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Occupation AtlasIntelligence Analysts

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Intelligence Analysts

Gather, analyze, or evaluate information from a variety of sources, such as law enforcement databases, surveillance, intelligence networks or geographic information systems. Use intelligence data to anticipate and prevent organized crime activities, such as terrorism.

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Job Zone 4 — Considerable Preparation NeededHolland code ICE35 skills on file

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Job Zone

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Zone 4: Considerable Preparation Needed

Considerable preparation. Usually a bachelor's degree plus several years of work-related experience, knowledge, or training.

Job Zone is O*NET's rating of how much education, experience and training an occupation typically needs — a property of the work, not of anyone doing it.

Occupational interest profile

ICEInvestigative · Conventional · Enterprising — the three strongest interests, in order

  • I Investigative5.77
  • C Conventional5.37
  • E Enterprising3.84
  • R Realistic2.33
  • A Artistic2.11
  • S Social1.91

RIASEC (Holland) interests on O*NET's 0–7 scale: what the work draws on, not what any individual prefers. Hover a row for what each dimension means.

Education and experience

The education level respondents say the job requires, and the most common answer for experience and training.

  • Some College Courses4%
  • Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree9%
  • Bachelor's Degree65%
  • Post-Baccalaureate Certificate9%
  • Master's Degree13%
Related work experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years (30%)
On-site or in-plant training
Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (30%)
On-the-job training
Over 6 months, up to and including 1 year (35%)

Typically associated skills

All 35 O*NET skills, most important first. Importance (1–5) says how much a skill matters here; level (0–7) says how much of it the work calls for, with O*NET's example of a nearby level. Neither is a proficiency rating of a person.

  • Reading Comprehensionbasic4.34.9Level 4 looks like: Understand an email from management describing new personnel policies
  • Active Listeningbasic4.14.1Level 4 looks like: Answer inquiries regarding credit references
  • Critical Thinkingbasic4.04.4Level 4 looks like: Evaluate customer complaints and determine appropriate responses
  • Speakingbasic4.04.1Level 4 looks like: Interview applicants to obtain personal and work history
  • Writingbasic4.04.0Level 4 looks like: Write an email to staff outlining new directives
  • Active Learningbasic3.64.0Level 4 looks like: Determine the impact of new menu changes on a restaurant's purchasing requirements
  • Complex Problem Solving3.63.6Level 4 looks like: Redesign a floor layout to take advantage of new manufacturing techniques
  • Monitoringbasic3.33.4Level 4 looks like: Monitor a meeting and revise the agenda to ensure important topics are discussed
  • Judgment and Decision Making3.13.8Level 4 looks like: Evaluate a loan application for degree of risk
  • Coordination3.13.5Level 4 looks like: Work with others to put a new roof on a house
  • Instructing3.03.1Level 4 looks like: Instruct a coworker in how to operate a software program
  • Persuasion3.03.1Level 4 looks like: Convince a supervisor to purchase new office equipment
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Tasks

15 core · 6 supplemental

What people in this occupation do, as O*NET records it, core tasks first by importance (1–5).

  1. Evaluate records of communications, such as telephone calls, to plot activity and determine the size and location of criminal groups and members.4.5
  2. Gather, analyze, correlate, or evaluate information from a variety of resources, such as law enforcement databases.4.5
  3. Validate known intelligence with data from other sources.4.5
  4. Gather intelligence information by field observation, confidential information sources, or public records.4.4
  5. Analyze intelligence data to identify patterns and trends in criminal activity.4.4
  6. Prepare comprehensive written reports, presentations, maps, or charts, based on research, collection, and analysis of intelligence data.4.3
  7. Collaborate with representatives from other government and intelligence organizations to share information or coordinate intelligence activities.4.3
  8. Link or chart suspects to criminal organizations or events to determine activities and interrelationships.4.2
  9. Design, use, or maintain databases and software applications, such as geographic information systems (GIS) mapping and artificial intelligence tools.4.1
  10. Establish criminal profiles to aid in connecting criminal organizations with their members.4.1
  11. Identify gaps in information.4.1
  12. Predict future gang, organized crime, or terrorist activity, using analyses of intelligence data.4.0
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  1. Study activities relating to narcotics, money laundering, gangs, auto theft rings, terrorism, or other national security threats.3.8
  2. Study the assets of criminal suspects to determine the flow of money from or to targeted groups.3.7
  3. Conduct presentations of analytic findings.3.6
  4. Develop defense plans or tactics, using intelligence and other information.3.6
  5. Interview, interrogate, or interact with witnesses or crime suspects to collect human intelligence.3.4
  6. Prepare plans to intercept foreign communications transmissions.3.1
  7. Gather and evaluate information, using tools such as aerial photographs, radar equipment, or sensitive radio equipment.3.0
  8. Study communication code languages or foreign languages to translate intelligence.3.0
  9. Operate cameras, radios, or other surveillance equipment to intercept communications or document activities.2.9

Knowledge

Bodies of knowledge the work draws on.

