Desk Officer 4

Amentum

Washington Metropolitan Area, US
100-200k
Intelligence community networks
Advanced knowledge of operations
Operational tradecraft expertise
Desk Officers require initiative, creativity, technical excellence, and strong interpersonal and communication skills

Job Summary

  • Desk Officers require initiative, creativity, technical excellence, and strong interpersonal and communication skills.
  • They provide objective reviews of ongoing and potential operations and serve as the vital link between personnel in the field and the Intelligence Community.
  • The demanding pace of operations has Desk Officers finding solutions to complex operational problems, identifying new technical tools and capabilities to advance operations, and tapping the resources of the IC to ensure operational requirements are met.

Matching Summary

Desk Officers require initiative, creativity, technical excellence, and strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Salary

100-200K

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Intelligence Community networks
  • advanced knowledge of operations
  • operational tradecraft expertise
  • Intelligence priorities
  • strategic guidance
  • operational case management
  • program management
  • complex operational problems
  • new technical tools and capabilities
  • tapping IC resources
  • objective reviews of operations
  • vital link between field and IC
  • prior experience supporting intelligence operations
  • familiarity with Intelligence Community
  • work well in team environments
  • operate independently with minimal supervision
  • deal effectively with customer managers

Nice-to-have

  • inquisitive, investigative and action-oriented
  • self-starters
  • multi-task
  • remain calm under pressure
  • initiative, creativity, technical excellence
  • strong interpersonal and communication skills
  • foreign field experience
  • extensive overseas TDY experience

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • 12-20+ years of relevant professional experience
  • Familiarity with cable writing
  • Familiarity with classified databases
  • Familiarity with specific targeting tools
  • Strong briefing and writing skills
  • Regional and/or functional expertise
  • Foreign field experience from at least two overseas tours
  • High level US Government issued clearance
  • Top Secret/SCI/ Poly security clearance

Work Rights

Must possess a high level US Government issued clearance at the time of application.

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