Full-Time

Senior Counterintelligence Specialist

Counterintelligence Operational Support Team

Posted on 8/27/2025

Amentum

Amentum

10,001+ employees

Global engineering and mission-support services contractor

No salary listed

United States

Hybrid

Travel to CONUS and OCONUS locations in the USCENTCOM AOR may be required.

US Top Secret Clearance Required

Category
Data & Analytics (1)
Required Skills
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • Active TS/SCI security clearance.
  • Former 1811 or Badged and Credentialled Counterintelligence Agent with Counterintelligence Investigations experience.
  • Six (6) years of experience in human source handling with CI/HUMINT discipline, which must have ended within the last three (3) years.
  • Graduate of in-residence Fundamentals of Intelligence Analysis course or advanced CI collection course (e.g., JMCCC, ACICC, etc.).
  • Must have four (4) years of experience in training CI/HUMINT source handling. Prior DoD training instructors such as Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), Joint Counterintelligence Training Academy (JCITA) or equivalent experience is highly desired.
  • Three (3) years of experience in the development of intelligence products.
  • Strong writing skills and being capable of effectively operating as a member of a combined/joint intelligence team required. Strong briefing skills and being capable of effective communication in the accomplishment of collection management reporting and requirements required.
  • Must have experience and working knowledge of the following programs and systems within the last three (3) years: Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Access); Analyst Notebook; SIPR/JWICS Access; M3 - Multi Media Messenger (Or other message handling system such as TAC/Tripwire, Palantir, etc.); SOMM - Source Operations Management Module; Proton - JWICS Access Required (or other similar such database such as ROCKSTAR, Voltron, etc.); Intelink; CIDNE - Combined Information Data network Exchange; CIA WIRE; HOT-R (Or CHROME – Counterintelligence and Human Intelligence Requirements, Reporting, and Operations Management Environment); NCTC Online – National Counter Terrorism Center Online; J2 DCP Portal (CJCS Portal) on JWICS. Knowledge of AFOSII2MS and/or CI2MS is desirable.
Responsibilities
  • Identify, monitor, and assess foreign intelligence efforts attempting collection of sensitive national security information on U.S. persons, activities and interests, including threats posed by emerging technologies to U.S. operations and interests.
  • Apply and train to the understanding of foreign intelligence capabilities / activities and U.S. and foreign partner CI capabilities and tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) for in-depth analytic research and production of all-source CI studies and contributes to developing CI strategies.
  • Conduct, develop, produce, and present programs of instruction in specified collection operations TTPs, and related or supporting processes, relevant to the various human intelligence and technical intelligence operations under DoD authorities.
  • Ensure products are compliant with ICD and AFOSI standards and uploaded to appropriate databases.
  • Maintain knowledge of host nation intelligence and security organizations.
  • Maintain knowledge of third country intelligence services that pose a threat to DAF resources and the organization’s personnel, and maintain knowledge of the capabilities of state sponsored, transnational, international or regional terrorist groups and their surrogates that threaten DAF security.
  • Provide training to all analysts on CISFP, source management, collection and production management.
  • Review and provide analyst comments for CRs and IIRs. Disseminate raw and finished intelligence products to interested agencies, to include: AFOSI leadership, base commanders, operating environment owners, and other intelligence/counterintelligence customers (both CONUS and OCONUS) who value the direct information and intelligence products.
  • Prepare comprehensive foreign intelligence and terrorism informational or analytical products. Products should be delivered as required by AFOSI or USAFCENT leadership.
  • Fuse intelligence and raw data from multiple sources in varying classifications to identify threats, trends, structures of terrorist cells, their location, and plotting attack information (such as fire- points, impact sites, timeline, etc.) on a weekly to daily basis.
  • Perform collection management duties by evaluating field reports involving terrorist group organizational structures and their involved interrelationships among other organizations and state-sponsored groups targeting the DAF/DoD.
  • Assist in the development of target packages to mitigate threats to 24 EFIS, subordinate units, and DAF/DoD personnel and resources in the USCENTCOM/AFCENT AOR.
  • Prepare briefings that describe the nature, scope, specific identification, and possible impact of coordination and cooperation prevalent among hostile groups. Briefings are prepared upon request by AFOSI leadership, base commanders, operating environment owners, and other intelligence/counterintelligence customers (both CONUS and OCONUS) who value the direct information and intelligence products.
  • Coordinate and maintain liaison relationships with military and national level agencies.
  • Ensure all products and briefings produced in support of this contract are in strict compliance with security classification, restrictive caveats, and dissemination directives.
  • Provide mobile training and advisory services to AFOSI units in the USCENTCOM AOR, in order to standardize analyst and agent workflow and production. Deliver improvements to the collection, processing and production intelligence cycles to unit commanders and other AFOSI leadership. Report accurate information pertaining to training and knowledge levels of personnel at field units in order to make critical and timely decisions. This will be a primary responsibility of the MTT position.
  • Provide mobile training, advisory services, and act as a SME to AFOSI units in the USCENTCOM AOR supporting strategic engagements such as Defense Threat Assessment Methodology Seminars and Crime Scene Exploitation Programs.
  • Travel and provide onsite and offsite support to other CONUS and OCONUS locations in the USCENTCOM AOR as requested. This position may require very frequent and/or extended length OCONUS travel depending upon mission needs.
  • Maintain current passport and visa requirements and maintain the ability to be world-wide deployable to include medical clearances and other items outlined in this PWS.
  • Provide Source citations to all products per ICON guidance.
  • Utilize overarching governing documents including but not limited to 24 EFIS SOPs, DODI 2000.12, 3115.17, 5240.10, 5240.22, S-5240.17, S-3325.07, DODM 5240.02, DCHE-M 33001.001, DCHE-M 33001.002, and Appendix 2 to Annex B of CENTCOM and AFCENT CONOPS, AFI 71-101 V4, OSII 71-144 V1, and CCR 381-16. Deliver products that are free from grammatical, spelling, and formatting errors.
Desired Qualifications
  • Bachelor’s degree in international affairs, national security studies, Arabic studies, international business, international terrorism, trends and analysis, intelligence/counterintelligence or other related fields; Southwest Asian regional expertise.