  • English Language4.34.6Level 4 looks like: Edit an article for a news website
  • Law and Government4.14.3Level 4 looks like: Prepare documents and title papers for the purchase of a new house
  • Public Safety and Security3.84.0Level 4 looks like: Inspect a building site for safety violations
  • Administrative3.54.7Level 4 looks like: Type 30 words per minute
  • Computers and Electronics3.54.6Level 4 looks like: Use a computer to format a document
  • Communications and Media3.33.4Level 4 looks like: Host a music radio show
  • Customer and Personal Service3.24.3Level 4 looks like: Be responsible for 10 children at daycare
  • Telecommunications3.13.2Level 4 looks like: Install a wireless internet router
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  • Education and Training2.73.8Level 4 looks like: Lead a quality improvement seminar
  • Geography2.73.4Level 4 looks like: Find a specific country on a world map
  • Mathematics2.73.2Level 4 looks like: Analyze data to determine areas with the highest sales
  • Psychology2.62.9
  • Sociology and Anthropology2.63.1Level 4 looks like: Write an article about cultural differences
  • Administration and Management2.52.9
  • Foreign Language2.22.0Level 1 looks like: Say "please" and "thank you" in a foreign language
  • Philosophy and Theology2.22.5Level 1 looks like: Watch a TV show on family values
  • Economics and Accounting2.12.0Level 1 looks like: Answer billing questions from credit card customers
  • History and Archeology2.12.1Level 1 looks like: Take a class in US history
  • Personnel and Human Resources2.12.4Level 1 looks like: Fill out a medical claim form
  • Production and Processing2.12.1Level 1 looks like: Put a computer back into its packing materials
  • Transportation2.12.3Level 1 looks like: Ride a train to work
  • Engineering and Technology2.02.0Level 1 looks like: Install a door lock
  • Design1.81.7Level 1 looks like: Draw a straight line 4 3/16 inches long
  • Therapy and Counseling1.61.1Level 1 looks like: Put ice on a sprained ankle
  • Chemistry1.51.2Level 1 looks like: Use a common household bug spray
  • Physics1.51.0Level 1 looks like: Use a crowbar to pry open a box
  • Sales and Marketing1.51.0Level 1 looks like: Sell cakes at a bake sale
  • Fine Arts1.4—
  • Mechanical1.40.8Level 1 looks like: Replace the filters in a furnace
  • Medicine and Dentistry1.41.0Level 1 looks like: Use a band-aid
  • Biology1.31.0Level 1 looks like: Feed domestic animals
  • Building and Construction1.2—
  • Food Production1.2—

Abilities

Enduring capacities the work calls for.

