IRS Criminal Investigation (CI) benefits from a robust and diverse workforce. Our Special Agents (SA) receive crucial support from employees in diverse roles, ensuring the seamless progress of their investigative efforts. With over 950 personnel, nearly a third of CI's workforce is dedicated to offering support and expertise to fulfill CI's crucial mission of deterrence. These roles primarily fall into three distinct categories: Investigative, Administrative, and Technical Staff, seamlessly integrated across all aspects of CI operations. Each of these professional categories plays a vital role in advancing both the Enterprise IRS and CI missions.
Investigative Professional Staff
The contributions of our investigative professional staff are indispensable to driving CI's law enforcement initiatives forward. These professionals are omnipresent, whether on the frontline of casework or operating behind the scenes in every CI endeavor. They engage actively in all phases of criminal investigations, from its inception to the prosecution stage. Among their diverse roles are:
Supervisory Investigative Analyst (SIA)
As a front-line supervisor, you are tasked with delegating, overseeing, and assessing the tasks of subordinate staff members, organizing and coordinating work schedules and operations, designing and executing employee training and growth initiatives, appraising employee performance, and fulfilling all other associated administrative and managerial duties.
Tax Fraud Investigative Assistants (TFIA)
You are tasked with aiding SAs in probing suspected tax fraud and financial crimes. Your duties span diverse tasks, such as identifying information needs, devising effective strategies, and handling administrative duties like managing electronic files, processing investigative packages, and overseeing the Federal Tax Return Inventory (TRI). