CSP Threat Intelligence Analyst

Department Information

The State of Colorado strives to create a Colorado for All by building and maintaining workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness.

The State is resolute in non-discriminatory practices in everything we do, including hiring, employment, and advancement opportunities.

At CDPS we nurture a centric culture driven by our commitment of creating a safer Colorado, an inclusive workplace where everyone can be their own authentic self. We model a culture of collaboration, support and growth to our employees. Our culture has public service focus, and we strive to provide innovative solutions and services to our fellow Coloradans!

Careers with a purpose:

If you are passionate about public safety service, and are eager to dedicate your career to serving Coloradans, this is the organization you want to join!

We are committed to providing public safety services to our fellow Coloradans in their times of greater needs such as: safety on our roads, preparing and mitigating environmental disasters, disaster recovery, combating crime, school safety, and victim recovery.

You’ll have the opportunity to challenge yourself and acquire new capabilities to build a rewarding and fulfilling career while making a difference in our community!

When you join CDPS, you are joining a team of exceptional individuals and together you will be inspired, motivated and supported to become the best you can be.

Classification and Salary:
ANALYST III
Anticipated Hiring Range: $59,460 - $79,960.44 annually
Full Salary Range: $59,460 - $95,124 annually

Unmatched Benefits:

We highly value work life balance and offer excellent work-life programs, training and enriching professional development opportunities and a wide range of benefits.

• Medical and dental options are available for permanent employees and their dependents. We also offer short and long-term disability coverage, and life insurance that includes legal resources and discounts.
• State contribution into Health Savings Account when enrolled in HDHP.
• Job protected medical leave under the Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and the State of Colorado Family and Medical Leave Insurance Program (FAMLI).
• Paid medical leave benefits provided by the State of Colorado.
• Eligibility for hybrid or other flexible work arrangements based on the nature of the role.
• We offer unmatched retirement benefits including mandatory PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan, plus optional 401K and 457 plans. For information on mandatory employee salary deferral (in lieu of contribution to Social Security), visit Colorado PERA for details.
• CDPS provides generous time off including 11 paid holidays annually and accrued annual and sick leave and four annual wellness days.
• The Employee Assistance Program (C-SEAP) is available in every region of the state. It is our effort to support the well-being of employees and the workplace. EAPs provide short-term counseling, referrals and resources, as well as training and organizational development services.
• Additional benefits offered include tuition reimbursement and reduced college tuition at CSU Global and DeVry University.
• Credit Union of Colorado membership eligibility.

To learn more about State of Colorado benefits, please visit State of Colorado benefits.

Description of Job

About the Work Unit
The Colorado State Patrol is a statewide law enforcement agency within the Colorado Department of Public Safety. The Colorado State Patrol provides professional and modern law enforcement services for all persons to protect life, peace, and property throughout Colorado. The Executive Security Branch provides comprehensive 24/7 security and law enforcement services for the State Capitol Complex and designated state facilities, ensuring the safety of state employees and the public. The Branch provides close protection services for the Governor, the First Family, the Lieutenant Governor, statewide constitutional officers, members of the General Assembly, and visiting dignitaries. Additionally, it operates a specialized threat assessment and protective intelligence unit. Three units comprise the Executive Security Branch (ESB): the Capitol Security Unit, Facility Security Unit, and the Protective Services Unit. This position would reside within the Protective Service Unit within ESB.Section Description: The Protective Services Unit component includes close protection details, bomb detection canines, an FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) Task Force Officer (TFO) and the Capitol Threat Assessment and Protection team. The Capitol Threat Assessment and Protection team supports CSP and CDPS leadership as well as other partners with overall situational awareness, real time information collection, dissemination and analysis, threat intake and assessment, intelligence products, criminal investigation, and security assessment and protective support.

Operating within the Executive Security Branch pursuant to statutory guidelines, the Capitol Threat Assessment and Protection (CTAP) team collects, analyzes, and disseminates threat intelligence and all-hazard information. CTAP directly provides information-sharing, intelligence and investigative support for the physical protection of the State Capitol Complex, elected state officials (including the Governor, Lieutenant Governor), and constitutional officers against criminal activity, targeted violence, and terrorism-related threats affecting Colorado. The team collaborates with private sector, local, tribal and federal partners to support, prevent, and protect Colorado and its citizens. The Capitol Threat Assessment and Protection team is also responsible for infrastructure protection to promote greater resiliency of government, non-government, and private-sector facilities, systems, assets, and employees through an array of prevention, protection, mitigation, response and recovery strategies designed to deter, delay, detect and defend against human threats and technological hazards, while reducing the impact of natural hazards. The program also provides a range of technical assistance to enhance security posture and preparedness. Through the development and maintaining of public-private partnerships and ongoing support of state government agencies, the program aims to expand information sharing opportunities, enhance data collection and threat reporting to produce actionable intelligence, provide training and awareness, and adopt a layered, defense-in-depth strategy to assure the resiliency of Colorado communities and Colorado state government infrastructure.

