Intelligence Analysts
Achieve the Extraordinary
Our intelligence analysts work closely with special agents and partners throughout the Intelligence Community to consolidate valuable information into strategic, analytic intelligence. They are our first line of defense in identifying and understanding threats and vulnerabilities.
Highlights
- Generate intelligence products with significant impact
- Engagement opportunities with local, state, territorial, and international partners
- Extensive on-the-job career-enhancing training opportunities
Overview
Intelligence analysts are critical to our ability to proactively mitigate risks. They analyze information and allow us to understand, mitigate, and neutralize threats. Intelligence analysts engage in work ranging from counterterrorism to organized crime, and beyond.
Career Paths
All intelligence analysts must perform at least one of the five analytic or raw reporting functions listed below. As an intelligence analyst, you may be placed into a more specific role that has additional responsibilities.
- Threat Analysis assesses and communicates real-time analytic judgments regarding specific threats and intelligence gaps.
- Collection Management enhances our intelligence collection capabilities and disseminate raw intelligence against priority collection requirements and intelligence gaps.
- Domain Analysis consolidates comprehensive information into strategic analytic products that contextualize intelligence and enhance our understanding of threats, gaps, and vulnerabilities.
- Targeting Analysis shares collected information across teams that identify gaps while ensuring timely and accurate reporting of intelligence.
- Reports Officer reports raw intelligence in a timely manner through various forms of media, documents, and general information to determine patterns.
Staff Operations Specialist/Tactical Specialist
For Current FBI Employees Only
Staff operations specialist/tactical specialist (SOS/TS) provide tactical analysis to operational personnel in support of FBI investigations. They work alongside intelligence analysts and special agents and provide mission-critical contributions to the FBI.
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Selection and Hiring Process
We recruit and hire intelligence analysts at all career levels, from recent college graduates to experienced professionals. Education and experience requirements are different depending on the intelligence analyst role and position grade.
You will be evaluated against our Core Competencies (PDF) throughout the process. These eight specialized traits represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities all of our employees are expected to cultivate and apply to their important work in fulfilling our mission.
Related Opportunities
STEM
Professionals interested in data intelligence and forensics may also be interested in a STEM career with the FBI.
Special Agents
Intelligence professionals also have opportunities to experience a variety of careers within the FBI, including our special agent position.
