Space MASINT Outreach and Integration Specialist

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Major Duties

The United States Space Force (USSF) 4th Intelligence Analysis Squadron at NSIC at Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton, OH is searching for a Space MASINT Outreach and Integration Specialist (GG-0132-12). This position is covered by the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel Systems (DCIPS). For additional information about DCIPS, click here: https://dcips.defense.gov/ Description: The 4th Intelligence Analysis Squadron at NSIC is seeking a collaborative Space MASINT Outreach and Integration Specialist to strengthen connections between the Space MASINT Flight and its expanding customer base. In this role, you will support external engagements by delivering tailored briefings, showcasing the flight's cutting-edge capabilities, and helping interested stakeholders understand how tools can support their mission needs. You will organize, track, and manage allied, contractor, and commercial programs to further Space MASINT tradecraft and capabilities. Operating with significant autonomy, your day-to-day focus will center on customer coordination, briefing preparation, and capability advocacy. By serving as an active bridge between internal technical specialists and customer communities, you will communicate data format needs and data distribution pathways during the new sensor development requirements process, supporting NSIC's Space MASINT enterprise architecture and driving the growth of the flight's capabilities across the space intelligence community. Ideal Candidate: The ideal candidate is a seasoned professional with significant experience in Department of War (DoW) operations, planning, acquisitions, budgeting, or staff roles, with a strong preference for a background in space operations. This individual must be highly well-versed in the DoW Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process, bringing proven expertise in critically analyzing operational risk, capability development, long-range planning, forecasting, and overall force readiness. As a capable leader and manager equipped to establish office processes, supervise teams, and direct complex tasks, the candidate must possess highly effective oral and written communication skills essential for presenting technical budget and program data to senior-level leadership. Furthermore, the preferred candidate will hold a master's degree and demonstrate strong technical proficiency, including comfort with database tools, software applications, and a working knowledge of planning and analysis programs. The ideal candidate will hold a bachelor's degree in a relevant field from an accredited institution or an equivalent level of professional experience, with a strong background in technical coordination, briefing, or intelligence integration. Candidates should possess at least three to five years of experience within the intelligence community-preferably within the space domain or MASINT disciplines-with a firm grasp of space surveillance concepts, sensor capabilities (radar, optical, infrared), and data integration. The successful candidate must be a confident communicator with experience developing and delivering technical briefings to diverse audiences, including operational customers, external mission partners, and leadership. Key to this role is the ability to translate complex Space MASINT concepts into clear narratives, build constructive relationships with customer organizations, and advocate for flight capabilities across the broader defense enterprise. Key Skills and Abilities: 1. Knowledge of intelligence community policies, entities, missions, resources, operations, capabilities and requirements to perform intelligence research and operations planning, collection, target analysis and/or other intelligence-related activities. 2. Knowledge of the principles, concepts and methodologies of intelligence operations, research, analysis and integration; and skill in analysis/production of reports and other products in response to the specific needs of customers to include formulating, gathering, organizing and analyzing information; resolving conflicts; and presenting clear and concise findings. 3. Skill in conducting unbiased, difficult research, identify appropriate available systems/data sources, and produce collections requirements assessments that answer specific tasks to link and leverage agency capabilities and to develop new methods, approaches, or procedures. 4. Skill in analysis and production of reports and other products that respond to specific needs of customers to include formulating, gathering, organizing and analyzing information; and presenting clear and concise findings. 5. Ability to communicate effectively with others, both orally and in writing, in working out solutions to problems or questions related to the work, writing clear and concise intelligence products, and delivering written and/or verbal presentations.

Qualifications

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Promotion Potential

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How You Will Be Evaluated

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies as related to the series and grade of the position being filled. Final qualifications determinations will be assessed based on OPM's General Schedule Qualifications Standards found here: Interviews: You will be contacted by e-mail and/or telephone if your application is identified as qualifying for a position being filled. An interview may be conducted. If interviewed, you will be asked to address the same knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies used to initially qualify your application for the position.

Benefits

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Who Can Apply

• Open to the public

Required Documents

Resume: You must submit a resume that may NOT exceed two pages, and the font size should not be smaller than 10 pts. You will not be considered for this vacancy if your resume exceeds two pages or is illegible/unreadable. Do NOT include photographs, inappropriate material, inappropriate content, nor personal information such as age, gender, religion, social security number, etc., on your resume. If the resume you submit contains such information you will not be considered for this vacancy. Your resume must provide: Personal information - your full name, email and mailing addresses, phone number Education information - the name of the school and the dates you attended Work experience - paid and unpaid work with the following information: Job title Detailed duties and accomplishments Employer's name and address Supervisor's name and phone number Starting and ending dates (If actual dates are not known, provide your best-estimated timeframes.) Hours per week Salary, if applicable Other qualifications - skills, certifications/licenses, honors, awards, special accomplishments, and job-related training courses College Transcripts (if applicable): Please see the Education section of this announcement for detailed information about transcripts.

How to Apply

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What to Expect Next

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Other Information

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About the Agency

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