Principal Deputy Director, Office of Intelligence - Senior Executive Level

Job Description:\n\nWE ARE THE NROFor over sixty years, the NRO has developed, acquired, launched and operated the satellites that are the foundation for America’s advantage and strength in space. Using a diversified architecture of spacecraft, NRO collects and delivers the best space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance content on the planet.Learn more at NRO.gov.Basic Eligibility For A Position With The NROYou must be a U.S. CitizenYou must be 18 years of age or olderYou must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearanceYou will be subject to pre-employment and periodic drug testingYou will be subject to pre-employment and periodic polygraph examinationsWhere You Will WorkThe National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) is the federal agency chartered to meet United States Government's intelligence needs through delivering space-borne Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities. As a Department of Defense (DoD) agency and an element of the Intelligence Community (IC), the NRO is staffed by DoD and IC agency personnel and is funded through the National Intelligence Program (NIP) and the Military Intelligence Program (MIP), consistent with priorities and processes established by the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (USD(I)). The NRO executes the research and development, acquisition, launch, and operation of overhead ISR systems necessary to meet the needs of the DoD, IC, and other national decision makers.This DISL position serves as the Principal Deputy Director (PDD) for the Office of Intelligence (OOI), National Reconnaissance Office. The mission of The OOI is to better coordinate, consolidate, and synchronize threat intelligence across the enterprise to protect NRO operations, acquisitions, and mission. This need comes from the increase of threats to space and ground assets. The PDD/OOI helps coordinate intelligence support across the NRO enterprise and serves as the primary point of contact for both internal and external intelligence matters. Your resume may be considered for other positions which your skills and experience may be a good match.This is a full-time position that is open from Friday, 14 March 2024 through Friday, 28 March 2024. Resumes must be submitted by 11:59 PM EST on Friday, 28 March 2024.Who May ApplyThis position is open to the public or at the Grade 15 levelThis position is open to current Federal civilian employeesThe NRO is only accepting external applicants through this job announcement. Current NRO Cadre employees should apply through the internal NRO job announcementWhat You Will Be Doing The PDD/OOI assists the D/OOI as the NRO executive advisor and focal point responsible for the coordination, consolidation, and synchronization of threat intelligence across the enterprise to protect NRO operations, acquisitions, and mission. The PDD/OOI assists the D/OOI as the central coordination point for intelligence efforts across the NRO enterprise to identify gaps and redundancies and to ensure all NRO Directorates and Offices are properly informed of threats that could affect their mission. The PDD/OOI has primary responsibility for administrative oversight and execution of OOI daily business operations, to include personnel, budget, facility support, management assurance, contract oversight, and TIER management.The PDD/OOI assists D/OOI with intelligence stakeholders to determine how best to align additional functions, working groups, steering groups, and other activities for the collective formalization of NRO intelligence support processes and governance.The PDD/OOI engages in regular formal and informal exchanges with internal and external senior leadership such as hosting shared interest meetings across the NRO enterprise to increase shared situational awareness, promote collaboration, and improve OOI’s knowledge management processes and governance.Controls Over WorkThis position reports directly to the D/OOI who provides the PDD/OOI with mission guidance and strategic direction which the PDD/OOI acts upon. The PDD/OOI reports accomplishments, issues, and risks through direct communication with the D/OOI. The PDD/OOI communicates D/OOI guidance and direction to the OOI workforce and ensures integration and transparency among the OOI Divisions.QualificationsIntelligence Community (IC) Senior Officer Core Qualifications (SOCQs) - Leading the Intelligence Enterprise: Required for all senior executive positions effective 1 October 2010. This SOCQ involves the ability to integrate resources, information, interests, and activities effectively in support of the IC's mission and to lead and leverage cross organizational collaborative networks to achieve significant mission results. Inherent to this Standard is a deep understanding of the Intelligence enterprise (or other comparable interagency or multi-organizational environment) and a shared commitment to the IC's core values.IC Senior Officers have a responsibility to share information and knowledge to achieve results, in that regard are expected to build effective networks and alliances; actively engage these peers and stakeholders; involve them in key decision; and effectively leverage these networks to achieve significant results. Senior officers are expected to create an environment that promotes employee engagement, collaboration, integration, information and knowledge sharing, and the candid, open exchange of diverse points of view. Applicants, please write to the following. No more than one page per competency. Current IC senior officers do not need to provide responses to the ICSOCQs. :(1) Collaboration and Integration: Build, leverage, and lead collaborative networks with key peers and stakeholders across the IC and/or other government/private-sector organizations, or professional/technical disciplines to achieve significant joint/multi-agency mission outcomes. Integrate joint/multi-agency activities effectively exercising collaborative plans that realize mutual IC, joint, or multi-organizational goals.(2) Enterprise Focus: IC Senior officers are expected to demonstrate a deep understanding of how the missions, structures, leaders, and cultures of the various IC components interact and connect; synthesize resources, information and other inputs to effectively integrate and align component, IC, and the United States Government interests and activities to achieve IC-wide, national, and international priorities. Senior officers are expected to encourage and support Joint Duty assignments and developmental experiences that develop and reinforce enterprise focus among their subordinates. Candidates assessed against the component must understand the roles, missions, capabilities, and organizational and political realities of the intelligence enterprise; apply that understanding to drive joint, interagency, or multi-organizational mission accomplishment. Understand how organizations, resources, information, and processes within the IC interagency/multi-organizational environment interact with and influence one another; apply that understanding to solve complex interagency or multi-organizational problems.