Team Lead – Counterintelligence

Type of Requisition:

Pipeline

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

Top Secret/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

Top Secret SCI + Polygraph

Public Trust/Other Required:

None

Job Family:

Intelligence Operations and Analysis

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Counterintelligence, Counterintelligence Analysis, Counterintelligence Investigations, Cyber Threat Intelligence

Certifications:

None

Experience:

17 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Team Lead – Counterintelligence provides senior-level leadership and subject matter expertise in support of USCYBERCOM J2X Counterintelligence activities. This role identifies, monitors, and assesses foreign intelligence efforts targeting U.S. persons, operations, technologies, and national security interests, including threats posed by emerging technologies. The Team Lead integrates all-source counterintelligence analysis, operational planning, and interagency coordination to synchronize Offensive Counterintelligence Operations (OFCO) across the Department of War and the broader Intelligence Community, ensuring alignment with National and DoW Counterintelligence Strategies.

MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT
As an Intelligence Analyst Senior, the work you’ll do at GDIT will be impactful to the mission of CYBERCOM J2. You will play a crucial role in the following mission support functions:

• Intelligence Watch & Situational Awareness:
  Maintain persistent awareness of cyber threats, incidents, and adversary activity impacting U.S. networks and operations.

• Threat Indicators & Warning:
  Support defense warning and early-indicator development by tracking and reporting changes in cyber threat activity and intent.

• Operational Reporting:
  Deliver timely, accurate intelligence reporting and briefings to support operational decision-making and incident response.

• Command & Staff Support:
  Respond rapidly to J2 and JIOC requests for information and provide analytic support to leadership across shifts.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Key Responsibilities:

Counterintelligence Analysis & Operational Integration

• Identify, monitor, and assess foreign intelligence threats seeking to collect sensitive national security information on U.S. persons, activities, and interests.

• Analyze threats posed by emerging technologies to U.S. operations, platforms, and critical infrastructure.

• Conduct in-depth analytic research and produce all-source counterintelligence studies to inform operational and strategic decision-making.

Offensive Counterintelligence (OFCO) Planning & Synchronization

• Coordinate, deconflict, and synchronize all Offensive Counterintelligence Operations (OFCO) in close collaboration with CCICA, USCYBERCOM J2X CI staff, and OFCO executors.

• Ensure national-level synchronization of OFCO activities and integration with non-DoW Intelligence Community partners.

• Serve as a CI planner responsible for identifying USIC reporting and analysis suitable for packaging into Concepts of Operations (CONOPs) for OFCO execution or enhancement of existing CI projects.

Interagency & Strategic Engagement

• Engage on behalf of USCYBERCOM J2X CI with U.S. CI officials in the National Capital Region (NCR) to advance the global OFCO portfolio.

• Serve as the primary interlocutor for strategic integration of the DoW OFCO portfolio with the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC) in support of National and DoW CI strategies

Required Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience and advanced counterintelligence certification integrating and cultivating strategic, proactive CI concepts, principles, and techniques.

• Graduate of an in-residence Fundamentals of Intelligence Analysis course or Military Service equivalent.

• Advanced CI training and subject matter expertise supporting operational and strategic CI missions.

• Proven ability to lead CI teams and coordinate across DoW and Intelligence Community partners.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting counterintelligence operations or serving as a CI desk officer.

• Experience supporting CI risk assessments, supply chain risk assessments, or CI support to Research, Development, and Acquisition