sources.

3.Knowledge of the national intelligence community, Joint, DoD structure, organizations, mission/functions, inter-relationships, and operations.

4.Skill in conducting unbiased complex research, identifying appropriate available systems/data sources, and producing processing and exploitation requirement assessments that answer specific tasks to link and leverage agency capabilities in support of consumers, customers, and clients.

5.Skill in communicating effectively with others both orally and in writing, in working out solutions to problems or questions related to the work, writing clear and concise intelligence products, and delivering written and/or verbal presentations to senior level audiences for decision-making purposes.

6.Ability to maintain control of classified material, quickly assimilate disparate data, render knowledgeable and accurate assessments of the implication of such data, and make decisions, estimates, and recommendations under conditions of urgency and pressure based on mature judgment and experience and present and/or defend a position effectively.

Resume Requirements:

• Resume must be attached and saved as a Word Document or PDF titled with your First Name/Last Name.
• When including a part-time position on a resume, you must list the hours worked per week and the dates of employment (i.e., month/year to month/year or month/year to present). If your resume does not contain this information, your application may be marked as insufficient, and you will not receive consideration for this position.
• Resumes must include unique experiences for each position held and should not merge all experiences into a single section.
• Current Federal civilian employees must list the pay plan, series, and grade (i.e. GG-0132-12) for all Federal civilian positions held.
• Current Federal Civilian Employees should list any relevant performance related rating (given within the last three years) and/or incentive awards in your resume
• Do NOT include photographs (or links to social media such as LinkedIn), inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on the resume.