  • Inductive Reasoning4.34.8Level 4 looks like: Determine the prime suspect based on crime scene evidence
  • Oral Comprehension4.14.8Level 4 looks like: Understand a coach's oral instructions for a sport
  • Problem Sensitivity4.14.1Level 4 looks like: Notice from a subtle difference in a client's mood that something is bothering them
  • Written Comprehension4.14.8Level 4 looks like: Understand an apartment lease
  • Deductive Reasoning4.04.6Level 5 looks like: Decide what factors to consider in selecting stocks
  • Information Ordering4.04.0Level 2 looks like: Follow the correct steps to make change
  • Oral Expression4.04.5Level 4 looks like: Give instructions to a lost motorist
  • Speech Clarity4.04.0Level 4 looks like: Make stadium-wide announcements during a sporting event
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  • Speech Recognition4.04.1Level 4 looks like: Identify a former customer's voice over the phone
  • Written Expression4.04.6Level 4 looks like: Write a job recommendation for a subordinate
  • Flexibility of Closure3.94.0Level 4 looks like: Look for a golf ball in tall grass
  • Near Vision3.93.9
  • Category Flexibility3.53.8Level 3 looks like: Classify flowers according to size, color, and smell
  • Fluency of Ideas3.34.0Level 4 looks like: Think of as many ideas as possible for the name of a new company
  • Originality3.13.5Level 4 looks like: Redesign job tasks to be interesting for employees
  • Far Vision3.03.0Level 2 looks like: Read a roadside billboard
  • Perceptual Speed3.03.1Level 4 looks like: Read five pressure indicators in 10 seconds to make sure each is within safe limits
  • Selective Attention3.03.0Level 2 looks like: Answer a business call with coworkers talking nearby
  • Speed of Closure3.03.6Level 4 looks like: Make sense of messy handwriting
  • Mathematical Reasoning2.92.9
  • Visualization2.82.8Level 2 looks like: Imagine how to place paper in a printer so that the letterhead comes out on top
  • Memorization2.62.8
  • Number Facility2.62.8Level 3 looks like: Calculate a discounted price
  • Time Sharing2.42.4Level 2 looks like: Listen to music while entering numbers into a spreadsheet
  • Auditory Attention2.12.0Level 2 looks like: Listen to a lecture while people nearby are talking
  • Visual Color Discrimination2.12.1Level 1 looks like: Separate laundry into colors and whites
  • Hearing Sensitivity2.02.0Level 2 looks like: Notice a doorbell ringing
  • Trunk Strength1.91.3Level 2 looks like: Sit up in an office chair
  • Arm-Hand Steadiness1.80.8
  • Finger Dexterity1.60.8
  • Manual Dexterity1.60.6Level 1 looks like: Screw a light bulb into a light socket
  • Wrist-Finger Speed1.60.6
  • Control Precision1.50.6
  • Dynamic Strength1.40.4
  • Depth Perception1.3—
  • Multilimb Coordination1.1—
  • Dynamic Flexibility1.0—
  • Explosive Strength1.0—
  • Extent Flexibility1.0—
  • Glare Sensitivity1.0—
  • Gross Body Coordination1.0—
  • Gross Body Equilibrium1.0—
  • Night Vision1.0—
  • Peripheral Vision1.0—
  • Rate Control1.0—
  • Reaction Time1.0—
  • Response Orientation1.0—
  • Sound Localization1.0—
  • Spatial Orientation1.0—
  • Speed of Limb Movement1.0—
  • Stamina1.0—
  • Static Strength1.0—

Work activities

Kinds of activity the work is made of.

  • Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates4.75.5Level 4 looks like: Report the results of a sales meeting to a supervisor
  • Getting Information4.65.2Level 4 looks like: Review a budget
  • Working with Computers4.63.9Level 4 looks like: Write software for keeping track of parts in inventory
  • Analyzing Data or Information4.55.7
  • Processing Information4.55.7
  • Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships4.25.4Level 4 looks like: Maintain good working relationships with almost all coworkers and clients
  • Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge4.25.7
  • Communicating with People Outside the Organization4.15.1Level 4 looks like: Present information to potential clients about available services
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  • Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events4.14.8Level 4 looks like: Judge the suitability of food products for an event
  • Thinking Creatively4.14.9Level 4 looks like: Adapt popular music for a high school marching band
  • Documenting/Recording Information4.04.5Level 4 looks like: Document the results of a crime scene investigation
  • Making Decisions and Solving Problems4.04.5Level 4 looks like: Select the location for a major retail store
  • Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others3.94.0Level 4 looks like: Interpret how foreign tax laws apply to U.S. exports
  • Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work3.95.1Level 4 looks like: Plan and adjust a personal to-do list according to changing demands
  • Monitoring Processes, Materials, or Surroundings3.54.5Level 4 looks like: Test electrical circuits
  • Performing Administrative Activities3.53.7Level 4 looks like: Complete tax forms for a small business
  • Coaching and Developing Others3.44.2Level 4 looks like: Provide on-the-job training for administrative workers
  • Developing and Building Teams3.43.5Level 4 looks like: Lead an assembly team in an automobile plant
  • Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards3.44.1Level 4 looks like: Evaluate a complicated insurance claim for compliance with policy terms
  • Providing Consultation and Advice to Others3.44.0Level 4 looks like: Recommend a new software package to increase operational efficiency
  • Training and Teaching Others3.23.5Level 4 looks like: Teach a social sciences course to high school students
  • Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others3.03.3Level 4 looks like: Organize the cleanup crew after a major sporting event
  • Developing Objectives and Strategies3.03.8Level 4 looks like: Develop the plan to complete the merger of two organizations over a 3-year period
  • Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others2.93.4Level 4 looks like: Get two subordinates to agree about vacation schedules
  • Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People2.83.3Level 4 looks like: Determine the value of property lost in a fire
  • Guiding, Directing, and Motivating Subordinates2.73.1Level 4 looks like: Manage a small team of employees in a dynamic workplace
  • Scheduling Work and Activities2.73.3Level 4 looks like: Prepare the work schedule for salesclerks in a large retail store
  • Selling or Influencing Others2.62.3Level 1 looks like: Convince a coworker to assist with an assignment
  • Assisting and Caring for Others2.52.5Level 1 looks like: Help a coworker complete an assignment
  • Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information2.52.4Level 1 looks like: Estimate the size of household furniture to be shipped
  • Staffing Organizational Units2.22.2Level 1 looks like: Work in a position that has minimal staffing requirements
  • Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Materials1.81.6Level 1 looks like: Check that doors to building are locked
  • Performing for or Working Directly with the Public1.81.5Level 1 looks like: Check tickets at a concert
  • Drafting, Laying Out, and Specifying Technical Devices, Parts, and Equipment1.61.1Level 1 looks like: Specify the lighting for a work area
  • Handling and Moving Objects1.61.7Level 1 looks like: Change settings on copy machines
  • Monitoring and Controlling Resources1.61.2Level 1 looks like: Work as a server responsible for keeping track of utensils
  • Performing General Physical Activities1.61.2Level 1 looks like: Walk between workstations in a small office
  • Controlling Machines and Processes1.40.9Level 1 looks like: Operate a cash register
  • Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment1.40.8Level 1 looks like: Drive a car
  • Repairing and Maintaining Electronic Equipment1.40.8Level 1 looks like: Use display settings to adjust a television picture
  • Repairing and Maintaining Mechanical Equipment1.2—

