Telework eligibleFederal

Intelligence Research Specialist LIC

Drug Enforcement Administration · Department of Justice

Intelligence

Salary
$107,446–$139,684/year
Grade
14
Work location
Telework eligible · Washington, District of Columbia; San Antonio, Texas
Schedule
Full-time
Posted
Oct 1, 2026
Apply by
Oct 13, 2026
Category
Intelligence

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Summary

These Intelligence Research Specialist (Liaison Intelligence Coordinator) positions are located within the DEA in the following locations: Intelligence Division/Office of National Security Intelligence. Intelligence Community Integration Section-NSA San Antonio in San Antonio, Texas Intelligence Division/Office of National Security Intelligence. Intelligence Community Integration Section (NNI-DIA Joint Base Anacostia Bolling(JBAB) in Washington, DC

Duties

This is a Temporary Promotion NTE 3 years. If selectee is promoted into this position, he/she will return to their former grade at the end of the 3 years and be reassigned to an equivalent position in a different location. As a your typical work assignments may include: Assist Intelligence Community (IC) officials in determining the state of collection, analysis, or intelligence operations resource gaps; Provide assessments of Special Intelligence production for DEA objectives and value to address foreign threats to homeland security, identifying, and formulating strategies to mitigate gaps; Review and interpret policies, guidelines, methods and procedures associated with the evaluation and analysis of data classification, declassification, and protection of classified national sensitive information; Perform routine intelligence research functions by maintaining situational awareness of significant issues affecting national intelligence counternarcotic and transnational crime issues related to the U.S. homeland security and the broader community; Provide analytic production strategies to ensure that major intelligence gaps and shortfalls on counternarcotic and transnational organized crime issues are being examined either as a community or by individual analytics; Collaborate with DEA Liaison officers assigned within the IC focused on national intelligence counternarcotic and transnational organized crime issues related to the U.S. Homeland and facilitate improvement of DEA/IC collective efforts; Represent DEA at internal and external meetings and conferences on subjects of national intelligence related counternarcotic IC issues; May be required to testify during career as an Intelligence Research Specialist.

Education

Education requirements do not apply to this vacancy announcement.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated based on how well you meet the qualifications listed in this vacancy announcement. Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents) and assessment questionnaire. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration. Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) candidates must be well qualified for the position to receive consideration for selection priority. Candidates are considered well qualified if their knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) exceed the minimum qualifications described in the announcement. ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE: You may preview the https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13080799.

About this listing

Drug Enforcement Administration has 27 open listings on the site: all telework eligible. This one is telework eligible, based in Washington, District of Columbia and 1 other location. See all Drug Enforcement Administration listings, or read what fully remote and telework eligible mean.

Advertised pay is $107,446 to $139,684 a year. That covers GS-14 on the General Schedule, where pay also depends on step and locality; how GS pay works.

This announcement is open for 12 days, from Oct 1, 2026 to Oct 13, 2026. Among currently open Intelligence postings at Drug Enforcement Administration, the typical advertised window is about 9 days. As of Oct 6, 2026, it closes in 7 days.

Who can apply: employees of the hiring agency. This announcement is not open to the general public. The announcement's "This job is open to" section has the exact eligibility rules.

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