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USSF - United States Space Force Components

Foreign Counterspace Optics and Lasers Team Lead, NSIC

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Foreign Counterspace Optics and Lasers Team Lead, NSIC Department of the Air Force United Stes Space Force Components United Stes Space Force / Nional Space Intelligence Center Summary Do not email applicions. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here . For additional informion on other USSF direct hire opportunities the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on . Learn more about this agency Summary Do not email applicions. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here . For additional informion on other USSF direct hire opportunities the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on . Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Wright-Pterson AFB, OH No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $110,401
  • $143,523 per year Pay scale & grade GG 13 Promotion potential None Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less
  • You may be expected to travel for this position.
Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0132 Intelligence Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Position sensitivity and risk Critical-Sensitive (CS)/High Risk Jobs require a background check and some require a security clearance . The type depends on the job. Background check type Nional security Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
SF-FY26-6N-GG-0132-13-SPLSH
Control number 886033000 This job is open to Help The public U.S. Citizens, Nionals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S. Videos Duties Help The United Stes Space Force (USSF) Wright-Pterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH is searching for a Foreign Counterspace Optics and Lasers Team Lead to support NSIC (GG-0132-13). This position is covered by the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel Systems (DCIPS). For additional informion about DCIPS, click here: https://dcips.defense.gov/
Description:
The Foreign Space Situional Awareness Sensors Flight, part of the 2nd Intelligence Analysis Squadron within the Nional Space Intelligence Center, is actively seeking qualified experts to lead a team of technical intelligence/characteristics, capabilities and performance of foreign terrestrial optical and/or laser sensors th search the sky for sellites, chart their orbits, and determine the function and operional stus of sellites.
Ideal Candide:
The Ideal Candide expected to serve as a nional expert on foreign Counterspace Optics and/or Lasers Space Situional Awareness Sensors (SSA-S) intelligence within NSIC and the Intelligence Community, and provide technical leadership to flight analysts, advise management on project assignment and mentor analysts. Provide oversight of analysts performing independent research and analysis on multi-source intelligence informion on foreign SSA-S systems and subsystems research, development, design, testing, operions, plans and objectives. This position requires advanced knowledge of the principles, concepts and methodology of foreign counterspace sensors gained through job experience (or equivalent educional experience and training) to permit independent determinion of the characteristics of foreign space situional awareness sensors targeted against US space operions and the production of intelligence assessments. Must have knowledge of concepts and capabilities of foreign space situional awareness systems and subsystems. Requires skill in applying knowledge of foreign counterspace capabilities to impact US sellites and supporting infrastructure. Must have a firm knowledge of the organizion, mission, and function of the US intelligence community. Candide must understand the process to identify intelligence gaps and plan multi-source informion-ghering stregies to substantie new, accure, and tailored counterspace intelligence assessments of space situional awareness systems and subsystems. Must have effective writing and oral communicion skills to prepare finished intelligence reports and present briefings. A bachelor's degree, coursework, or professional training in stregic intelligence, space studies, physics, mhemics, or engineering studies is highly desired.
Key Skills and Abilities:
1. Knowledge Of the full range of intelligence research and collection methods. techniques. and practices to use multi-source intelligence informion systems to capture da in order to take recommendions in developing intelligence capabilities and thre assessments to interpret policy and commit resources 2. Knowledge Of advanced analytical principles. concepts. and methods to produce detailed analyses of complex informion situions tained from multiple sources. 3. Knowledge of the nional intelligence community. Joint. DoD structure. originions. and mission/functions. interrelionship and operion. 4. Knowledge and skill in the analysis of worldwide counterspace. applicion of counterspace space Object surveillance and identificion elements. their design. mission and Operion. 5. Skill in conducting unbiased complex research. identifying approprie da source systems and producing collection requirement assessments th answer specific tasks to link and leverage agency capabilities in support of consumers. customers. and clients, 6. Skill in communicing effectively with others. both orally and in writing. in working out solutions to problems or questions reled to the work. writing clear and concise intelligence products. and delivering written and au verbal presentions to senior level audiences decision-making purposes. Requirements Help Conditions of employment Must be a U.S Citizen. Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret, Sensitive Compartmented Informion (SCI) security clearance. Position is designed special-sensitive and require eligibility for access to Sensitive Compartmented Informion (SCI)
Drug Testing:
