Total 38 job vacancies by Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency

As a SUPERVISORY POLYGRAPH SPECIALIST you will be responsible for the following duties:

• Manages and supervises senior polygraph instructors, composed of DCSA personnel and personnel detailed to NCCA.

• Provides technical expertise and guidance in the development and implementation of course curriculum for PDD and CA examinations for federal criminal investigation, intelligence, and security agencies.

• Assigns work based on priorities, requirements, technical background, and subordinates' capabilities. Conducts performance feedback and formally documents subordinates' performance. Monitors and approves time/attendance and leave schedules.

• Leverages subject matter expertise to provide guidance and assistance on all aspects of federally approved polygraph testing processes and methodologies.

• Coordinates with the CA community to identify their unique requirements in order to provide specialized education and training to meet specific needs.

• Assists with developing policy and operating procedures which are consistent with DoD policies for the use of polygraph testing.

• Conducts briefings, lectures, and demonstrations on CA to all levels of DoD and federal criminal and counterintelligence security.

This announcement is open to: U.S. Citizens who resides or are currently employed in the Fort Meade local commuting area, which includes the District of Columbia and Baltimore City; Maryland counties of Anne Arundel, Prince George, Montgomery, Howard, Harford, Charles, Calvert, Carroll, Frederick and Baltimore; Adams County in Pennsylvania; City of Alexandria, VA; Virginia counties of Arlington, Stafford, Prince William, and Fairfax and all cities existing in Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania within the geographic area bounded by the outer boundaries of the combined areas of the aforementioned counties;
And all U.S. Citizen who resides or is currently employed in the Boyers, PA local commuting area, which includes the Pennsylvania counties of Butler, Clarion, Armstrong, Allegheny, Beaver, Lawrence, Mercer, Crawford, Erie, Venango, and Clarion; Ohio counties of Trumbull, and Mahoning; and all cities existing in Pennsylvania or Ohio within the geographic area bounded by the outer boundaries of the combined areas of the aforementioned counties.

As a Supervisory Investigations Case Analyst you will be responsible for the following duties:

• Serves as a Supervisory Investigations Case Analyst in Federal Investigative Records Enterprise (FIRE) Automated Federal Leads Center (AFLC) located at Fort Meade, MD or Boyers, PA.
• Plans, directs, operates, controls and overseas the operations of a teams of Investigative Assistants who are responsible for conducting electronic record checks.
• Establishes internal procedures for the completion and control of case/item processing; plans and assigns work to be accomplished by subordinate personnel and sets and/or adjust priorities.
• Identifies employees' training needs and arranges for on-the-job training or other training as required.
• Monitors completed work of their team for adequacy and appropriateness and evaluates employees' work performance.
• Participate as subject matter expert as needed in conducting, participating in and/or monitoring special projects and working groups.

The Office Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security established a Targeted Local Market Supplement (TLMS) for certain Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Cyber positions within the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System. Eligibility for the TLMS is based on cyber work roles within certain occupational series and on the work performed. This vacancy is designated as a STEM and/or Cyber position and pay for the incumbent will be based on the STEM and Cyber Pay Table.

As a IT SPECIALIST (APPSW) you will be responsible for the following duties:
- Performs professional work that involves the design, documentation, development, modification, testing, installation, implementation, and support of new or existing applications software.
- Leads software planning, requirements, risk management, design, development, architecture, modeling, estimation, configuration management, quality, security and tests using software development methodologies, architectural structures, viewpoints, styles, design decisions and frameworks across all lifecycle phases.
- Confer with systems analysts, engineers, programmers, and others to design application and to obtain information on project limitations and capabilities, performance requirements, and interfaces.
- Leads and directs application and software systems testing and evaluation.
- Leads implementation strategies for system development and analysis, operational logistics, project funding/budgeting, project cost, schedule, and performance management.

As a IT PROGRAM MANAGER you will be responsible for the following duties:

• Facilitates implementation and adherence to Section 508 standards, regulations, policies, plans processes, procedures, and assignments related to the Section 508 Program in support of the Office of the CIO.
• Must be a champion for accessible technology, and promote access to training, tools, and resources that enable agency components to deliver solutions that support the needs of all users.
• Develops standards, program policy and interprets policy for all DCSA elements.
• Provides training for stakeholders on roles and responsibilities related to Section 508 compliance.
• Serves as the principal agency authority on Section 508 compliance matters and manages legal
• The incumbent demonstrates senior level experience in the development of organizational responses to real-world needs of employees and members of the public who have disabilities. compliance risk on behalf of the agency.
• Manages compliance initiatives across all project management key process areas (e.g. planning, scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, communications, procurement, human resource and integration management).
• Assesses the readiness for change and identifies appropriate change strategies to enable adoption of Section 508 compliance program priorities.

