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Summary
Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Intelligence, Intelligence Enterprise, located in Tucson, Arizona, Los Angeles, California, San Diego, California, Doral, Florida, Del Rio, Texas, Edinburgh, Texas, El Paso, Texas, or Laredo, Texas.
Duties
In this position, you will serve as an Intelligence Research Specialist, applying a full range of expert intelligence knowledge, skills, and abilities to provide insights that warn of potential threats and assessments on possible outcomes in regard to national security. This position starts at a salary of $105,383.00 (GS-13, Step 1) to $137,000.00 (GS-13, Step 10) with promotion potential to $137,000.00 (GS-13 Step 10). Salary listed reflects the rest of U.S. scale and, if applicable, will be adjusted to meet the locality pay or cost of living expenses of the duty location upon selection. Providing the Customs and Borders Protection (CBP), Intelligence Enterprise, and operational stakeholders with intelligence products that inform and enhance their ability to make strategic, operational, and tactical decisions in support of CBP operations directed at threats to border security. Administering and performing analysis, evaluation, interpretation and dissemination of information and intelligence. Serving as a senior level analyst and/or project leader in short- and long-term planning through in-depth research and analysis regarding threats to border security. Ensuring that all intelligence activities align with CBP priority intelligence requirements. Develops new intelligence processes and methods to support leadership threat prioritization. Applying subject matter expertise in assigned functional, geographic and/or threat portfolios to ensure timely and accurate analysis and intelligence data derived is integrated into ongoing operations.
Requirements
You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this position. Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered with Selective Service. Primary U.S. residency for at least three of the last five years (additional details below). You may be required to pass a background investigation. CBP follows the DHS Drug-Free Workplace Plan for drug testing procedures. As an employee of CBP, you will be joining a workforce that is dedicated to accomplishing our mission while maintaining the trust of our Nation by strictly adhering to all government ethics standards. Your conduct will be subject to the ethics rules applicable to all Executive Branch employees, and to CBP employees specifically, as well as the criminal conflict of interest statutes. Once you enter on duty, these rules include obtaining approval for outside employment or business activity, to ensure such employment or business activity is not prohibited and does not interfere or conflict with performance of your official duties. Please review further details via the following link. DHS uses E-Verify, an internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify including your rights and responsibilities. Bargaining Unit: This position is not covered under the bargaining unit.
Qualifications
Experience: You qualify for the GS-13 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Integrating data and information from all relevant sources to analyze situations or conditions that affect CBP operations. Identifying and evaluating the adversarial capabilities, composition, and disposition of all border security threats. Conceptualizing, planning, drafting, editing, and presenting intelligence products, ensuring information is clear, consistent, concise, timely, relevant, and accurate. Compiling, collating, extrapolating, and exploiting information from a variety of sources, using new and creative methodology for unusual problems. Developing and conducting intricate studies, prepares staff reports, and delivers briefings to managers and operators. NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. Please see the "Required Documents" section below for additional resume requirements. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work
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