About the Team We work at the cutting edge of access technologies to deliver national security, support to military operations, and intelligence outcomes. We value staff with a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences, and provide support and training—both formal and on-the-job—to develop mission specific skills and our staff more generally. Our team comprises of a multi-disciplinary, integrated workforce that conducts in-depth Radio Frequency (RF) signals analysis of complex foreign communications systems, which can include reverse engineering radio frequency RF signals to discover underlying technology and foundational data associated with foreign capabilities that may harm Australian interests. With the outcomes from these teams routinely informing a diverse range of customer sets both nationally and internationally. About the Role ASD 6 Radio Frequency (RF) Signal Analysts enjoy working as an expert in, or leading, small to medium-sized teams to solve intelligence problems, and are motivated to learn new skill specialisations. They operate independently under minimal direction to achieve outcomes for themselves and their team, while also providing guidance, encouragement and mentoring to less experienced staff. Our RF Signal Analyst roles vary, and can cover areas such as communications signals and/or protocol analysis, radio frequency systems operations and/or analysis, data processing, programming or scripting, business analysis, risk management and access operations management. Key duties include: Mentoring and/or managing less experienced staff to develop their skills and achieve organisational outcomes. Be accountable to allocate work, resources and tasks, set work area priorities, develop strategies and evaluate business outcomes. Apply technical knowledge and experience to identify risks and uncertainties and take these into account in planning, decision making and priority setting. Build and sustain positive relationships with team members, actively participate in team work and motivate and mentor developing technicians. Tailor communication style and language to communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders. Work independently with the opportunity for reasonable autonomy and accountability for the achievement of outcomes of their work. Exercise both initiative and judgement in the interpretation of policy and in the application of practices and procedures. Provide detailed signals intelligence, technical, professional and policy advice in relation to complex work and contribute to strategic planning, program and project management and policy development. Accountable to produce signals intelligence whilst complying with legislative, policy and security frameworks. Manage and maintain accurate files and records within information repositories in relation to business decisions and intelligence functions. Utilise a variety of hardware and software systems, databases, and analysis tools in order to produce signals intelligence. Be innovative for development of business process for signals intelligence production. Work collaboratively with internal ASD teams as well as across the intelligence community, to meet their requirements, manage expectations, and provide general signals intelligence advice. Prioritise collected data and information to develop further collection, processing, and analysis to support future mission outcomes. Be accountable to build productive working relationships across ASD and the wider National Intelligence Community in order to deliver on business and intelligence outcomes. The key duties of the position include: Our ideal candidate will be intrinsically curious, imaginative, and not deterred by difficult challenges as they will need to overcome and defeat some of the most testing, ground breaking and formidable technologies and capabilities on the planet. Additionally, you will have an innate desire to challenge yourself as you persevere to investigate how highly technical communication and RF systems work with limited available information. We are looking for RF Signal Analysts to work across multiple missions within ASD and use their understanding of the RF spectrum, technical and analysis skills to work with others to achieve critical intelligence outcomes for Australia. These roles will require you to possess strong skills in innovation and signals analysis to undertake complex collection, analysis, and production of signals intelligence. You will need to contribute, adapt and evolve often abstract and challenging concepts or ideas into new solutions, while also considering the potential application to broader systems and processes. You will need to rely on your ability to draw links between team members’ skillsets, as you will recognise that some of the most difficult challenges, require teamwork and the precise application of all available knowledge, in order to be overcome. While demonstrated RF technical experience would assist you in completing the functions of this role, we are highly interested in any candidate who has the attitude and aptitude to engage (and persevere) with complex problems and work within a multidisciplinary team to find creative solutions to complex and challenging problems. If you have some of these skills and are looking for a new challenge that makes a significant and meaningfully positive contribution towards Australia’s National Security, we want to hear from you! Eligibility Please ensure that you meet the eligibility requirements outlined in this Information Pack prior to submitting an application. Citizenship - To be eligible for employment with ASD, applicants must be an Australian citizen. Health Assessment - The preferred applicant may be required to undergo a medical examination conducted by the Agency’s preferred medical provider. Organisational Suitability Assessment – To be eligible for employment within ASD, the preferred applicant will be required to undergo an Organisational Suitability Assessment (see Organisational Assessment section). Security Clearance - The preferred applicant will be required to successfully undergo the security clearance vetting process at a specified clearance level. The preferred applicant MUST be willing to disclose all relevant and required information. It is a condition of employment that applicants are willing and able to obtain and maintain the requisite security clearance for the duration of their employment with ASD. Notes Desirable Qualifications, Experience or Training There are no mandatory qualifications required for this position, as ASD is looking for resilient, motivated, curious analysts from a diverse range of backgrounds with a positive, self-starting ‘can do’ approach to challenging times and problem sets. Successful candidates will receive RF signals analysis development courses and on-the-job training as part of an RF signals analyst career and skills pathway that will shape the candidate towards becoming a master in their respective RF signals analysis tradecraft.
