This position is located in the Office of the Under Secretary of War for Intelligence and Security (USW(I&S)), Office of the Director for Defense Intelligence (Warfighter Support) (DDI(WS)).
The Under Secretary of War for Intelligence and Security (USW(I&S)) serves as the Principal Staff Assistant (PSA) and advisor to the Secretary of War (SecWar) regarding Intelligence, Counterintelligence (CI), Department of War (DoW)-wide Law Enforcement (LE) statue 10 USC 2672; and Security.
This Position is a Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) position in the Excepted Service under 10 U.S.C. 1601 If selected, Federal employees currently serving in the competitive service must acknowledge that they will voluntarily leave the competitive service by accepting an offer of employment for a DCIPS excepted service positions.
If selected, non-DCIPS candidates must acknowledge that the position they have been selected for is in the excepted service and covered by DCIPS.
For more information see https://dcips.defense.gov/ Incumbents typical work assignments may include the following: Serves as a senior intelligence specialist on the Indo-Pacific Team, providing support and advice to the USW(I&S), DDI(WS) on issues related to strategy, policy, contingency planning, and foreign partner engagements for the Indo-Pacific region.
Provides responsive, substantive, senior-level support and advice to the USW(I&S) and DDI(WS) on all issues related to Indo-Pacific regional strategies, relationships, initiatives, and foreign partner defense intelligence relationships. Identifies opportunities to foster new and enhance current DIE partnerships with Indo-Pacific foreign partners that support DoW missions and the OUSW(I&S) foreign engagement strategy.
Participates in special projects and initiatives and performs special assignments. Prepares and analyzes reports, read-aheads, talking points, issue papers, responses to queries, justifications, congressional reports, and background papers on areas of expertise and assignment.
Education cannot be substituted for experience.
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This position is with Office of the Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense.
The posted pay range is $143913 – $187093/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-26.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
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