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Individuals who come to the DI are experts in a range of fields and can expect to apply their knowledge, expertise, and research skills to develop focused intelligence assessments from many sources of information. DI officers include a range of professionals, scientists, and experts from a variety of disciplines—you may have the very skills we need! The following list of analytic, student, and professional specialties will introduce the various tasks and responsibilities involved in the directorate. Each brings something unique to the DI’s work.

Analytic Positions
Analytic Methodologists develop and apply new or established approaches to analysis – such as statistical, operations research, polling, econometric, mathematical, or geospatial modeling methodologies – to add rigor and precision to the DI’s overall intelligence analysis and collection.

Collection Analysts apply their expertise on intelligence collection systems, using collection capabilities, processes, and policies to drive the flow of intelligence information and provide colleagues the data needed to understand and analyze issues.

Counterintelligence Threat Analysts collect, study, and interpret a range of reports to identify and prevent foreign intelligence operations that threaten the US Government or Intelligence Community.

Counterterrorism Analysts help warn of terrorist threats by assessing the leadership, motivations, plans, and intentions of foreign terrorist groups and their state and nonstate sponsors.

Crime and Counternarcotics Analysts follow international narcotics trafficking and organized crime groups to detect emerging trends and patterns that will affect US national security.

Economic Analysts use their specialized skills to analyze and interpret economic trends and developments, assess and track foreign financial activities, and develop new econometric and modeling methodologies.

Leadership Analysts collect and analyze information on foreign leaders and organizations to offer US policymakers insights on their foreign counterparts.

Medical Analysts are physicians who analyze and assess global health issues, such as disease outbreaks, and who follow the health of foreign leaders.

Military Analysts help US policymakers stay on top of threats by following foreign military and technical developments that affect another country’s ability to wage war or to threaten regional or international stability.

Political Analysts look at political, social, cultural, and historical information to interpret intelligence about foreign political systems and developments.

Psychological and Psychiatric Analysts tap their expertise in psychology, psychiatry, or sociology to study the health of foreign officials and to assess the psychological and social factors that influence world events.

Science, Technology, and Weapons Analysts use their unique technical and scientific knowledge to identify and analyze weapons proliferation and proliferators; conventional weapons systems; chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons; information warfare; computer systems; and energy security.

Student Positions
The DI has openings for exceptional students through a range of special programs, both at the undergraduate and graduate level. These include the Undergraduate Scholarship, Co-op and Internship Programs, and a Graduate Fellow Program for first- or second-year graduate students.

Through the Pat Roberts Intelligence Scholars Program, highly qualified graduate and undergraduate students in certain specialized fields may compete for a one-year scholarship for the 2005/06 scholastic year. Please click here for eligibility requirements and further details on the Roberts program, including application instructions.

Professional Positions
Cartographers apply their expertise on specific regional or world accounts to create complex thematic and reference maps and other products for intelligence publications and presentations.

Graphic Designers develop products that integrate graphic, map, photographic, and text components of complex publications, presentations, briefing books, and Web sites.

Multimedia Designers draw on their storyboard, scripting, animation, and editing skills to produce dynamic maps and graphics, 3-D animation, and CD-ROM production.

Video Producers create intelligence videos, both as standalone products and as supplements for analytic briefings, using studio and remote videotaping, close captioning, and DVD technology.