Senior Counterintelligence Specialist

Counterintelligence Specialist - Senior

This position requires an active TS/Sensitive Compartmental Information (SCI) clearance with the ability to obtain a Counterintelligence polygraph to be considered. 

A government contract requires that this position be restricted to U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents.  You must provide documentation that you are a U.S. citizen or legal permanent resident to qualify.

Cherokee Strategic Edge (CSE) is seeking a Counterintelligence Specialist –Senior to support our Government Customer. 

Compensation & Benefits:

Estimated Starting Salary Range for Counterintelligence Specialist - Senior:  $130,000-$140,000.

Full time benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, and other possible benefits as provided.  Benefits are subject to change with or without notice.

Counterintelligence Specialist - Senior Responsibilities Include: 

• Produces IC-coordinated all-source intelligence analytic products on foreign intelligence entities capabilities, intentions, willingness, and opportunities to threaten U.S. 

• Department of Defense (DoD) personnel, resources, activities, and interests worldwide. 

• Analysis is comprised of regional and functional CI topics, including foreign intelligence threats to Defense Critical Infrastructure Program (DCIP) and DoD supply chains and emerging technologies, and threats from foreign intelligence technical equipment to the DoD. 

• Provides analytic support to senior officials, collectors, and operators throughout the DoD, IC, and law enforcement agencies/organizations and for DIA’s CI programs, functions, and mission activities. 

• Performs other job-related duties as assigned

Counterintelligence Specialist - Senior Experience, Education, Skills, Abilities requested: 

• Active TS/SCI security clearance with the ability and willingness to obtain a Counterintelligence polygraph

• Preferred to have a minimum of twelve (12) years of experience related to the specific labor category with at least a portion of the experience within the last two (2) years.

• Desired to meet one of the following: 

  • Master’s degree in an area related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education; 

  • Or have Bachelor’s degree related to the labor category from a college or university accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and an additional five (5) years of related senior experience, for a total of seventeen (17) years, as a substitute to the Master’s degree.

• Ability to communicate understanding from information that may be incomplete, indirect, highly complex, seemingly unrelated, and / or technically advanced.

• Demonstrates ability to structure analysis based on trends in reporting and a range of analytic perspectives from other analysts, organizations, and intelligence disciplines.

• Experience collaborating and working with other IC members on information sharing, driving collection, and addressing analytic disputes and conflict resolution.

• Demonstrates ability to develop concise, insightful, and comprehensive products for defense intelligence.

• Lead teams in researching multifaceted or critical problems. 

• Experience providing guidance in selecting, designing, and applying analytic methodologies. 

• Uses argument evaluation and validated analytic methodologies to challenge differing perspectives.

• Mastery of qualitative and quantitative analytic methodologies and pursue developments in academia or other fields that affect tradecraft methodology.

• Ability to define comprehensive, new, or unique research approaches that enable rigorous assessments to address and contribute to high-level tasks. 

• Have in-depth analysis of analytic operations and knowledge management issues across organizational and intra-IC boundaries and clearly articulates key findings.

• Ability to work independently and with minimal oversight.

• Experience reviewing analytic products for cogent arguments, tradecraft standards, and adequate support for conclusions; routinely tests analytic rigor of analytic products.

• Must pass pre-employment qualifications of Cherokee Federal

Company Information:

Cherokee Strategic Edge is a part of Cherokee Federal – the division of tribally owned federal contracting companies owned by Cherokee Nation Businesses. As a trusted partner for more than 60 federal clients, Cherokee Federal LLCs are focused on building a brighter future, solving complex challenges, and serving the government’s mission with compassion and heart. To learn more about CSE, visit cherokee-federal.com.

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Cherokee Federal is a military friendly employer. Veterans and active military transitioning to civilian status are encouraged to apply.

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