CI Operations IT Manager

Perform as aCI Operations IT Manager (Journeyman)supporting the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Directorate for Operations (DO) Enterprise Technology Office (ETO) in Reston, VA. Support enterprise-level IT solutions enabling Counterintelligence (CI) functional management, enterprise coordination and deconfliction, requirements management, and performance assessment.This position is contingent upon award and expected to start ~30SEP2026.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 4-6 years of demonstrated experience in the Counterintelligence career field, including CI investigations, operations, collection, analysis and production, functional services, and/or mission support.
• Experience identifying and managing functional IT requirements supporting CI mission operations.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline architectures, automation frameworks, and operational practices supporting mission-critical IT systems.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, Bamboo, or comparable platforms.
• Experience with configuration management and version control tools such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef, and Git.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience supporting system monitoring, incident response, capacity planning, performance management, patching, backup, and disaster recovery.
• Knowledge of DoD cybersecurity requirements, DISA STIGs, and applicable Intelligence Community security standards, including ICD 503.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to work across CI mission, technical, development, security, and system administration teams.
• Active TS/SCI clearance with completed CI Polygraph required prior to performance.
• Ability to work100% onsite in Reston, VA.

Additional Qualifications:

• Credentialed CI Special Agent or law enforcement officer at the Federal or State level.
• Graduate of a CI Special Agent training program or CI/HUMINT-certified course.
• Previous experience supporting DIA, the Intelligence Community, or DoD CI/HUMINT missions.

Responsibilities:

• Support DIA enterprise-level IT solutions enabling CI functional management, coordination, deconfliction, and performance assessment.
• Engage CI stakeholders, mission partners, and vendors to identify and document functional management IT requirements.
• Develop, publish, and manage Functional Requirements Documents (FRDs), capability requirements, product backlogs, meeting documentation, and related IT/business-management products.
• Support analytical tools, dashboards, catalog systems, coordination platforms, and other functional-management capabilities.
• Develop proofs of concept and support evaluation of current and future CI functional-management capabilities.
• Review applicable policies and directives and translate mission requirements into actionable technical requirements.
• Support CI/CD pipelines, automation, configuration management, version control, and containerized environments supporting CI mission systems.
• Coordinate system monitoring, incident response, performance tuning, patching, backup, and disaster-recovery activities.
• Coordinate with CI professionals, developers, security personnel, and system administrators to maintain secure and reliable mission capabilities.
• Provide operational metrics, status reporting, and post-implementation performance and production analysis to Government stakeholders.
• Support continuity and reliable operation of mission-critical CI systems and capabilities.