Counterintelligence Officer

CI Officer III, IV, V
Clearance: Must currently possess an active TS/SCI security clearance and be able to obtain a CI polygraph after hire (if not before)
Location: Springfield, VA
Salary Range: $95,000 - $155,000
Experience: Must have at least 7 years of experience with intelligence analysis and production
Description: Sphinx CI Officers conduct defensive CI activities in support of the NGA mission.
 

Responsibilities 

- Conduct daily research to gather, assimilate, evaluate and interpret information concerning intelligence, terrorism and espionage threats against Customer personnel, programs, technology and information systems and/or facilities and the National System for GEOINT (NSG). 

- Provide daily CI analyses for distribution to selected parties within Customer, the DoD, and the Intelligence Community. 

- Assimilate, evaluate and interpret all-source information related to the Customer from an operational security perspective. 

- Publish intelligence with recommendations for mitigation and countermeasures, as appropriate. 

- Detect and assess anomalous activities for links to possible foreign intelligence collection within Customer with recommended countermeasures. 

- Immediately alert the government to imminent foreign intelligence, terrorism and espionage threats with recommended countermeasures. 

- Provide analytical forecasts of foreign intelligence, terrorism and espionage threats against the Customer as requested with recommended countermeasures. 

- Provide CI assessments of proposed international agreements involving GEOINT sharing as requested. 

- Provide annual CI threat analyses of foreign intelligence and terrorism threats to Customer employees assigned to Contiguous United States (CONUS) and Outside Contiguous United States (OCONUS) locations. 

- Apply knowledge and understanding of most of the applicable analytical tools to conduct CI analysis of anomalous activities. 

- Liaise with Department of Defense (DoD), the Intelligence Community, and appropriate law enforcement entities to remain abreast of current CI trends and issues. 

- Conduct liaison with Customer components to facilitate information sharing to support Customer CI activities. 

- Prepare briefs, as requested, related to any or all of the above subject matter for delivery to internal and external audiences at the strategic, operational and tactical levels. 

 
Required Qualifications 
- Must currently possess an active TS/SCI security clearance and be able to obtain a CI polygraph after hire (if not already held)

- Must be a self-motivated, disciplined, and mature professional capable of operating with little tasking and oversight

- Must be capable of operating within a diverse environment and comfortable operating with limited guidance and oversight, maturity and self-motivation required. 

- Level III CI Officers shall have a minimum of 7 years of experience; Level IV CI Officers shall have a minimum of 11 years of experience; Level V CI Officers shall have a minimum of 15 years of experience.  

- Foundational defensive CI experience (ex. conducting investigations, inquiries, collections, operations, analysis, briefings, debriefings, training and awareness). 

- All CI Officers must be credentialed graduates of an accredited federal or DoD CI training academy (ex. FBI Academy, CIAC, DCAC etc.). 

- Possess a Bachelor’s degree in National Intelligence Studies, Law Enforcement, History, Analysis/Research, Journalism, Political Science, Library Science, Engineering, or Mathematics, or related field. 

Desired Qualifications 

- Possess Master’s degree in National Intelligence Studies, Law Enforcement, History, Analysis/Research, Journalism, Political Science, Library Science, Engineering, or Mathematics, or related field. 

- Advanced CI training (JCITA, HT-JCOE, FLETC, etc.)  

Benefits: 

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance