This position is located in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), in the Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate.
The Principal Senior Advisor for Intelligence and Exquisite Technologies will serve as the Under Secretary's principal advisor at the intersection of national and homeland security intelligence and the development, assessment and transition of exquisite technologies and often sensitive systems that provide decisive advantage against the most consequential threats.
The Principal Senior Advisor for Intelligence and Exquisite Technologies is a Senior Level (SL) position within the immediate Office of the Under Secretary for Science and Technology.
The incumbent serves as the Under Secretary's principal advisor at the intersection of national and homeland security intelligence and the development, assessment, and transition of exquisite technologies highly specialized, high-performance, and often sensitive systems and capabilities that provide decisive advantage against the most consequential threats.
Specific responsibilities include: Serves as the Under Secretary's principal advisor on all matters at the intersection of intelligence and exquisite technologies. Provides authoritative, independent counsel on how emerging and specialized technologies can satisfy homeland security intelligence requirements, and on how intelligence drivers should shape the Directorate's research, development, and investment priorities. Serves as S&T's senior interface with the U.S.
Intelligence Community (IC). Establishes and maintains senior-level relationships with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the DHS Office of Intelligence and Analysis (I&A), and IC elements and national laboratories, to align S&T efforts with national intelligence priorities and to leverage exquisite collection, processing, and analytic capabilities for homeland security missions.
Identifies and evaluates exquisite technologies for application to priority homeland security missions, including bio surveillance, cybersecurity, and unmanned and counter-unmanned systems. Guides horizon-scanning and technology-assessment activities and champions the maturation and transition of high-value capabilities from research into operational use.
Provides advice on and helps shape the oversight of classified, compartmented, and other sensitive S&T programs and activities, including special access programs, promoting appropriate security, governance, resourcing, and alignment with departmental and national priorities.
Provides advice on intelligence-informed technology risk across the Directorate's investments, partnerships, and acquisitions, including foreign ownership, control, or influence (FOCI), supply-chain, research-security, and counterintelligence considerations. Integrates due-diligence and vetting findings into senior leadership decisions on collaboration, funding, and technology protection.
Represents the Directorate and the Under Secretary in interagency councils, IC governance bodies, and senior working groups. Articulates and defends S&T positions, negotiates equities, and builds coalitions across the Department, inter-agencies, and the IC to advance the Directorate's mission.
Shapes strategy and advises on senior engagements, communications, and outreach to industry, academia, national laboratories, and inter-agencies in order to attract talent, capital, and capability to the Directorate's advanced-technology missions and to strengthen the domestic innovation base supporting homeland security.
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
sylvia.jackson@associates.hq.dhs.gov · 771-212-7643
This position is with DHS Headquarters, Department of Homeland Security.
The posted pay range is $151661 – $228000/yr.
This position is eligible for telework.
This position requires a Sensitive Compartmented Information security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-27.
This position is open under the 'Fed Competitive' hiring path.
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