Intelligence Operations Specialist

See QUALIFICATIONS and EDUCATION for important information about this position. Responsible for complex assignments involving defensive counterintelligence (CI) and information coordination with a broad set of Communities of Interest (COIs) to establish and maintain SSA's defensive CI operations, collaboration and intelligence and information sharing missions which support homeland security. See DUTIES for additional responsibilities of this position.

Develops and executes a program implementation plan, establishes related CI policies and metrics and creates an outreach strategy to engage elements of the Intelligence Community (IC) focused on CI and law enforcement.

Develops and maintains a response protocol for resolving CI information that presents a credible threat to SSA. Develop a CI awareness strategy for use by all agency stakeholders.

Develop training programs and presentations to support SSA’s Defensive CI program. Generates written products and provides oral presentations to senior officials.

In support of agency participation in continuity exercises, conducts CI analysis, provides CI products and develops intelligence-related exercise scenarios as required to drive exercise activity.

Develops recurring CI reports that contain analysis of information, events and trends involving threats with the potential of damaging SSA’s critical assets or impairing its service to the public.

Monitors public sources of information (such as the internet, broadcast media and print media) as well as classified and unclassified government systems for relevant threat information.