INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST

Intelligence Operations Specialist

As an Intelligence Operations Specialist, you will perform specialized SIGINT duties as an Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR) unit crewmember and to train assigned military unit members in the duties and functions associated with SIGINT Tasking, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TPED). Provides real-time electronic intelligence (ELINT) TPED support to National Agencies, Joint Commands, Air Force Major Commands (MAJCOMS), Air Operations Centers (AOCs), and US and coalition airborne assets in exercises and contingency operations. Ensures real- and near-real-time ELINT / SIGINT reporting and analysis is timely and accurate.

Key responsibilities include :

• Serving as an ISR unit crewmember in the SIGINT exploitation section, responsible for SIGINT operations and production affecting time critical targeting (TCT), direct threat warning, battle damage assessment, combat identification, combat search and rescue, multi-INT correlation, threat analysis, mapping, intelligence preparation of the battlespace, situation monitoring, and mission reporting.
• Providing SIGINT correlation of data from multiple ISR platforms and intelligence products.
• Processing and analyzing SIGINT derived from manned, unmanned, and other operational assets in support of intelligence taskings from National Agencies, Joint Commands, Air Force MAJCOMS, and AOCs. Preparing, evaluating, and interpreting analytical reports and developing procedures to meet changing requirements and ensure maximum operational efficiency.
• Applying and / or modifying established intelligence practices to problems involved with real-time and near-real-time airborne intelligence operations, including performing analysis and evaluation of raw un-validated data.
• Preparing post-mission reports from analysis of communications patterns, trends, and characteristics for general intelligence and operational community consumption.
• Preparing and evaluating finished reports relative to SIGINT activities.
• Working with other crew members to ensure that the SIGINT exploitation section maintains a capability to provide timely and accurate operational intelligence support and fully trained intelligence personnel during peacetime and contingency operations.
• Coordinating with the Gaining Command on operational intelligence elements needed to carry out coordination and liaison with counterparts and colleagues in other major command intelligence organizations such as Air Combat Command (ACC), National Guard Bureau (NGB), United States Air Forces Europe (USAFE), Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) and other governmental agencies such as Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), National Security Agency (NSA), U.S. Space Command (SPACECOM), Air Intelligence Agency (AIA), U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
• To enhance the ISR unit crew's mission readiness, the incumbent maintains a thorough knowledge of all aspects of internal SIGINT training. Represents the unit in making agreements and commitments within the assigned scope of his / her functional specialty.
• Coordinating SIGINT training requirements with gaining command intelligence section.
• Planning and developing objectives and work schedules for training assigned intelligence personnel during Unit Training Assemblies (UTA), Annual Training (AT), and unit deployments.

Requirements include :

Qualifications :

Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs will not be paid for this position. Areas of consideration include all onboard NDNG-Air Federal Employees, all NDNG-Air Federal Employee, all NDNG military members, all military members, and all U.S. citizens. Maximum military grades are MSgt with compatible military assignments of 1N4X2. Quality of experience is based on duties performed rather than rank, and the applicant's record of experience and / or training must show possession of the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to fully perform the duties of the position. General experience includes administrative, professional, investigative, and technical work. Specialized experience includes investigating and collecting data, experience with intelligence systems and organizations, and experience preparing and conducting training programs.