INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST

Summary You will serve as an Intelligence Specialist in the Intelligence Directorate, Analysis and Targeting Division of COMNAVSPECWARDEVGRU. You will perform duties as a senior analyst and subject matter expert with regards to all-source intelligence analysis, tradecraft, and processes. Duties You will serve as a senior analyst and subject matter expert on intelligence analysis, tradecraft, and processes in all-source intelligence analysis and targeting. | You will provide technical advice on a wide range of complex analysis, evaluation, collection, interpretation, or dissemination of information and assessments. | You will collect, analyze, interpret, evaluate, and integrate complex data from multiple sources in assessing the relevance and significance of developments in assigned areas and in preparing new or revising established intelligence products. | You will plan, implement, and maintain databases for intelligence assignments required to process all-source intelligence and the production of technical or operational intelligence in an assigned area. | You will identify intelligence gaps, specify collection requirements to fill gaps, and develop analytic tools and methodologies to close gaps. | You will maintain liaison with personnel in other intelligence agencies, laboratories, services, and allied foreign governments to discuss production requirements and provide information. | You will serve as the organization’s representative at inter-organization and international meetings and conferences.

Qualifications

Your resume must demonstrate at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade level (GG/GS-13) or pay band in the federal service, or equivalent experience in the private or public sector. Specialized experience must demonstrate the following:

• Interpreting, evaluating and integrating all source intelligence analysis and targeting;
• Serving as a subject matter expert on intelligence analysis, tradecraft, and processes in all-source intelligence, with practical application of all relevant data-sets and tools to identify targets and provide informed time/space predictable assessments;
• Identifying intelligence gaps and analyzing and applying various intelligence collection methods to task systems effectively and close gaps;
• Producing organizational and national level products for presentation at high level briefings;
• Developing cross-agency partnerships to achieve operational results.

Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management website: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0100/intelligence-series-0132/

Additional qualification information can be found from the following DON DCIPS policy website:

https://www.secnav.navy.mil/doni/Naval%20Intelligence%20Activity/Chapter%205%20-%20Employment%20and%20Placement.pdfEducation You must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone; substitution of education for experience is not permitted at this grade level.

How you will be evaluated In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience.

When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and application package, along with your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the following competencies:

• COLLECTION OPERATIONS
• CUSTOMER SERVICE
• ORAL COMMUNICATION
• PROBLEM SOLVING
• PROCESSING AND EXPLOITING CAPABILITIES
• WRITTEN COMMUNICATION

This recruitment will utilize the following technical assessment tools: Structured Resume Review and Structured Interview

Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

All eligibility and qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. How to apply Click the Apply Online button to create an account or log in to your existing USAJOBS account.

To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:

1. Complete resume with relevant experience, job title, duties and accomplishments. Resumes are restricted to no more than 2 pages. Illegible/unreadable resumes will not be considered. Your resume must show complete information for each job entry to support minimum qualifications. The following information should be provided in your resume: employer's name, starting and end dates (Mo/Yr), hours per week if experience was less than full time (35-40 hours per week), and pay plan, series and grade level (e.g. GS-0201-09) for relevant federal experience. TIP: A good way to ensure you include all essential information is to use the Resume Builder in USAJOBS to create your resume.
2. Supporting documentation

Failure to submit a complete application package will result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration.

Your complete application must be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Standard Time (EST) on 11/20/2026. Applications received after 11/20/2026 will generally result in an ineligible rating and loss of consideration. If more than one resume is received, only the last resume received and processed will be reviewed.

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You are encouraged to apply online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application.

Do not email or send hard copy resumes/applications to the Contact Information or Agency Information listed in this vacancy announcement. All resumes/applications received at the addresses listed in the Contact Information or Agency Information will be destroyed and will not be considered for this vacancy announcement.

It is the applicant's responsibility to verify that all information in their resume and documents are legible and accurate. HR will not modify answers/documents submitted by an applicant. Other information This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.

Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.

A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.

Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf

During the application process you will have the ability to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions in the local commuting area. Depending on the hiring organization and the position being filled, job requirements (e.g., security clearance, travel, drug testing, financial disclosure filing, bargaining unit status, etc.) may vary. Other hiring managers filling similar positions may offer relocation expense reimbursement and/or may offer recruitment incentives for new employees, depending on funding availability and in accordance with policy. If you opt-in and are referred on a certificate, your resume will be available to other hiring managers for 180-days from the date the job announcement closes. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

ICTAP does not apply to Excepted Service positions.

PPP applicants will be placed at the FPL, if determined Well Qualified (WQ). To receive priority consideration, the FPL must be the same grade level or equivalent of the retained grade or the grade held immediately prior to separation.

All Defense Intelligence positions under the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) are in the excepted service by specific statue, 10 U.S.C. 1601. This position is in the excepted service and does not confer competitive status.

This position may require overtime, weekend, holiday, or rotating shift work. Required to report to command when requested.

This position is subject to an initial drug screening, and random testing thereafter. A negative drug test result must be received by HR within 30 calendar days after the EOD (i.e., start date). The selectee's inability to successfully pass; or refusal to conduct the test may result in: 1) the tentative or final job offer being withdrawn during the recruitment process; or 2) subsequently being removed from Federal service for failure to meet a condition of employment. You may be required to sign a "Drug Test Statement of Understanding" if you are selected for this position.