Reference number: RF-7357
Closing Date: 2023-01-29

Important

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About the Job:

The Communications Security Establishment is Canada’s foreign signals intelligence agency and the national technical authority for cybersecurity and information assurance. CSE also conducts active and defensive cyber operations and provides technical and operational assistance to federal law enforcement and security agencies.

In support of this mission, we are looking to hire Intelligence Analysts from diverse backgrounds to work in a dynamic and innovative operational environment. We are recruiting for a variety of non-technical and technical analyst positions, including:

• Intelligence Analyst
• Open-source Intelligence Analyst
• Cyber-crime Intelligence Analyst
• Foreign Language Intelligence Analyst
• Geospatial Intelligence Analyst

As an Intelligence Analyst, you will play an essential role in the foreign intelligence aspect of CSE’s mandate to acquire information from or through the global information infrastructure. You will then use, analyze and disseminate the information for the purpose of providing foreign intelligence, in accordance with the Government of Canada’s intelligence priorities. You will use your interest in international affairs to protect Canada’s people, interests, and national security from serious threats, including terrorism, organized crime, cyber attacks, and espionage.

All of CSE’s activities are conducted in accordance with the CSE Act, which requires that our activities not be directed at Canadians anywhere in the world, or any person in Canada. The CSE Act also requires that we protect the privacy of Canadians and persons in Canada in the execution of our operations.

With your strong research and analysis skills, your creativity, and your ability to identify and solve problems, you will piece together information collected from a variety of sources. You will conduct research, synthesize source material, and provide context by drawing on your expertise and knowledge of international affairs, technology, and national security. You will be working in a high-paced operational environment within a multidisciplinary team. You will also work closely with technical experts in other parts of CSE and will have opportunities to learn more about telecommunications technology and different analytical tools.

Successful applicants will receive extensive training and mentoring to develop and strengthen the competencies required to support operational efforts on matters of national security to the Government of Canada.

Salary Range

UNI-06 (underfill level): $74,823 to $88,028 per year*

UNI-07 (working level): $83,055 to $97,710 per year*

• These positions may be eligible for the Foreign Language Incentive Plan (FLIP).

More information under “Additional Details”.

Location

All jobs are located in Ottawa, Ontario. This selection process will be used to staff in-office positions within the Edward Drake Building (1929 Ogilvie Road). For more information on location, please visit the following link: https://www.cse-cst.gc.ca/en/culture-and-community/life-cse/where-we-work. CSE locations meet current accessibility standards.

Language Requirements

English Essential

Area of selection

Open to Canadian citizens

Required Qualifications

You must clearly demonstrate in your application how you meet these required qualifications:

Education

• A secondary school diploma or an acceptable combination of education, training and experience related to the position.

Experience

• Experience conducting research and analyzing information or data.
• Experience working as part of a team and contributing to the advancement of team projects, files, or tasks.
• Experience in preparing and a variety of products and documentation.

Competencies

Competencies is our term for skills and/or knowledge. These competencies will be assessed later in the process through a variety of tests and/or interviews, and are required for you to be successful.

Technical Competencies

• Data Analysis: The ability to analyze data to derive new intelligence, link current and past strands of information, and identify further avenues of investigation.

• Analytical Thinking: critical thinking, judgement and reasoning to analytic problems or intelligence questions.

• Target Knowledge and World Context: Understand global social, political, cultural, and/or technical trends and developments.

Behavioral Competencies

• Accountability/Autonomy: Effectively plan, organize & manage your time and activities to deliver high quality and efficient performance.

Interactive Communication: Communicate in a compelling, honest, persuasive, effective and articulate manner, thinking about who you need to communicate with, ensuring the message is clear, understood & consistent with CSE objectives.

• Working in a Team: Demonstrate effective interpersonal skills and work cooperatively and effectively within and across organizational units to achieve common goals.

Leadership Competencies

• Achieving Results: Deliver on commitments through actions that reflect personal accountability, sound judgement, decisiveness, and business acumen.
• Change & Innovation: Create and promote a culture of integrity, transparency, fairness, and respect. Recognize your own areas of personal and professional strength as well as areas for development and remain committed to continuous learning to enhance self-awareness.
• Collaboration: Build relationships with traditional and non-traditional partners and stakeholders to develop solutions that reflect the interests of the organization.

Asset Qualifications

Assets are “nice-to-have” expertise and competencies we’re interested in. If you’re excited about what we do and working with us but are not sure you’re 100% there yet, please don’t let that stop you from ing.

