Information Sharing and Safeguarding Officer

Provide oversight and leadership in the planning development and implementation of programs policies and procedures that result in the effective sharing of information across the Government while protecting Intelligence and Law Enforcement sources and methods operational equities and U.S. persons privacy.

Oversee and lead an evaluation of the potential impact of obstacles to information flow across the IC and work with policy analysts and Intelligence Community (IC) partners to develop and implement policy and process improvements.

Lead the planning identification and development of effective solutions to intelligence access issues experienced by departments throughout the IC and U.S. Government.

Provide oversight and leadership to ensure the maximum exchange of information throughout the IC and to nontraditional customers by balancing the responsibility-to-provide principle with the need-to-know standard as defined by existing policies laws and regulations.

Provide oversight and leadership over the negotiation process for defining agreements with other IC and Government agencies in support of information sharing; plan develop and write Memorandums of Understanding establishing information sharing agreements with these components.

Lead and direct the organizations sensitive intelligence and information technology system access approval operation ensuring customers needs are met and information is timely and accurate.

Continually expand personal expertise with regard to the development and implementation of information sharing tools technology plans and policies to facilitate the cooperation and effective coordination of the Office of the Director National Intelligence (ODNI) the IC and other U.S. Government agencies.

Lead oversee and orchestrate inter-agency and cross-directorate collaboration on the development of internal information sharing policies guidelines and procedures and/or broker information sharing agreements with external entities; evaluate and assess these efforts to ensure that they are successful.

Lead oversee plan and develop the implementation of interagency information sharing activities and programs that coordinate and integrate the competing requirements and priorities of multiple stakeholders.

Provide leadership oversight and guidance in the preparation of briefings reports and presentations for ODNI leadership senior policymakers IC members and other intelligence consumers in a manner that meets their specified requirements.

Lead a team of professional staff and assess performance collaborate and oversee goal setting and provide feedback on personal development.

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

Expert knowledge of information sharing theory policies procedures and technologies as well as expert knowledge of how to develop and facilitate the implementation of those mechanisms.

Expert knowledge of the mission charter roles and responsibilities of the ODNI IC and U.S. Government agencies and how these organizations can effectively cooperate in implementing information sharing plans and programs.

Superior ability to identify emerging information sharing trends and issues as well as the ability to assess the influence of these trends and issues on the effectiveness of U.S. Government programs.

Superior ability to communicate clearly orally and in written reports and documents policies plans and programs related to improving information sharing across the U.S. Government.

Superior ability to logically analyze synthesize and judge information as well as the ability to review and incorporate multiple sources of information in performing assignments.

Superior ability in developing effective professional and interpersonal relationships with peers and colleagues in ODNI the IC and U.S. Government and to earn their confidence and trust.

Superior-level interpersonal organizational and problem-solving skills including a superior ability to work effectively at the highest levels within an interagency environment on complex issues requiring sensitive negotiations and consensus-building.

Superior ability to objectively evaluate U.S. Government and interagency information sharing policies and plans taking into account a varied and complex range of considerations in performing the evaluations.

Extensive knowledge of Information Assurance standards and practices to include attribute-based access automated user authorization auditing and security at the data-level to enable a trust-based model for the free-flow of information among participants.

Superior ability to balance responsibilities among assigned activities; including the ability to manage transitions effectively from task to task and proven adaptability to varying customer needs.

Superior ability to effectively diagnose isolate and expediently resolve complex problems pertaining to data and security engineering and prior exposure to implementing security in a cloud environment.

Superior ability to identify emerging information sharing trends and issues as well as the ability to assess the influence of these trends and issues on the effectiveness of U.S. Government programs.

Extensive experience supporting the exchange of intelligence information between collectors analysts and end users in order to improve national and homeland security.