The Open Source Center will return to campus on Nov. 29th for an exclusive Information Session from 6:00 to 7:30 p.m. at the Career Development Center (10th and Jordan). Qualified students will be offered an interview the following day. The job description is below. If you are interested and would like your resume viewed before the session, please send it to Elizabeth Bolyard at ebolyard@indiana.edu, otherwise please bring your resume with you for the Information Session.
Open Source Officer
Work Schedule: Full Time
Salary: $46,262 to $85,086
Location: Washington, DC metropolitan area
Open Source Officers (OSOs) are the Intelligence Community's experts in collecting and analyzing publicly available information in support of national security. They use foreign language and area knowledge to review and assess foreign public information media (radio, television, and press), Internet sites, and specialized publications to deliver high-impact products to the U.S. foreign affairs community. OSOs develop and apply in-depth knowledge of a broad range of publicly available information to identify trends and patterns and write analytical products. They may also manage the collection and analysis of open sources by foreign national staff and contractors in the Washington metropolitan area, as well as overseas. In managing and producing intelligence based on open sources, OSOs strive to identify patterns, trends, and often subtle relationships that provide unique insights into issues of national security.
We seek creative candidates who possess a keen interest in foreign affairs; strong writing and analytical skills; a well-developed facility for reading, writing and understanding one or more of a broad range of foreign languages; and experience using the Internet. Many OSOs have lived in their region of interest and/or have formally studied the politics and history of a particular country or region. Experience in journalism is also applicable.
Positions are in the metropolitan Washington, DC area, with opportunities for overseas travel and assignments. In addition to salary and benefits, Officers may qualify for the CIA’s Corporate Language Hiring Bonus Program and may receive additional language incentive pay and awards under the CIA’s Corporate Language Program. OSOs may also have the opportunity for further language and area studies, as well as other relevant training.
As a part of the screening process, selected applicants will be sent a language proficiency test and an analytic writing exercise. The following languages, or language combinations, with relevant area knowledge are sought: Central Asian languages, Ukrainian, Belorussian and Russian.
Minimum requirements include a bachelor’s degree in area studies, international relations, political science, economics, journalism, communications, history, sociology, anthropology, counterproliferation, language or other liberal arts discipline. Advanced level foreign language reading and comprehension skills, excellent English language skills, strong critical thinking/analytic skills, and well-developed Internet searching skills are also needed.
All applicants must successfully complete a thorough medical and psychological exam, a polygraph interview and an extensive background investigation. U.S. citizenship is required.
Please apply to the Open Source Officer job posting on the CIA website:
http://www.cia.gov