This position may be filled at either GG-07 or GG-09 grade level, please indicate the grade for which you want to be considered. Incumbent may be advanced non-competitively to the established target grade upon meeting developmental benchmarks, performance requirements, and other requirements, as applicable established for the career program or specifically for the incumbent.

As a INVESTIGATOR (SPECIAL AGENT) you will be responsible for the following duties:
-Assist with conducting Federal Personnel Background Investigations, many of which are sensitive or controversial, where allegations, hearsay information, or other vague or intangible information of an adverse nature exist.
-Evaluate individual's trustworthiness for access to classified information, placement in a sensitive position, retention in the military services, or placement in Federal employment.
-Assist with collecting and developing information from a variety of sources.
-Prepare reports of investigation in accordance with DOD guidelines and instructions.

As a INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST you will be responsible for the following duties:

• Review and interpret threat data from all information sources, including the DoD, Intelligence Community and raw information obtained by DCSA by the routine conduct of its missions.
• Supports the DCSA CI Directorate in identifying and providing information related to threats posed by foreign intelligence entities.
• Evaluates all-source raw reporting, open-source information and cleared industry reporting to assess foreign intelligence threats to U.S. critical technologies.
• Research, screen, collect, evaluate and disseminate finished assessments.
• Researches, processes, synthesizes, exploits, integrates, evaluates, analyzes and interprets available (primarily raw) information and data.
• Writes tailored analytically sound all-source finished intelligence assessments and briefings on foreign intelligence entities' threats to DoD critical technologies.

The Office Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security established a Targeted Local Market Supplement (TLMS) for certain Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Cyber positions within the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System. Eligibility for the TLMS is based on cyber work roles within certain occupational series and on the work performed. This vacancy is designated as a STEM and/or Cyber position and pay for the incumbent will be based on the STEM and Cyber Pay Table.

As a IT SPECIALIST (PLCYPLN) you will be responsible for the following duties:

Manages information systems products being planned or deployed as part of the National Background Information Systems. Serves as a product owner role for software development teams, platform and/or COTS implementations. Acts as a liaison between mission and technical development teams. Develops and maintains an understanding of the agency's mission, associated system requirements and IT/software product needs.

Contributes to the development strategies for information system products; maintains and refines sets of business requirements for the products being managed and sets priorities for development teams on a regular basis; and works across the agency to establish overall IT system strategy, long-term and near-term plans and priorities and schedules.

Coordinates with others on the acquisition of software or other products required to support the overall development process; and develops and maintains a complete understanding of the subject matter relevant to the product under management, e.g. business processes, federal mandates, agency policy, etc.

Serves as a technical resource to answer questions on system design and functionality for the technical development team; responsible for quality control on products under their direction; assists with monitoring software quality as measured by usability, performance, reliability, and end-user adoption; and informs user acceptance testing, end-user satisfaction surveys, and design and execute programs to promote product adoption.

Assists in the development and management of product roadmaps, feature release plans, and key results to monitor and report progress. Prepares comprehensive plans for accomplishing studies and analyses, develops written materials (policies, procedures, and technical systems documentation).

The Office Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security established a Targeted Local Market Supplement (TLMS) for certain Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Cyber positions within the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System. Eligibility for the TLMS is based on cyber work roles within certain occupational series and on the work performed. This vacancy is designated as a STEM and/or Cyber position and pay for the incumbent will be based on the STEM and Cyber Pay Table.

As a IT Cybersecurity Manager (PLCYPLN) you will be responsible for the following duties:
- Responsible for assessing the implementation of Privacy Act and the Federal Information Security Management Act.
- Conduct and implement privacy controls assessments resulting from laws, regulations, instructions, standards, circulars, and directives to provide authoritative advice on the technical, administrative, and physical safeguard requirements of DCSA's Privacy program.
- Leads necessary compliance activities (e.g., ensure Privacy Impact Assessments (PIAs) are completed, compliance monitoring occurs).
- Maintains current knowledge of applicable federal privacy laws and accreditation standards and monitors advancements in information privacy technologies.
- Serves as technical advisor and subject matter specialist on all agency NIST and Cybersecurity risk and compliance program management issues.
- Perform mission impact analysis of new or changed regulations and policies on the agency's NIST and CNSSIs programs.

