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We will continue to develop a highly skilled, 

professional and agile workforce through 

a robust Talent Management System that 

grows employees from the entry-level to the 

senior ranks ... We will invest in developing 

those individuals through defined career 

paths. The Agency will actively steer 

employees into priority assignments when 

needed to cover mission.

We will promote officers who best meet 

our standards, represent our culture, and 

demonstrate the capability to contribute 

at the next level. This process will involve 

leadership at all levels and treat DIA’s human 

capital as the most critical resource for the 

success of the Agency.”

- DIA Strategic Approach
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Are you ready for a career in Security?

From police operations to security requirements management, 

offi cers in the Security Career Field are the fi rst line of defense 

for our Agency’s people, locations and sensitive information. 

As an offi cer in this specialty, you will take on challenging 

assignments around the world and serve the Nation by 

performing critical countermeasure, investigative and law 

enforcement services.

Employing your functional expertise, you will make impactful, 

tough decisions to keep our Agency secure. DIA needs strong 

team players who exhibit the integrity and fortitude to 

present diffi cult fi ndings to senior leadership. We focus on 

our customers, embrace trends and adapt to an ever-changing 

environment in order to protect DIA.

Think this could be you? Explore how your unique contributions 

can make a national impact as a Security offi cer in one of our 

many specialty areas.

ON THE COVER:

Bill, DIA police offi cer, and Norma Jean, K-9 offi cer, conduct vehicle inspections, ensuring the safety of DIA facilities.
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Security Specialties

Credibility Assessment

Be a part of the team that skillfully 

executes polygraph examinations in 

a wide array of domains, from new 

employment screening to specific 

issues and operations. You will also 

conduct quality assurance inspections, 

and oversee policy and procedures for 

Federal credibility assessment programs. 

Serve on our team in one of these 

positions:

• Alternate Technologies Instructor.

• Examiner.

• Inspector.

• Quality Control Manager.

• Threat Specialist.

Criminal Investigator

Credentialed as special agents, 

officers in this specialty perform 

a full range of investigations to 

thwart insider threats, review 

criminal matters and provide 

support to physical security and 

force protection across the DIA 

global enterprise. Serve on our 

team in one of these positions:

• Criminal Investigator. 

• Special Agent.

ABOVE: A credibility assessment special agent 

conducts a periodic counterintelligence-scope 

screening examination on a DIA employee.

LEFT: Criminal investigator special agents conduct welfare 

checks to ensure the well-being of our global workforce.
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Global Security

This is one of the most physically and mentally demanding careers at DIA. 

Officers in this specialty provide force protection services and crisis 

assessments in high-threat environments to enable our worldwide collection 

mission. Employing your technical expertise, sound judgment and tradecraft 

knowledge, you will plan and execute special operations in defense of the 

Nation. Serve on our team in one of these positions: 

• Combat Medic.

• Mission Support Chief.

• Training Lead.

• Survey Operations Specialist. 

Insider Threat 

Join this emergent career specialty and leverage your unique professional 

expertise to deter, detect and mitigate risks posed by trusted insiders. As a 

counter-insider threat officer, you will be entrusted with the broadest access 

to highly sensitive data across our global enterprise and utilize cutting-edge 

technology to manage security vulnerabilities from identification to resolution. 

Serve on our team as an officer specializing in one of these functional areas:

• Case Management.

• Detection.

• Technical Analysis.

BELOW: Security officers enable effective international partnerships through continual collaboration on security 

processes and procedures.
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Police

DIA depends on officers in this 

specialty to perform law enforcement 

and force protection activities as our 

Agency’s foremost line of safety. 

As a member of the uniformed 

police force, you will engage in 

various protective functions, such as 

hazardous materials response activities, 

antiterrorism assessments, and special 

response team operations. Serve on 

our team as a police officer specializing 

in one of these functional areas: 

• Canine Services.

• Law Enforcement Training. 

• Operations.

• Physical Security.

• Special Response. 

• Threat Management.

ABOVE: A DIA police officer receives special recognition 

for performance above and beyond his normal duties.

LEFT: A DIA Police officer and his partner conduct a 

search of a controlled area.

Security Specialist 

As an officer in this specialty, you 

will be responsible for the full 

spectrum of security activities 

affecting not only DIA but the 

entire Department of Defense. 

From developing policies for 

sensitive compartmented 

information facilities and 

adjudicating access eligibility to 

supporting the Defense Attaché 

Service in more than 140 countries 

worldwide, you will enable DIA 

mission success. Serve on our team 

in one of these positions:

• Program Security Officer.

• Security Manager.

• Technical Security Officer.
Do What Matters

DIA’s Unique Role

DIA is committed to excellence in 

defense of the Nation. Leaders at all 

levels of the military and U.S. Government 

rely on DIA for cutting-edge analysis, 

targeted collection and advanced 

technological expertise to support global 

military operations. We provide defense 

intelligence on foreign militaries and 

operating environments that delivers 

decision advantage to prevent and 

decisively win wars. Excellence begins 

with the support that each member of 

DIA and the greater Defense Intelligence 

Enterprise receives every day to complete 

the mission. With a global workforce of 

over 16,500 employees, DIA requires a 

robust, agile and skilled mission support 

team to provide administrative, physical 

and technical support while operating in 

complex threat environments.

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For more information on a career at DIA, visit our website:

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DIA&YOU

Your Career. Our Commitment.

DIA Career Fields

and Specialties

Analysis

• All-Source Analysis

• Scientific & Technical Intelligence

Counterintelligence

• Counterintelligence Agent

• Cover Support

Finance & Acquisition

• Acquisition Program 

Management

• Budget

• Contracting &

Procurement Analysis

• Finance & Accounting

• Requirements Manager & 

Contracting Officer Representative

Human Intelligence

• Clandestine Collection

• Operations Support

• Overt Collection

Human Services

• Behavioral Sciences

• Equal Employment

• Human Resources

• Training & Education

Information Technology

• Cyber Security

• IT Data Specialist

• IT Engineer

• IT Mission Support

• IT Specialist

Mission Management

• Collection Management

• Intelligence Operations 

Management

• International Affairs

• Joint Capability Development

& Intelligence Support to 

Acquisition

• Joint Intelligence Planning

• Joint Target Intelligence

• Policy & Strategy

Office Management

& Infrastructure

• Communications, 

Operations & Media

• Facilities

• Logistics

• Program Analysis & Management

• Staff Operations

Science and Technology

• Open-Source Intelligence

• Research & Development

• Technical Collection

• Technical Exploitation

• Technical Operations

Security

• Credibility Assessment

• Criminal Investigator

• Global Security

• Insider Threat

• Police

• Security Specialist

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