Work context

The conditions most characteristic of the work, on O*NET's 1–5 context scale.

  • E-Mail5.0
  • Indoors, Environmentally Controlled4.9
  • Telephone Conversations4.8
  • Spend Time Sitting4.6
  • Work With or Contribute to a Work Group or Team4.6
  • Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams4.5
  • Contact With Others4.4
  • Importance of Being Exact or Accurate4.4
  • Determine Tasks, Priorities and Goals4.3
  • Freedom to Make Decisions4.3

Technology

82 tools

Software used in this work. In demand: among the tools job postings for this occupation name most. Hot: often named in job postings across the economy.

In demand (3)

  • Microsoft Excelhot
  • Microsoft Office softwarehot
  • Microsoft PowerPointhot

Hot (32; 3 more marked hot above)

  • Amazon Web Services AWS software
  • Apache Hadoop
  • Apache Hive
  • Apache Kafka
  • Apache Spark
  • C++
  • Django
  • ESRI ArcGIS software
  • Facebook
  • Hypertext markup language HTML
  • JavaScript
  • Linux
  • Microsoft Access
  • Microsoft Azure software
  • Microsoft Outlook
  • Microsoft PowerShell
  • Microsoft SharePoint
  • Microsoft SQL Server
  • Microsoft Visio
  • Microsoft Word
  • Oracle Java
  • Oracle PeopleSoft
  • Python
  • R
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  • SAP software
  • SAS
  • Splunk Enterprise
  • Structured query language SQL
  • Tableau
  • TensorFlow
  • Teradata Database
  • UNIX
Other tools (47)
  • Amazon Simple Storage Service S3
  • Apache Pig
  • Arrival Departure Information System ADIS
  • Automated Targeting System ATS
  • Bing
  • Biometric Storage System BSS
  • Chatbot software
  • Computer Linked Application Information Management System CLAIMS
  • Consular Consolidated Database CCD
  • Data visualization software
  • Email software
  • Encryption software
  • Enforcement Case Tracking System ENFORCE
  • ESRI ArcView
  • Firewall software
  • Flowcharting software
  • Geographic information system GIS software
  • Geographic information system GIS systems
  • Google
  • Google Cloud software
  • Google Earth Pro
  • Graphics creation software
  • IBM i2 Analyst's Notebook
  • LexisNexis
  • Link analysis software
  • LinkedIn
  • McAfee
  • Myspace
  • National Crime Information Center (NCIC) database
  • NortonLifeLock cybersecurity software
  • Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition
  • Palantir Intelligence
  • Photo enhancement software
  • Refugee, Asylum and Parole System RAPS
  • Relational database management software
  • Snort
  • Statistical analysis software
  • Student and Exchange Visitor Information System SEVIS
  • Telephone analysis software
  • Telephone records software
  • Text mining software
  • Thomson Reuters CLEAR
  • Timeline software
  • Treasury Enforcement Communications System TECS
  • Veritas NetBackup
  • Web browser software
  • Wireshark

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