Work Environment

• Typical work hours: Monday-Friday, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm.
• Primary work will be in an office. Majority in-person position.

About the Job
This position serves as an Intelligence Analyst in the Colorado State Patrol Executive Security Branch. The position accesses and analyzes information gathered from databases and shared by local, state, tribal, federal and private sector partners to develop finished intelligence reports that are provided to federal, state, and local public safety entities. The position creates intelligence products that address a broad spectrum of issues in a clear, concise and logical manner. Additionally, the position implements intelligence-led policing principles to deliver actionable operational intelligence support for threat assessments, dignitary protection operations, Capitol Complex public safety efforts, and criminal investigations. This analyst position is to establish good working relationships with partners to support this information sharing and analysis process. Thus, the position is expected to attend and participate in relevant meetings to provide technical assistance, situation awareness/information sharing and foster partnerships. This may include giving intelligence briefings, training, and presentations. The position will also make recommendations regarding the dissemination of intelligence information. In executing these duties, the analyst is expected to exercise sound, professional, and appropriate decision-making while maintaining clear, effective communication across all operational units and partner agencies. This analyst position is to comply with State and Federal laws, regulations, executive orders and directives promulgated by the State of Colorado to achieve the goals and objectives of the Executive Security Branch. Intelligence Collection Management is an important component that incorporates responsibility for developing intelligence collection requirements and identifying intelligence gaps to support a more proactive, intelligence-driven program.

Key Responsibilities

Intelligence Analysis
Gathers and analyzes threat data to support Behavioral Threat Assessment and Management (BTAM), dignitary protection operations, criminal investigations, and Capitol Complex security operations. Implements intelligence-led policing principles to produce tactical, strategic, administrative, and operational intelligence products, threat briefings, and risk assessments for internal and external stakeholders based on guidance from supervision. Assignments pertain to Critical Infrastructure and Key Resources (CIKR), multidisciplinary threat assessments, behavioral case management, standardized risk methodologies, advance travel intelligence, venue threat profiling, and long-term threat management strategies. Administers and maintains unit threat intake portals, specialized OSINT tools, and threat assessment databases. Provides direct analytical, digital, and evidentiary support for criminal investigations and prosecutorial filings stemming from criminal acts against protected officials or state property, which may include link analysis, communications mapping, timeline construction, warrant affidavit support, and trial testimony. Tasks require querying authorized databases in strict compliance with applicable federal and state regulations, including CJIS, 28 CFR Part 23, Colorado State/CDPS/CSP policy, privacy guidelines, First Amendment safeguards, and industry best practices. Provides immediate operational assessments during unfolding incidents and delivers protective intelligence dedicated to safeguarding the Governor, the First Family, the Lieutenant Governor, statewide constitutional officers, members of the General Assembly, visiting dignitaries, and stakeholders at the Capitol Complex.

Outreach
Attends and participates in meetings, training, exercises and discussions related to unfolding events, performing within the scope of the analyst’s role or approved designated function for the activity. Participates in meetings and ongoing coordination with Colorado State Patrol partners for the purpose of collaborative products, intelligence support, and information exchange related to the center’s priorities and tasks. The priorities and tasks will include critical infrastructure key resources (CIKR) protection, threat assessments or reviews, and support to a partner agency for criminal or intelligence analysis.

Other Duties as Assigned, Special Projects, and After-Hours On-Call
Perform the tasks of the Colorado State Patrol Intelligence Analyst when assigned the function. This function includes the ability to handle developing critical incidents, receiving tips and leads related to credible/specific threats and/or terrorism by phone, email, or website submission, and providing information to partner agencies efficiently and without delay. Actively participate in operation command posts and in support of operations as directed by supervision.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Note, to be considered for this position, you must meet the following option for consideration.

Education and Experience, Knowledge, Skills

Six (6) years of full-time professional experience conducting intelligence, threat, criminal, security, investigative, or public safety analysis, including collecting, researching, evaluating, and analyzing information from multiple sources to identify threats, trends, patterns, or risks and developing written analytical products or reports to support public safety, security, or operational decision making.

OR

A combination of related education and/or professional experience conducting intelligence, threat, criminal, security, investigative, or public safety analysis, including collecting, researching, evaluating, and analyzing information from multiple sources to identify threats, trends, patterns, or risks and developing written analytical products or reports to support public safety, security, or operational decision making equal to six (6) years. *If education is substituted for work experience, an unofficial transcript of the relevant education must be provided with your application.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in research methodology and data analysis within a law enforcement capacity.
• Fluency in relational databases and data processing applications.
• Experience with records management systems, case management systems, and analytical reporting software.
• Experience producing intelligence products and a strong understanding of intelligence reporting standards.
• Protective or threat intelligence analysis experience.
• Experience collaborating with local, state, tribal, federal , and/or private-sector partners.
• Previous professional work experience in a multi-jurisdictional law enforcement environment.