This position has been designed by the Air Force as a Testing Designed Position (TDP) under the Air Force Civilian Drug Demand Reduction Program. May be required to work overtime on an unscheduled or emergency basis. Eligible for situional telework only, including Emergency and OPM prescribed "Unscheduled Telework". An advanced intelligence-reled or professional/scientific degree is desirable. May be required to perform travel by military or commercial passenger aircraft in the performance of temporary duty assignments. This position will close after 5 business days or 75 applicions, whichever comes first. PCS / Relocion funding is available and may be offered. Qualificions The 0132 series does not have an individual occupional requirement th must be met. You can view the experience level requirements here . Please scroll down to the 3rd section titled Administrive and Manegemnt Positions. Additional informion Employed Annuitants (Reemployed Annuitants): Applicants in receipt of an annuity based on civilian employment in the Federal Service are subject to the DoD Policy on The Employment of Annuitants. Click here for more informion. Disabled veteran leave is available to a Federal employee hired on/after 5 Nov 2016, who is a veteran with a service-connected disability ring of 30% or more. For more informion, click here . Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualificions evalued on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as reled to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualificions determinions assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualificions Standards found here :
Interviews:
You contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your applicion is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your applicion for the position. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents
Required Documents Help Resume:
You must submit a resume th may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inapproprie merial, inapproprie content, nor personal informion such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such informion you will not be considered for this vacancy.
Your resume must provide:
Personal informion
  • your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number Educion informion
  • the name of the school and the des you tended Work experience
  • paid and unpaid work with the following informion: Job title Detailed duties and accomplishments Employer's name and address Supervisor's name and phone number Starting and ending des (If actual des are not known, provide your best-estimed timeframes.) Hours per week Salary, if applicable Other qualificions
  • skills, certificions/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-reled training courses College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Educion section of this announcement for detailed informion about transcripts.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Do not email applicions. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here .
PLEASE NOTE
It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accure, and submitted by the closing de. You may verify your documents have been processed with your applicion package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here . Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Agency contact informion US Space Force Enterprise Talent Management HQ.USSF.TalentAcquisition@spaceforce.mil Address USSF
  • United Stes Space Force Components 1670 Space Force Pentagon Washington, DC 20330 US Next steps For additional informion on other USSF direct hire opportunities the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on .
Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request
Required Documents Help Resume:
You must submit a resume th may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inapproprie merial, inapproprie content, nor personal informion such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such informion you will not be considered for this vacancy.
Your resume must provide:
Personal informion
  • your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number Educion informion
  • the name of the school and the des you tended Work experience
  • paid and unpaid work with the following informion: Job title Detailed duties and accomplishments Employer's name and address Supervisor's name and phone number Starting and ending des (If actual des are not known, provide your best-estimed timeframes.) Hours per week Salary, if applicable Other qualificions
  • skills, certificions/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-reled training courses College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Educion section of this announcement for detailed informion about transcripts.
If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help Do not email applicions. To submit your resume for this Direct Hire opportunity click here .
PLEASE NOTE
It is the applicant's responsibility to verify th informion entered and/or uploaded, (i.e., resume) is received, accure, and submitted by the closing de. You may verify your documents have been processed with your applicion package successfully. You can access your USAJOBS account to do so by clicking here . Uploaded documents may take up to one hour to clear the virus scan. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion US Space Force Enterprise Talent Management HQ.USSF.TalentAcquisition@spaceforce.mil Address USSF
  • United Stes Space Force Components 1670 Space Force Pentagon Washington, DC 20330 US Next steps For additional informion on other USSF direct hire opportunities the Air Force Civilian Careers Space Force website and follow USSF on .
Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Wright-Pterson AFB, OH No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed Yes—You may qualify for reimbursement of relocion expenses in accordance with agency policy. Salary $110,401
  • $143,523 per year Pay scale & grade GG 13 Promotion potential None Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required 25% or less
  • You may be expected to travel for this position.
Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Sensitive Compartmented Informion Position sensitivity and risk Jobs require a and some require a . The type depends on the job. Background check type Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
SF-FY26-6N-GG-0132-13-SPLSH
Control number 886033000

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