Description:
DIA Intelligence Officers serve among best-in-class professionals on the front lines of the nation’s defense, collecting, analyzing and reporting intelligence that ensures a clear understanding of military capabilities and the intentions of foreign governments and non-state entities worldwide. They research mission-critical subjects and manage the information acquired. They define precise information needs by orchestrating technical and human resources in the field and by producing intelligence for US military forces and decision makers within the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) and throughout government.
Required Experience: Qualified candidates bring with them to DIA relevant experience and/or a bachelor’s or advanced degree in political science, regional studies, international affairs, geography, economics, engineering, or physical or life sciences from an accredited college or university; or knowledge in another appropriate area. Foreign language skills are highly desired. Candidates must also have:
- Strong research skills to identify, collect and evaluate data, absorb and synthesize large amounts of information, and draw logical, interpretable conclusions.
- The expertise to develop logical thoughts into well-written documents such as studies, reports, instructions and guides.
- Excellent written and oral communications skills to convey ideas fully and accurately through discussions, briefings and other presentations.
- General knowledge and familiarity with contemporary affairs through education, work experience, reading and/or travel.
- The desire to grow professionally.
- Effective interpersonal skills, professional ethics and self-motivation.
- The freedom to serve anywhere in the world, as required, on a moment’s notice.
- The flexibility to travel frequently for temporary duty.
- The ability to successfully complete a counterintelligence polygraph examination and pass random drug screenings.
- Familiarity with automated systems and tools.
DIA Intelligence Officers perform in a number of occupational subspecialties for DIA, including:
- Military Capabilities: Analyze a nation’s ability to mobilize and sustain its armed forces, destroy strategic and tactical targets, employ denial and deception, and achieve specified wartime objectives.
- Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Intelligence: As a biologist, chemist or nuclear engineer/physicist, evaluate existing and nascent WMD programs and determine how we can counter the spread of WMD-related materials and technologies.
- Scientific & Technical Intelligence: Evaluate basic and applied sciences and technologies with warfare potential and assess the characteristics, capabilities and limitations of foreign weapons systems.
- Political/Military Intelligence: Examine government structures, political parties, national policies and foreign relations and their impact on a country’s defense doctrine, strategy and military organization.
- Transportation & Logistics Intelligence: Analyze transportation systems and networks, from production to inventory and supply capabilities.
- Missile & Space Intelligence: Assess foreign air defense; command and control components; and short-range ballistic, anti-tank guided and anti-ballistic missile systems.
- Medical Intelligence: Investigate foreign military and civilian health care capabilities and trends, from worldwide infectious diseases and environmental health risks to militarily significant life science technologies.
- Crisis/Operational Intelligence Support: Tailor intelligence to support operational military and crisis-related requirements, assess target vulnerability, and improve intelligence support to Combatant Commands for humanitarian and noncombatant evacuation operations.
- Economics: Examine economic factors that affect a nation’s ability to support its armed forces, conduct military operations and project power and influence.
- Measurement & Signature Intelligence (MASINT): Oversee development, coordination, direction and implementation of the US MASINT system to provide technical, actionable intelligence for military operations, counterterrorism, counter-proliferation, arms control, treaty monitoring, and counterdrug and environmental monitoring during peacetime, natural disasters, crises or war.
- Collection Requirements: Manage all-source (human, signals, imagery, measurement and signature) intelligence requirements, tasking them to specific collection assets that support indication and warning predictions and analytical products.
- Collection Planning: Coordinate Combatant Command and DIA positions, providing requirements for current and future collection systems and developing Department of Defense (DoD) and national collection programs.
- Counterintelligence (CI): Safeguard DoD, DIA, Combatant Command and Joint Task Force personnel, information, facilities, systems, operations and plans by managing CI, security, force protection and CI analytical programs and products.
- Intelligence Officer (HUMINT): Serve in the areas of Technology, Training, Evaluation or Operations, traveling around the world, living and working in international cities, and seeking out timely information.
How to Apply: View DIA’s Careers page at www.dia.mil and follow the application process description. To apply, you (and your immediate family members) must meet US citizenship requirements. Successful completion of pre-employment processing, including an extensive security background investigation, psychological screening and drug testing, is required. All DIA employees are subject to random polygraph testing. DIA offers entry-level and experienced employees opportunities to excel in Washington, DC and locations around the world. DIA is an equal opportunity employer.
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