INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST

About the role

This National Guard position is for a INTELLIGENCE OPERATIONS SPECIALIST, Position Description Number D1655P01 and is part of the 178 ISRG, Ohio Air National Guard.

The primary purpose of the position is to perform specialized Electronic Intelligence (ELINT) duties as a Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (ISR) unit crewmember and to train assigned military unit members in the duties and functions associated with ELINT Tasking, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (TPED).

What you will do

• (1) Serves as a ISR unit crewmember in the SIGINT exploitation section, responsible for ELINT 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.
• Provides ELINT correlation of data from multiple ISR platforms and intelligence products.
• Requests dynamic sensor retasking to exploit time critical information not originally entered into the collection plan.
• Assesses the data and provides cross-cueing sensor/tip-offs to other platforms and exploitation sections improving multi-INT correlation.
• Updates Air Force ISR unit components and command, control, communications, computers (C4) and intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) nodes on ELINT findings.
• (2) Conducts ELINT activities and operations from data derived from manned, unmanned, and other operational assets in support of National Agencies, Joint Commands, Air Force MAJCOMs, and AOCs contingencies and exercises.
• Participates in pre-mission conferences to outline mission objectives, potential threats, and possible outcomes.
• Performs operator and analyst duties to exploit ELINT, Foreign Instrumentation Signals Intelligence (FISINT) and other related activities.
• Employs signals exploitation activities to support electronic combat (EC) operations.
• Operates electronic search and related equipment.
• Searches and exploits signal activity throughout the radio frequency spectrum.
• Operates directional, electromagnetic receiving, and recording systems to monitor, acquire, collect, and exploit electro-magnetic transmissions.
• Analyzes raw electronic transmission characteristics.
• Determines line of bearing or origin point, external characteristics, and parameters of electromagnetic transmissions.
• Extracts raw data from electromagnetic signals, analyses and provides finished report results to national agencies, joint commands, Air Force MAJCOMs, AOCs, US and coalition airborne assets in real world operations and exercises.
• Evaluates electromagnetic transmission exploitation to ensure characteristics are accurately determined and reported.
• (3) Prepares post-mission reports from analysis of communications patterns, trends, and characteristics for general intelligence and operational community consumption.
• Prepares and evaluates finished reports relative to ELINT, FISINT, and EC related operations.
• Briefs analysis findings and estimates to superiors and mission planners.
• Publishes finished reports and documents for use by decision-makers in the squadron, AOC, Air Force MAJCOMs, Joint Commands, and the National Agencies.
• Researches, analyzes and plans ELINT exploitation activities in preparation for operational missions.
• Utilizes allotted resources for ELINT, FISINT, and EC related operations and analysis activities.
• Communicates with other intelligence departments and agencies to share data and techniques, findings, and planning for future operations.
• (4) Works with other crew members to ensure the ELINT exploitation section maintains a capability to provide timely and accurate operational intelligence support and fully trained intelligence personnel during peacetime and contingency operations.
• Coordinates with the gaining command on operational intelligence elements needed to carry out coordination and liaison with counterparts and colleagues in other DoD 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 Federal 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).
• Incumbent represents the organization at interagency conferences and meetings that deal with specialty functions and internal training requirements at the unit level.
• (5) Performs other duties as assigned. *The above duty description does not contain all details of the official position description.
• A copy of the entire position description can be found on FASCLASS by searching the position description PD#: (D1655P01). ***

Requirements

• Ohio Air National Guard Membership is required.
• Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
• May be required to successfully complete a trial period.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• MILITARY REQUIREMENTS: Compatible military grade and assignment required within one year of the effective date of placement.
• This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard.
• Applicants who are not currently a member of the Ohio Air National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership.
• If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact an Ohio Air National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position.
• Military Grades: E-3 through E-7 Compatible Military Assignments: 1N2X Other Requirements: For positions requiring the operation of motor vehicles, candidates must have a valid state driver's license for the state in which they live or are principally employed.
• For positions requiring a security clearance (Secret or Top Secret) the applicant must possess or be able to obtain a clearance within one year of appointment.

Education

Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related If you are using education to qualify for this position, you must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims.

To receive credit for education, you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the education requirements for this position.

How you will be evaluated

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience.

If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): Ability to Work with Others Data Analysis

Documents you must provide

• To apply for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes: 1.
• Resume showing current Military grade, current AFSC, current unit of assignment, work schedule, hours worked per week, dates (including Month and Year, e.g., 02/2017, Feb 2017, etc.) of employment, and all duties performed.
• Official Transcripts (if substituting college education for work experience)

What to expect next

Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application.

Additional information

***If serving under an incentive contract, termination of that incentive(s) will occur effective one day prior to your AGR, Permanent Military Technician, or Indefinite Military Technician start date.

Temporary Military Technicians will have their incentive terminated if their tour exceeds 179 days in a continuous 12-month period.*** If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (***).