You should clearly demonstrate in your application any specialized expertise that applies to you, as it will be used to determine which team you could best complement within CSE.

Asset Education

• Graduation from a recognized post-secondary institution in a relevant field, such as but not limited to international relations, intelligence and security studies, data analysis, data science, foreign languages or linguistics, computer science, psychology, journalism, dramatic arts, creative writing, etc.
• Courses or certifications related to open-source intelligence, data analysis, data science or communications technology.

Asset Experience

• Experience conducting research and investigations for a wide range of customers and using a variety of sources;
• Experience with a variety of analytical and investigative techniques; or
• Experience in providing mentoring, training, and awareness briefings to colleagues, management, and clients.

Asset Technical Competencies

These asset competencies may be assessed later in the process through a variety of tests and/or interviews. They may be used to determine which team you could best complement within CSE.

• Knowledge of programming languages such as Python;
• Knowledge of regional and non-English news outlets, social media platforms, blogs, open-source databases, and other sources; or
• Knowledge of one or more foreign languages.

Asset Language

In an effort to foster the full recognition and use of both English and French in Canadian society, supporting Part VII of the Official Languages Act, preference may be given to candidates who are currently bilingual in both official languages at a proficiency of BBB or above. Please ensure to highlight in your application if you are bilingual in both official languages or if you possess valid Second Language Evaluation (SLE) results. For additional information regarding what a proficiency level of BBB or above means, please click here.

Application Process

Who Can

You must be a Canadian citizen, be eligible for a Top Secret security clearance and be willing to comply with CSE’s own security policies and standards.

Security Requirements

You must have no criminal record. The screening process involves a

• security interview
• polygraph test
• psychological assessment
• background investigation covering a minimum of your last 10 years history, including credit and financial verifications.

How to

You may submit your candidacy online by selecting “” at the bottom of this page.

If you cannot online or have a disability preventing you from ing online, please inform us by contacting jobs-emplois@cse-cst.gc.ca prior to the closing date of this selection process. CSE offers an assessment process that will accommodate any reasonable measures required to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Those measures are available to all candidates for further assessment. Related information received will be addressed confidentially. If you may need such accommodation, please advise us.

What to Expect

The entire selection process – tests, interviews, security investigation – may take more than one year to complete.

If you are deemed to be unsuccessful in the assessment process for this particular selection process, you may re in twelve (12) months.

Additional Details

Salary Range

• UNI-06 (Underfill level): $74,823 to $88,028 per year*
• UNI-07 (Working level): $83,055 to $97,710 per year*

• These positions may be eligible for the Foreign Language Incentive Plan (FLIP). FLIP is an additional pay on top of, but not part of, the yearly salary and is calculated as a percentage of your salary to a maximum of 8% depending on the language and your level of your proficiency. This allowance is negotiated through the collective bargaining process.

• Salary ranges are currently under review.

Training and Development

At CSE, we are proud to offer an inclusive and supportive working environment that encourages open minds and attitudes. As an organization that values and nurtures talent, we’re committed to helping you fulfill your potential. With comprehensive training and development opportunities, tailored to your needs and the requirements of your work, we’ll enable you to flourish in your role and perform to the best of your abilities.

Appointments

Determinate and indeterminate appointments will be used to staff positions of permanent or temporary tenures within CSE. All working level appointments have a one (1) year probation period. Should you be appointed at the underfill level, note that you will be on probation until you have completed a minimum of one year at the full working level of the position.

Operational Requirements

Overtime and standby duty may be required. Some positions may require shiftwork along with weekends and/or statutory holidays.

CSE Employment

CSE is a separate organization and is not subject to the Public Service Employment Act (PSEA). We have our own values-based staffing regime and as such, have the flexibility to determine qualifications for positions and how these qualifications will be assessed in a selection process. In other words, CSE has its own classification, compensation system, and a different staffing regime. As such, we use a different staffing process and terminology.

CSE is committed to the principle of equity in employment. We are committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of Canadians and to creating an open and inclusive workplace. We encourage you to voluntarily indicate if you are part of one of the groups targeted by employment equity: women, Indigenous people, people with disabilities (including people with learning disabilities, development or any other type of disability) and members of visible minorities.

Covid-19 Update

In our ongoing efforts to keep our workplace and communities healthy, CSE continues to closely follow guidance from provincial and federal public health authorities (Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) and Public Service and Procurement Canada). While much of our work has resumed at the workplace, some of our employees continue to work from home in the National Capital Region (NCR) during these unprecedented times.

We thank all applicants for their interest in CSE. However, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.