Required Competencies

• Intelligence Analysis - Ability to collect, evaluate, synthesize, and analyze information from multiple sources to identify threats, trends, patterns, and relationships.
• Critical Thinking and Judgment - Ability to assess complex, incomplete, or conflicting information: determine relevance and significance; and make sound analytical judgments.
• Threat Assessment - Ability to recognize and assess potential threats, risks, and vulnerabilities and identify information requiring further investigations or action.
• Research and Information Evaluation - Ability to conduct comprehensive research and evaluate the credibility, reliability, relevance, and timeliness of information from various sources.
• Analytical Writing - Ability to translate complex information and analytical findings into clear, concise, accurate, and actionable intelligence reports.
• Communication and Briefing - Ability to effectively communicate intelligence findings verbally and in writing to executive leadership, law enforcement, public safety personnel, and partner agencies.
• Attention to detail - Ability to identify discrepancies, connections, patterns, and significant details within large or complex sets of information.
• Time Management and Prioritization - Ability to manage multiple analytical assignments, prioritize emerging threats, and produce accurate work within established or urgent deadlines.
• Technology and database proficiency - Ability to effectively use intelligence databases, research tools, analytical software, and other technology to collect, analyze, and communicate information.

Conditions of Employment

• Must be a Colorado resident at the time of application.
• Requires successful completion of a background investigation that includes a polygraph exam, a fingerprint based criminal history search and drug testing.
• Requires on-call status. Urgent and evolving criminal incidents may require the position to report to work at any time.

Appeal Rights
If you receive notice that you have been eliminated from consideration for the position, you may protest the action by filing an appeal with the State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director within 10 days from the date you receive notice of the elimination. Also, if you wish to challenge the selection and comparative analysis process, you may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director within 10 days from the receipt of notice or knowledge of the action you are challenging. Refer to Chapters 4 and 8 of the State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, 4 CCR 801, for more information about the appeals process. The State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures are available at . A standard appeal form is available at: . If you appeal, your appeal must be submitted in writing on the official appeal form, signed by you or your representative, and received at the following address within 10 days of your receipt of notice or knowledge of the action: Colorado State Personnel Board/State Personnel Director, Attn: Appeals Processing, 1525 Sherman Street, 4th Floor, Denver, CO 80203. Fax: 303-866-5038. Phone: 303-866-3300. The ten-day deadline and these appeal procedures also apply to all charges of discrimination.

Supplemental Information

The State of Colorado strives to create a Colorado for All by building and maintaining workplaces that value and respect all Coloradans through a commitment to equal opportunity and hiring based on merit and fitness.

The State is resolute in non-discriminatory practices in everything we do, including hiring, employment, and advancement opportunities.

Colorado Department of Public Safety is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our Human Resources department at [email protected].

• Applications are considered complete and accurate at the time of submission. Therefore, additional information may not be solicited or accepted after your application has been received.
• Closing Date: All applications that are received by the closing of this announcement will be reviewed against the Minimum Qualifications in this announcement. Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications may proceed to the next step. Colorado Revised Statutes require that state employees are hired and promoted based on merit and fitness through a comparative analysis process.
• Supplemental Question: Effective responses to Supplemental Questions will directly relate to your professional experience, career accomplishments, and views about organizational values and approaches, and how they relate specifically to this position and requirements as you understand them. Answers generated by AI-tools will typically be unresponsive.
• Transcripts: An unofficial copy of transcripts must be submitted at the time of application should education be used as qualification. Transcripts from colleges or universities outside the United States must be assessed for U.S. equivalency by a NACES educational credential evaluation service. This documentation is the responsibility of the applicant and must be included as part of your application materials. Failure to provide a transcript or credential evaluation report may prevent your application from moving forward in the selection process.
• Military Veterans: If you are a military veteran you must submit a copy of your DD-214, Member 4 Copy, and VA disability letter if available/applicable at the time of application so we can determine if you are eligible for veteran's preference points. Military personnel who are stationed outside of Colorado may be eligible for this position by submitting the completed DD-2058 "State of Legal Residence" form.
• Application Tips: For an overview of State of Colorado application process and application tips, please view this video.
• Resumes, Cover Letters, or other documents submitted: will not be reviewed, assessed, or used in the initial stages of the comparative analysis (transcripts submitted to verify that the applicant meets either the education requirement or minimum qualification substitution are exempt from this).
• Notifications All correspondence regarding your status in the selection/examination process will be sent via email to the email address listed on your application. Include your current working email address on your application and check the email provided on your application frequently as you could receive time sensitive correspondence regarding this position. We highly recommend that you set up your email to accept messages from "state.co.us" and "[email protected]" addresses. It is your responsibility to ensure that your email will accept these notices and/or review your junk mail and spam filtered email.
• Comparative Analysis Steps may include
  • Written assessment and/or presentation
  • Structured application review by a panel of SMEs