Mantech

Each day U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) oversees the massive flow of people, capital, and products that enter and depart the United States via air, land, sea, and cyberspace.  The volume and complexity of both physical and virtual border crossings require the application of solutions to promote efficient trade and travel.  Further, effective solutions help CBP ensure the movement of people, capital, and products is legal, safe, and secure.  In response to this challenge, ManTech, as a trusted mission partner of CBP, seeks capable, qualified, and versatile Senior Data Engineers to facilitate data-driven decision making in response to national security threats.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provides all-source intelligence analysis on topics related to homeland security, including, but not limited to, border security, counterterrorism, counterintelligence, and critical infrastructure protection.
• Provides Collection research, analysis, and recommendations regarding liaison efforts with operational and support elements, external intelligence agencies, and external federal law enforcement elements to foster an environment of cooperation and sharing of information to develop future products better.
• Prepares finished analytic products, assessments, briefings, and other written or oral products on current threats and trends based on the sophisticated collection, research, and analytic tradecraft of all sources of classified and unclassified information, including intelligence collection INTs, open source, law enforcement, and other government data.
• Identifies gaps in available intelligence information and engages with other collection managers on strategies to meet intelligence requirements through Intelligence Community (IC) collection disciplines.
• Employs IC analytic standards and appropriate tradecraft, methodologies and techniques, and applies specialized subject matter expertise to prepare assessments of current threats and trends for consumers from senior US officials to state and local and private sector customers.
• Collaborates with analysts across the (IC), law enforcement, and other agencies on products, working groups, and additional information sharing forums.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education: HS Diploma/GED and 15+ years, AS/AA and 13+ years, BS/BA and 7+ years, MS/MA/MBA and 5+ years, PhD/Doctorate and 3-+ years
• Experience in strategic planning and analysis.
• Written and verbal communication skills that have led to the ability to write and brief for various audiences with differing perspectives.
• Experience in establishing/maintaining relationships with external law enforcement and Intel community partners (liaison activity).
• Experience as an all-source analyst in an IC agency producing finished, all-source analytical intelligence products per IC analytical standards, tradecraft, sourcing, and classification requirements.
• Experience collaborating/coordinating all source analytic assessments with agencies across the IC.
• Experience identifying topics and content for national intelligence briefings to include coordination with government and industry personnel at all levels of seniority.
• Experience using IC analytic systems and tools such as classified message databases, Analyst Notebook/i2, Web Intelligence Search Engine (WISE), or Palantir.
• Experience using unclassified administrative software such as Office 365 applications to include Teams, SharePoint, etc.
• Candidates must be well organized, process oriented, team-focused, and possess critical thinking skills.
• Candidates will have strong interpersonal skills to work effectively with government and industry personnel at all levels of seniority.
• Skillset in Business Intelligence, Process Improvement, Collection management, and Intel planning.

Preferred Qualifications

• At least six (6)+ years’ experience in all-source intelligence analysis at the national level.
• Prior US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) National Targeting Center (NTC) experience, preferably with proficiency in operational data analysis.
• Specific experience in/with intelligence production related to counterterrorism, counter-narcotics, counterintelligence, illicit trade, and/or alien smuggling.
• Current or prior work in a liaison capacity to another component of CBP or another agency/ Experience in providing advice, guidance, and direction on national and international intelligence programs and policy.
• Prior experience in project/program management, including reviewing legislation, regulation, or policy change documents on behalf of the USG, DHS, or CBP.
• Developed/Created Intel Alerts, reports, or threat bulletins which have been distributed in support of CBP operations/ Experience in the development and implementation of operational and tactical intelligence initiatives.
• Familiarity with unique DHS systems and databases.
• Demonstrated experience with research and reporting systems including:  Unified Passenger (UPAX), Intelligence Reporting System-Next Generation (IRS-NG), Analytical Framework for Intelligence (AFI), Unified Secondary (USEC).

Clearance Requirements

• Must have a current/active TS/SCI and be able to obtain and maintain DHS CBP Suitability.

Physical Requirements

• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, or to communicate with co-workers, management, and customers, which may involve delivering presentations.