(3) Values-Centered Leadership: IC Senior officers are expected to personally embody, advance and reinforce IC core values. Senior officers are expected to demonstrate and promote departmental and/or component values. Candidates assessed against this competency must demonstrate:A Commitment to selfless service and excellence in support of the IC's mission, as well as to preserving, protecting, and defending the Nation's laws and liberties. The Integrity and Courage(moral, intellectual, and physical) to seek and speak the truth, to innovate, and to change things for the better, regardless of personal or professional risk. Collaboration as members of a single IC-wide team, respecting and leveraging the diversity of all members of the IC, their background, their sources and methods, and their points of view. Promote, reinforce, and reward IC, departmental/component core values in the workforce and ensure that actions, policies, and practices are aligned with, and embody those values. Ensure that organizational strategies, policies, procedures, and actions give appropriate focus, attention, and commitment to diversity of people, points of view, ideas, and insights.Technical Qualifications:Exemplary skill in coordinating, consolidating, and synchronizing intelligence efforts and threat intelligenceSubstantive experience with NRO missions, programs, and management processes to include knowledge of the range of policies, regulations, and applicable precedents affecting the use of program and related support resources including knowledge of NRO Ds&Os mission and program goals and objectives, work processes, and administrative operations.Exemplary interpersonal, organizational, and management skills to conceptualize and effectively lead the oversight of complex analytic projects/programs, work collegially to find a consensus solution when views differ among equity stakeholders, ability to effectively work independently and within a team or collaborative environment, and substantive experience as a strategic business partner and authoritative advisor to senior colleagues and/or agency officials contributing to and influencing decision-making through optimizing collection, real-time processing, and time-dominate reporting in support of mission partner objectives. Other Significant Factors and Requirements:Strongly desired qualifications: Broad understanding of the NRO and its organizational activities including acquisitions and operations and its relationship to ODNI, the IC, and the DoD.Excepted Service: This position is an Excepted Service, Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System(DCIPS) position under authorities of the U.S. Code Title 10, Section 1601 and 1607, dated 20 July 1999. A Joint Duty Assignment (JDA) Program certification is required for promotion or assignment into an Intelligence Community Senior Officer position. DCIPS Trial Period: Newly appointed NRO Cadre senior officers must meet a two-year DCIPS trial period if not previously satisfied. Runs concurrent with other probationary or trial periods. DISL Probationary Period: Newly appointed DISL employees (including DISES moving into a DISL position) must complete a one-year DISL Probationary Period if not previously satisfied. Runs concurrent with other probationary or trial periods.Citizenship: U.S. citizenship required to qualify for this position. Drug-Free Workplace: Position is a Testing Designated Position. Incumbent subject to pre-employment and random or reasonable suspicion drug testing following appointment. Security Clearance: Position is designated critical-sensitive and incumbent must obtain and retain a TOP SECRET security clearance with access to Sensitive Compartmented Information. Employee remains subject to initial and periodic Counterintelligence Polygraphs and the terms of their signed NDA. Financial Disclosure: The incumbent is required to submit an initial OGE 278e (Financial Disclosure) within in 30 days of appointment and annually thereafter in accordance with the Joint Ethics Regulation. Education Requirement: Degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology or a related field. Certified Information Systems Security Professional or a related certification. Duty Hours: The incumbent is required to be available for other than normal duty hours to include weekends to support exercises and crisis planning.Submission PackageRequired Documents for Current Intelligence Community (IC) GS15, GG15, Senior Officer Applicants, including DISL, DISES, and other IC Component senior officers. Please provide the following unless otherwise stipulated below:ResumeTechnical Qualifications: a narrative statement specifically addressing each mandatory technical qualification. Each statement should not exceed two pages per Technical Qualification.Joint Duty Credit Certification: Provide a copy of your completed Joint Duty Assignment (JDA_ SF-50) or an adjudicated IC JDA claim form. For more information regarding the IC Joint Duty Program, please refer to https://www.icjointduty.govLast two performance appraisalsSF-50 proving current Federal civilian statusRequired Documents for current Federal competitive GS15, SES and SL applicants outside the IC. Please provide the following unless otherwise stipulated below:ResumeTechnical Qualifications: a narrative statement specifically addressing each mandatory technical qualification. Each statement should not exceed two pages per Technical Qualification.Intelligence Community Senior Core Qualifications (ICSOCQs): A narrative statement specifically addressing all three identified competency areas. Separate attachment of one page maximum per competency. Last two performance appraisalsSF-50 proving current Federal civilian statusRequired Documents for non-Federal, private sector applicants. Please provide the following:ResumeTechnical Qualifications: a narrative statement specifically addressing each mandatory technical qualification. Each statement should not exceed two pages per Technical Qualification.Intelligence Community Senior Core Qualifications (ICSOCQs): A narrative statement specifically addressing all three identified competency areas. Separate attachment of one page maximum per competency. LocationChantilly, VASalary2024 DISL, T1 salary range: $ 147,649-204,000Hiring IncentivesThe NRO may offer hiring incentives and other entitlements at management’s discretion.Trial PeriodAll new DCIPS employees will be required to serve a 2-year trial period, if not previously satisfied.Veterans’ PreferenceDoD Components with DCIPS positions apply Veterans’ Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 USC, in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Vol 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement. If you are a veteran claiming veterans’ preference, as defined by section 2108 of Title 5 USC, you must submit documents verifying your eligibility upon request.Equal Employment Opportunity PolicyThe United States Government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) for federal employees & job applicants Reasonable Accommodation PolicyFederal agencies must provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process should follow the instructions in the job opportunity announcement. For any part of the remainin