Intelligence Research Specialist

This position is part of the Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, Department of Energy. As a Intelligence Research Specialist, you will provide overall management, direction, and execution of the Department's Counterintelligence Inspections Program.

This is an Excepted Service position. This appointment will not confer Competitive Service career-conditional or career tenure status. This means that if you are selected, you would have to compete with other applicants in open competition to meet requirements for another Federal position, unless you meet the requirements for reinstatement. Applicants who voluntarily convert from the competitive service, Senior Executive Service, or other pay systems to a non-time limited appointment under this excepted service authority are not afforded "fallback rights" to the pay system previously assigned prior to conversion. As a GS-15, Intelligence Research Specialist, you will: Direct and execute the nationwide Counterintelligence Inspection Program by establishing operational strategies, methodologies, schedules, and resource allocations to assess departmental risk and program effectiveness. Lead and integrate cross-functional teams of subject matter experts across disciplines-including investigations, analysis, human intelligence (HUMINT), cyber counterintelligence, and technology protection-to evaluate field and headquarters operations. Identify operational and intelligence vulnerabilities across laboratory, plant, and site environments, recommending corrective actions to mitigate foreign intelligence threats. Validate final inspection and intelligence products to ensure evidential sufficiency, analytic integrity, sourcing accuracy, and adherence to departmental and Intelligence Community standards before dissemination. Advise and brief senior leadership and external stakeholders (including executive leadership, site directors, the Intelligence Community, and Congress) to justify complex, sensitive, or controversial findings and defend corrective actions. Evaluate corrective action plans and recurring findings across the enterprise to determine risk mitigation effectiveness and drive updates to nationwide counterintelligence policies, standards, and program priorities.

There are no specific education requirements or substitution of education for experience for this position.