Senior Counterintelligence Officer

Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) seeks a Senior Counterintelligence Officer (SCIO) to lead the Department of Energy (DOE) counterintelligence program assigned to the Brookhaven Field Office. The SCIO directs a regional portfolio supporting BNL, other assigned DOE facilities (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Laboratory for Laser Energetics at Rochester University), and DOE national security interests.

Reporting to the BNL Senior Intelligence Executive, the SCIO serves as the Laboratory’s principal counterintelligence advisor and shall report and be accountable directly to the Deputy Director for Counterintelligence in DOE’s Office of Intelligence and Counterintelligence (DOE-IN) for all matters related to the execution of the CI mission. This position requires strategic leadership, sound judgment, and the ability to address emerging threats in complex scientific and technical environments.

BNL, as a multidisciplinary DOE Office of Science laboratory, conducts research spanning fundamental science through applied science and engineering. Key areas include nuclear physics, particle physics, energy science and technology, quantum computing and networking, artificial intelligence, robotics, automation, and other advanced scientific domains. The laboratory also operates several large user facilities, each with extensive user communities drawn from other DOE national laboratories, academia, and the private sector.  This breadth and complexity of the Laboratory’s research and reach require a counterintelligence program that is highly adaptable and technically informed. The SCIO must be capable of understanding DOE research priorities and leading a team able to effectively engage with scientists, engineers, and technical staff from various backgrounds across the Laboratory. This includes building and managing a CI workforce that is technically inquisitive, able to operate in complex research environments, and capable of translating CI risks in ways that resonate with the scientific community.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the counterintelligence program for BNL and other assigned DOE facilities, including strategic plans, priorities, resources, and program performance.
• Advise Laboratory and DOE site office leadership on counterintelligence threats, risks, and mitigation strategies.
• Identify and assess foreign intelligence, terrorism, and technology collection threats to personnel, research, information, facilities, and programs.
• Direct and integrate counterintelligence awareness, analysis, cyber coordination, collection and reporting, investigations, and briefing and debriefing activities.
• Coordinate sensitive counterintelligence matters with DOE-IN and appropriate federal partners.
• Establish effective working relationships across BNL, DOE, the U.S. Intelligence Community, and law enforcement.
• Provide timely written assessments, recommendations, and briefings to senior leaders and other authorized audiences.
• Lead, mentor, and develop a counterintelligence team capable of engaging effectively with BNL’s scientific, engineering, and technical communities.

• Demonstrated commitment to working safely, acting ethically, and taking personal accountability for operational excellence.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities 

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and at least 12 years of directly related intelligence or counterintelligence experience, including 8 years executive level management/leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex counterintelligence or national security programs, including strategic planning, resource management, and execution.
• Experience managing sensitive investigations or other national security matters.
• Experience working with U.S. Intelligence Community organizations or in a comparable interagency environment.
• Knowledge of foreign intelligence threats, counterintelligence principles and practices, and applicable laws, policies, and procedures.
• Ability to evaluate complex threats and develop practical mitigation strategies in research and technology environments.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills, including experience briefing senior executives and classified audiences.
• Ability to travel domestically.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a DOE Q clearance with SCI access.
• This is a fully onsite role located in Upton, NY

Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Master’s degree in a related field
• Active DOE Q clearance and/or Top-Secret clearance with SCI access.
• Experience within the DOE complex or familiarity with DOE- IN counterintelligence directives and policies.
• Experience integrating counterintelligence activities with cyber and insider threat programs.
• Experience in working with the scientific community.

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