Cyber Intelligence Data Science Senior Faculty Member

Summary

The National Intelligence University (NIU) is the Intelligence Community's sole accredited, federal degree-granting institution. It serves as the intellectual hub for the intelligence profession, preparing today's leaders for tomorrow's challenges.

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Clarification from the agency

Open to current and former Federal employees with competitive or excepted status; and all U.S. Citizens. Former members of the Peace Corps may be considered for ODNI employment only if five full years have elapsed since separation from the Peace Corps.

Duties

Serves as a faculty member at the National Intelligence University, teaching courses in the Data Science in Intelligence (DSI) concentration and/or technical courses in the Cyber Intelligence (CYI) concentration, as well as core intelligence courses in the Oettinger School of Science and Technology Intelligence.

Teaches technical courses in artificial intelligence, data science mathematics, advanced data science methods, and data science visualization and communication, artificial intelligence safety and ethics, geospatial data science methods, wargaming, simulation, and/or agent-based modeling.

Teaches core intelligence courses in the S&TI school, will perform research in his/her field of expertise, and will serve as a thesis advisor/reader to students working in the data science or artificial intelligence or cyber intelligence disciplines.

Duties also include participation in relevant NIU and IC communities of interest, university committees and working groups, as well as outreach to other IC, USG organizations and academia as appropriate. Implements and enforces appropriate learning standards and rigor, and uses outcome assessment data for course curricular, and program improvement.

Develops a rich learning environment through Blackboard instructional technology. Represents the University at ODNI, IC agency meetings, conferences and symposia related to expertise and maintains active liaison with government and private sector civilian, military, educational individuals associated with intelligence.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

Must be a U.S. Citizen residing in the United States

Appointment is subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.

Must be able to obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance based on an SBI with eligibility for sensitive compartmented information (SCI)

Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.

A two-year trial period is required for all new permanent appointments to the ODNI.

Qualifications

Mandatory Requirements:

Extensive professional experience in mathematics, artificial intelligence, or data science.

Excellent critical thinking skills.

Demonstrated knowledge and experience relevant to (a) computer science/engineering, OR (b) scientific and technological innovations therein OR (c) artificial intelligence.

Demonstrated knowledge in artificial intelligence, artificial intelligence safety research, especially in an intelligence or military context.

Demonstrated experience preparing and delivering briefings to large and diverse internal and external audiences on complex or controversial topics and communicating them in an understandable manner that is appropriate for the audience, from students to senior level decision makers.

Interpersonal, organizational, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to work effectively both independently and in a team or collaborative environment; initiative in carrying out mission responsibilities based on supervisor guidance.

Master's Degree.

Desired Requirements:

Earned PhD from an accredited University in physical science or engineering, computer sciences, mathematics and statistics, other engineering, or a related area.

Experience with teaching courses at the graduate level. Demonstrated experience in academic research and scholarship, writing and reviewing research papers, and academic course and program development, including creating and evaluating academic assessment data and standards.

Education

Master's Degree.

Additional information

Job Interview Travel: Candidates from outside the Washington, D.C., area may be selected for a telephone, teleconference, or in-person interview.

Salary Determination:

The ODNI uses a rank-in-person system in which rank is attached to GS employees on the basis of individual qualifications, experience, and performance.

Individuals whose current GS grade is equivalent to the grade of the advertised position will retain their current grade and step.

Individuals who transfer to the ODNI from a non-GS pay scale will have base pay converted to the appropriate GS grade and step as determined by the Director/ Human Resource Management.

On occasional instances when a current federal civilian employee applies for an ODNI position that is a lower grade than his or her personal grade, the candidate's personal grade will be downgraded to the grade of the advertised ODNI position and pay will be set at the step that is closest to but not less than the employee's current annual base rate of pay, not to exceed the maximum rate (i.e., step 10) of the GS grade to which assigned.

Relocation Expenses: For new ODNI employees, reimbursement for relocation is discretionary based on availability of funds.

Reasonable Accommodations:

The ODNI provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, please notify the Reasonable Accommodations Officer by classified email at, by unclassified email at, by telephone at or by FAX at . Your request for reasonable accommodation will be addressed on a case-by-case basis. PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION TO THE EEOD EMAIL ADDRESS. THIS EMAIL IS FOR REASONABLE ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS ONLY.

The ODNI is an equal opportunity employer and abides by applicable employment laws and regulations.

How You Will Be Evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

You must submit the supporting documents listed under the required documents section of this announcement. We will review your resume and supporting documentation to ensure you meet the basic qualification requirements. If you are among the best qualified, you may be referred to the hiring manager for consideration and may be called for an interview. w.

Required Documents

A complete application package must include:

a. RESUME: Applicants are encouraged to carefully review the vacancy announcement, particularly the MDRs, and construct their resume to highlight their most significant experience and qualifications relevant to this job opportunity. You must ensure the resume contains all of the required information and you organize it so we can associate the following information for each experience/position:?Job title; Name of employer; Beginning and ending dates of employment (month/day/year format); Hours worked per week. We will assume full-time unless otherwise stated. Detailed description of job duties, accomplishments, related skills, and responsibilities to include any supervisory/managerial responsibilities and number of staff supervised (if applicable) and;?Series and grade or equivalent (if a federal position).

b. POSITION NUMBER: Reference the announcement number in the subject line on each document submitted.

c. COVER LETTER: Applicants must submit a professional narrative as a supplement to the resume to elaborate on their qualifications and previous work performed.

d. CURRENT SF-50: Federal Government employees must provide your official most recent SF-50 (i.e., dated within the last 52 weeks from the closing date of this vacancy announcement.) SF-50, "Notification of Personnel Action" is used to verify to verify current federal status, position, title, grade, and organization of record. If your SF-50(s) does not provide the information needed to make a final determination for qualification, you will be found ineligible for the position.

Failure to submit any of the above-mentioned required documents may result in loss of consideration due to an incomplete application package. It is your responsibility to ensure all required documents have been submitted.

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements:

Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from .

Failure to provide all of the required information as stated in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible rating or may affect the overall rating.