Summary
This is a Term position NTE 10/25/2026.
This position is located at Departmental Offices, Terrorism and Financial Intelligence-Intelligence and Analysis, Insider Risk Management Office (IRMO). IRMO manages Treasury's Insider Threat Program, which is responsible for deterring, detecting, and mitigating insider threats to Treasury. As an Intelligence Research Specialist you will review insider threat data to proactively identify potential insider threat concerns and/or insider threat indicators.
Duties
Pursuant to 50 USC 3024 (v), and with concurrence and consultation with the Director of National Intelligence and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, this position is being established in the excepted service as an element of the Intelligence Community within the Department of the Treasury.
As an Intelligence Research Specialist (Insider Risk Analyst), you will:
- Review and analyze insider threat-related information generated by user activity monitoring (UAM) tools, continuous evaluation systems, and other Treasury and/or community-owned data.
- Conduct insider risk assessments on Treasury employees and/or applicants and make mitigation recommendations, where appropriate.
- Conduct analysis in support of IRMO operational activities to assemble, correlate, evaluate and assess information concerning insider threats against Treasury personnel, programs, information systems and/or facilities.
- Conduct insider threat analytic inquiries and prepare referrals and/or reports.
- Prepare and present insider threat briefings.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
Conditions of Employment
Key Requirements:
- Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National.
- A two-year trial period may be required.
- Must have, or be able to obtain and maintain, a Top Secret security clearance based on a Single Scope Background Investigation (SSBI).
- Must be eligible for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) access.
- Must successfully complete a background investigation.
- All new hires will be required to comply with federal ethics laws. A review of financial or other interests may be conducted to determine if they create any real or apparent conflict of interests with official Treasury duties.
- Complete a to determine your suitability for Federal employment, at the time requested by the agency.
- Have your salary sent to a financial institution of your choice by Direct Deposit/Electronic Funds Transfer.
- If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, certify that you have registered with the or are exempt from having to do so.
- Go through a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the . Federal law requires verification of the identity and employment eligibility of all new hires in the U.S.
- Obtain and use a Government-issued charge card for business-related travel, if required.
- Please refer to the "Additional Information" section for additional Conditions of Employment.
Qualifications
You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement.SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: For the GS-13, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes ALL of the following:
- Providing support to programs, such as insider threat programs, involving the use of User Activity Monitoring (UAM) of Automated Information Systems (AIS); AND
- Supporting Counterintelligence (CI)/insider threat investigations/inquiries; AND
- Applying relevant principles, techniques, methods, processes, and technology, such as those involved in intelligence analysis; AND
- Applying policies, directives, and guidance, such as national-level insider threat policies, Executive Order 13587, National Insider Threat Policy and Minimum Standards, Intelligence Community Standard (ICS) 700-2, and ICS 500-27.
The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or . One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your resumé.
How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
Your application includes your resumé, responses to the online questions, and required supporting documents. Please be sure that your resumé includes detailed information to support your qualifications for this position; failure to provide sufficient evidence in your resumé may result in a "not qualified" determination.
Rating: Your application will be evaluated in the following areas: Technical, Analytical and Communication.
Category rating will be used to rank and select eligible candidates. If qualified, you will be assigned to one of three quality level categories, A (highest quality category), B (middle quality category), or C (minimally qualified category) depending on your responses to the online questions, regarding your experience, education, and training related to this position. Your rating may be lowered if your responses to the online questions are not supported by the education and/or experience described in your application. Your application may be reviewed by a Subject Matter Expert.
Although the veteran's preference requirements of Title 5 do not apply to this Title 50 appointment authority, it is OIA's policy that meeting the "veterans' preference" criteria ("preference-eligible") shall be considered a positive factor in OIA's selection process. In all cases, preference-eligibles on the certificate(s) will be considered. However, preference-eligibles do not "float" to the top of the list of referred candidates nor have extra points added to any numerical score, and selection of a non-preference-eligible does not require "passover" procedures.Referral: If you are among the top qualified candidates, your application may be referred to a selecting official for consideration. You may be required to participate in a selection interview.
Required Documents
It is anticipated that there will be significant interest in the announcement. As a result, the announcement will close at 11:59 p.m. ET on the date of receipt of the 100th application or at 11:59 p.m. ET on 01/16/2025; whichever occurs first. Any required documents should be submitted at the time that you apply as documents will not be accepted after the vacancy closes.
A complete application includes:
1. A resume: All applicants are required to submit a resume either by creating one in USAJOBS or uploading one of their own choosing. (Cover letters are optional.)
- Please limit your resume to 5 pages. If more than 5 pages are submitted, your resume will still be accepted, however only the first 5 pages will be reviewed and considered for qualifications and eligibility determination in whether or not the minimum qualifications for the position have been met.
- To receive full credit for relevant experience, please list the month/date/year and number of hours worked for experience listed on your resume.
- It is suggested that you preview the online assessment questionnaire, to ensure that your resume thoroughly describes how your skills and experience align to the criteria defined in the "Qualifications" section of this announcement and support your responses to the online assessment questionnaire.
- For resume writing guidance, please visit .
3. Submission of any required documents identified below, if applicable: Please note that if you do not provide all required information, as specified in this announcement, you may not be considered for this position (or may not receive the special consideration for which you may be eligible).
- VETERANS' PREFERENCE DOCUMENTATION: If you are claiming veterans preference, please see . In order to be considered for veterans preference, you must submit all required documentation as outlined in the applicant guide.