Departmental Officer; DRO

Requisition Number: DEPAR
002275

• Posted :
  October 5, 2026
• Full-Time
• On-site

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Washington, DC 20585, USA

MELE Associates is seeking a DRO to support the DOE Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence's Intelligence Directorate, Analytic Support Division. They shall provide GEOINT national technical means and commercial collection requirement systems support. The individual shall be responsible for assisting in the planning and organizing of GEOINT specific integrated collection requirement strategies using complex, coherent and systematic intelligence collection campaigns employing national and theater assets against nuclear and energy-related targets world-wide.

They will support the Director, Analytic Support Division.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Responsible for assisting in the planning and organizing of integrated, GEOINT collection requirement strategies using complex, coherent and systematic intelligence collection campaigns employing national and theater assets against nuclear, science, technology, counterintelligence, and energy-related targets worldwide.
• Work with a team of discipline specific and all source collection requirement managers to develop multi-discipline, department level collection requirement strategies in both complex and comprehensive generic templated approaches, as well as specifically focused ad-hoc methods.
• Proficient in the Intelligence Community and performs a wide range of functions at the highest level of difficulty and complexity.
• Provide GEOINT collection management and requirements analysis on assigned target areas.
• Plan and organize, GEOINT collection requirements efforts of the DOE in using complex coherent and systematic campaigns against nuclear, science, technology, counterintelligence, and energy-related targets world-wide.
• Submit GEOINT requirements via national level requirement systems.
• Work effectively as a member of a diverse team, accepting and giving effective feedback, and collaborating with other collection requirement managers across the intelligence community.
• Develop and present intelligence collection requirement management strategies and approaches.
• Build, establish, and maintain relationships with key national, Departmental, IC and military partners.
• Represent the Department on INT collection requirements subcommittees and working groups.
• Assess the effectiveness of GEOINT collection.
• Write, review, and submit GEOINT collection requirements (National, Theater, Source Directed) to include website and database updates.
• Analyze Departmental and analyst needs to determine functional and cross-functional intelligence requirements and their relationship/performance against gaps.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Active TS Security Clearance

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a related discipline with 5 years of professional experience; or 3 years of professional experience with a related master’s degree.

• Have a minimum of five (5) years of experience in the desired collection requirement discipline (GEOINT) or operations management at the tactical, strategic or national level required.
• Have a collection requirements background with an understanding of the National Intelligence Priority Framework (NIPF), relevant National Collection Directives, report generation and dissemination.
• Have training and a working knowledge of discipline-specific collection requirements, evaluation and tasking systems used by originators.
• Possess knowledge of, and skill in applying technical collection planning concepts, principles, practices, laws, regulations, and methods and techniques to include US person reporting issues.
• Have knowledge of the full spectrum of IC collection capabilities and accesses, to include strengths and…