As a Supervisory Equal Opportunity Specialist you will be responsible for the following duties:

Responsible for managing and directing three major programs: the Affirmative Employment Program; Disability and Reasonable Accommodation programs; and the Complaint Processing Program (CPP). These programs have an impact on the terms and conditions of employment of employees working in professional, administrative, technical, and clerical occupations at the headquarters and field locations. They are developed and implemented in the DCSA in a manner that is responsive to, and consistent with, applicable laws, Executive orders, legal precedents, and regulations and instructions promulgated by the Department of Defense (DoD); the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); the Office of Personnel Management (OPM); Executive orders; Legislative Mandates; Court Decisions; and, as appropriate, other directives, administrative decisions, and regulations.Principal administrative advisor and consultant to DCSA Director, agency senior leadership, and other managers on matters related to equal employment opportunity, affirmative employment, and civil rights. Represents and speaks on behalf of the DCSA to key officials in other organizations, both Government and private sector, on these matters.Reviews, evaluates, collaborates with, and provides advice and assistance to personnel officials, managers, and supervisors.Leads and manages an office of 15-20 government employees in geographically separate locations.

As a DATA SCIENTIST you will be responsible for the following duties:

• Applies the rigors of the data science discipline to data analysis in Cyber, and Information Technology of complex information technology systems and networks.
• Responsible for advanced level data science analytics characterized as highly unstructured and complex, having little definition or clarity, and especially complex analytic projects assigned to the organization.
• Qualify where information can be stored or what information, external to the organization, may be used in support of the use case.
• Lead analytical projects, providing direction and guidance to project members of a professional nature in the execution and implementation of projects

As the Chief Software Architect, the position will advise senior management by providing insights on the best design and development of complex software systems to meet the NBIS mission. NBIS is the federal government's one-stop-shop IT system for end-to-end personnel vetting - from initiation and application to background investigation, adjudication, and continuous vetting. NBIS will be one consolidated system designed to deliver robust data protection, enhance customer experience, and better integrate data across the enterprise. The Chief Software Architect will ensure the alignment of software development with the programs' s business strategy, technology direction, and priorities. The incumbent performs a variety of duties and is responsible for the following:

Strategic Leadership:
- Define and communicate the program's software architecture strategy, vision, and roadmap, ensuring integration with software development initiatives.
- Align software architecture with business goals, processes, and strategic objectives, focusing on software alignment across teams.

Architectural Design and Oversight:
- Design and oversee the architecture of complex software systems, ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability.
- Develop architectural frameworks, guidelines, and standards for software development and testing to be followed by development teams.

Collaboration and Communication:
- Work closely with product managers to understand and incorporate requirements into the software architecture and integration processes.
- Regularly communicate architectural decisions and directions to senior management and key stakeholders, fostering transparency.
- Foster collaboration between software engineers, system architects, and other technical staff to enhance integration and alignment.

Technical Guidance and Mentorship:
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to software development teams, focusing on best practices in coding and testing.
- Conduct architectural reviews and code reviews, ensuring adherence to best practices, standards, and effective software testing protocols.

Documentation and Compliance:
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulatory and industry standards in all software development, integration, and testing activities.

Quality and Performance:
- Ensure software solutions meet or exceed security, performance, and quality standards through rigorous testing and evaluation.
- Implement and oversee practices to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the software development lifecycle, emphasizing continuous integration and testing.

The Office Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security established a Targeted Local Market Supplement (TLMS) for certain Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Cyber positions within the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System. Eligibility for the TLMS is based on cyber work roles within certain occupational series and on the work performed. This vacancy is designated as a STEM and/or Cyber position and pay for the incumbent will be based on the STEM and Cyber Pay Table.

As a Supervisory Information Technology Specialist (ENTARCH) you will be responsible for the following duties:

- Provides subject matter expertise to NBIS designing, developing, and maintaining secure cloud-based system architectures. Applies advanced knowledge of the enterprise information technology (IT) and data architectural concepts and patterns to include baseline and target architectures.

- Conducts NBIS enterprise architecture reviews, evaluates the maturity level of NBIS enterprise architecture and measures progress toward published goals. Develops information technology (IT) rules and requirements that describe baseline and target architectures.

- Leads development/integration of engineering designs for systems and networks with multilevel security requirements or requirements for the processing of multiple classification levels of data. Applies advanced skills to ensure alignment with organization's enterprise information security architecture system.

- Designs enterprise and systems security throughout the development lifecycle, translates technology and environmental conditions (e.g., law and regulation) into security designs and processes; assess limitations and capabilities, define performance requirements and interfaces.