Amentum provides engineering, technology, and critical mission support for government and commercial clients in defense, space, intelligence, and environmental sectors. It works by combining services such as aviation and logistics, engineering, systems integration, cyber and intelligence support, and environmental solutions across a global workforce. The company grew by acquiring DynCorp International and PAE, then merged with Jacobs’ Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber & Intelligence units to become a large, publicly traded contractor (AMTM) on the NYSE. Compared with competitors, Amentum leverages a broad scale, diversified capabilities, and long-standing relationships with national security and space programs to handle complex, multi-domain missions. Its goal is to solve major national and global challenges by delivering integrated engineering, technology, and mission-support solutions at scale for governments and allied nations.

Company Size

10,001+

Company Stage

Post IPO Equity

Headquarters

Germantown, Maryland

Founded

2020

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • $48B record backlog grows 7% YoY with $4B Q2 2026 bookings across sectors.
  • Digital Solutions segment surges from AI data centers and cybersecurity demand.
  • Jacobs merger in 2024 expands cyber intelligence capabilities for recurring revenue.

What critics are saying

  • Trump FY2027 budget cuts 15% from DoD logistics, slashing 40% of Amentum revenue.
  • Lockheed Martin erodes defense share post-$360M Rapid Solutions acquisition June 2025.
  • Jacobs integration overruns cause $500M costs and Q1 2026 profit miss of 15.4%.

What makes Amentum unique

  • Amentum leads in contested logistics via Hawaii Center launched March 2026.
  • Oak Ridge Nuclear Center positions Amentum for global nuclear projects since 2025.
  • AI-driven predictive maintenance differentiates aviation services in $425M CAL FIRE contract.

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Daily Advance
Apr 7th, 2026
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Yahoo Finance
Mar 30th, 2026
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Business Wire
Mar 30th, 2026
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The relocation underscores the company's investment in the region's security and stability while reinforcing its ability to adapt to the challenges of the future. About Amentum Amentum is a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, trusted by the United States and its allies to address their most significant and complex challenges in science, security and sustainability. Our people apply undaunted curiosity, relentless ambition and boundless imagination to challenge convention and drive progress. Our commitments are underpinned by the belief that safety, collaboration and well-being are integral to success. Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, we have approximately 50,000 employees in more than 70 countries across all 7 continents. Visit us at amentum.com to learn how we advance the future together. Follow @Amentum_corp on X Follow Amentum on LinkedIn Forward-Looking Statements This press release contains or incorporates by reference statements by Amentum Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") that relate to future events and expectations and, as such, constitute "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and other federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements may be characterized by terminology such as "believe," "project," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "forecast," "outlook," "target," "endeavor," "seek," "predict," "intend," "strategy," "plan," "may," "could," "should," "will," "would," "will be," "will continue," "will likely result," or the negative thereof or variations thereon or similar terminology generally intended to identify forward-looking statements. All statements, other than historical facts, including, but not limited to, statements regarding the anticipated work and revenue under the awarded contract, and the Company's objectives, expectations and intentions, applicable legal, economic and regulatory conditions, and any assumptions underlying any of the foregoing, are forward-looking statements. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in or implied by these forward-looking statements, including those factors discussed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including, among others: the occurrence of an accident or safety incident; the ability of the Company to control costs, meet performance requirements or contractual schedules; and other factors set forth under Item 1A, Risk Factors in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended September 27, 2024, which can be found at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or the Investor Relations portion of our website at www.amentum.com. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as of the date on which it is made, and the Company assumes no obligation to update or revise such statement, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by applicable law.

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