Job Description
Intelligence Research Analyst
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Office of the Inspector General
Office of Investigations
Summary
The Office of Inspector General (OIG) is an independent office whose mission is to promote excellence, integrity, and accountability throughout the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). In our dynamic environment, the OIG conducts investigations, audits, evaluations, and inspections to enhance program effectiveness and efficiency and to detect and prevent waste, fraud, and mismanagement in DHS programs and operations.
Duties
This position is located in an assigned location within the Office of Investigations (INV), Office of Inspector General (OIG), Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in an assigned location within the Office of Investigations. The Office of Investigations is responsible for investigating and bringing to the appropriate criminal and civil justice system those individuals and organizations involved in financial, professional, civil, or criminal misconduct relating to DHS programs and operations.
Being an Intelligence Research Specialist makes you a valuable member of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Inspector General (OIG), Office of Investigations (INV) You will be responsible for completing analytical proactive and reactive intelligence activities within INV. Typical assignments include:
Managing a number of projects and a constantly changing workload in line with the operational tempo of ongoing criminal investigations. Identifies, obtains, and evaluates relevant data from classified and unclassified sources of information including, but not limited to; investigative reports, open source reporting, commercial and government databases, subpoenaed information, case files, informant debriefings, seized documents, and other foreign, federal, state or local agency reporting.
Conducting analysis of investigative cases (Financial crimes, program fraud, contract fraud, public corruption) access, collect, examine, and analyze data, evidence, and other information from a variety of sources, including public access and law enforcement databases.
Conducting independent research, reconstruct complicated events, establish possible criminal associations, detect trends, and develop case specific subject profiles, prepare link analysis in highly complex criminal investigations.
Producing Intelligence Analysis Reports (IAR), which contain well sourced, accurate written analyses related to criminal investigations and which are used in court proceedings.
Providing oral briefings to agents and prosecutors to convey the results of analyses and to articulate and defend methodology. Providing expert testimony in grand jury or at trials regarding the results of the analyses. Providing Mentoring Guidance to junior analytical staff. Mentors other staff in the use of analytical tools and databases. Provides briefings to senior management officials at the executive level.