- Manages/identifies technical specifications for application design, cloud computing strategy and adoption, and integration of software applications into a functioning system to meet requirements. Applies advanced knowledge of cloud computing service models Software as Service (SaaS), Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), and Platform as a Service (PaaS).

- Leads planning of implementation strategy to ensure components can be integrated and aligned. - Provides management and technical expertise to the agency in managing the development, validation and synchronization of technology within the NBIS PMO.

- Supervises a staff of 2-10 employees consisting of federal civilians. Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates, sets and adjusts short-term priorities, and prepares schedules for completion of work; Assigns work to subordinates based on priorities, Evaluates work performance of subordinates; Gives advice, counsels, or instructs.

As a SUPERVISORY PLANNING DEPUTY you will be responsible for the following duties:

• Responsible for developing resource strategies that solve budget issues with a focus on short- and long-term Defense Working Capital Fund (WCF) budget planning, activity-based costing, pricing development, and regulatory requirements.
• Lead actions and activities necessary for programming reviews, studies, requirements determinations, and recommendations for annual DWCF product costing, pricing determination, and, at times, general fund programming activities.
• Manage the coordination and response to USD(I&S), OSD Comptroller, OMB, and Congress resource decisions and actions based on budget submissions.
• Analyze and coordinate the sequencing and timing of key program events and milestones, methods for evaluation of needs and goals, and plans across the PPBE process for DWCF multi-year programs.
• Provide leadership with sound planning, programming, budgeting, and execution (PPBE) recommendations and advice in compliance with laws, regulations, and policies for justifying, defending, and allocating resources to meet DCSA's priorities.
• Handle highly complex, sensitive, or ambiguous challenges facing DCSA and its organizations. Interact with, influence, and persuade high-ranking officials within and outside the OCFO, DCSA, and external organizations. Make decisions that have an impact within and outside the immediate organization and agency.
• Work with peers within the OCFO and across DCSA to address common issues and challenges, effectively communicate complex financial issues, recommended solutions, and/or the status of corrective actions to senior leadership.

As a FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT ANALYST you will be responsible for the following duties:

• Evaluating financial management information, budget formulation and justification for accuracy and adherence to existing policies, procedures and regulatory requirements.
• Working closely with the Budget Division and other subject matter experts regarding obligation of funds, fund requirements, extraordinary expenses incurred, availability of funds and additional fund authorizations and funds for special projects and emergency programs.
• Reviewing, revising and implementing data collection, compilation and presentation procedures to meet the needs of management.
• Analyzing proposed budget changes and advise the Budget Division of the impact of such changes with respect to program impacts, cost estimates and data collection.
• Analyzing and detecting deficiencies and initiating corrective action to ensure all information provided to management is complete, accurate, valid, responsive to specific needs, and useful as a decision-making tool.
• Evaluating accounting and financial data for the purposes of cost projection - long and short term - and financial impact analysis.
• Providing staff support regarding budget execution when reviewing plans, papers and studies in the context of current DoD resource policy and procedures. Making recommendations and commitments within the established policy framework.

This position may be filled at either GG-11 or GG-12 grade level, please indicate the grade for which you want to be considered. Incumbent may be advanced non-competitively to the established target grade upon meeting developmental benchmarks, performance requirements, and other requirements, as applicable established for the career program or specifically for the incumbent.

As a INDUSTRIAL SECURITY SPECIALIST you will be responsible for the following duties:
- Utilizes technical skills and critical thinking to identify, document, compose reports and communicate security program vulnerabilities and associated mitigation actions to internal/external stakeholders up to the senior executive level.
- Demonstrates competency of analysis methods, professional writing skills to complete comprehensive reports, and oral presentations with the ability to succinctly express ideas and concepts to internal/external stakeholders.
- Conducts recurring Security Reviews (SRs) for contractor facilities.
- Independently conducts, records and oversees security violation investigations and/or associated activity occurring at contractor facilities to include the loss, compromise, or suspected compromise of classified information/material.
- Conducts on-site FCL eligibility surveys based on new requests to evaluate operational and/or physical vulnerabilities associated with threat to U.S. or foreign classified information as part of the DCSA FCL risk analysis process.
- Employs interpersonal skills and uses a situationally adaptive approach with internal/external stakeholders to gain cooperation and commitment to resolve security issues.
- Performs advisory and mentorship roles as necessary with less experienced personnel, provides training and conducts quality assurance activities for entry-level Industrial Security Specialists.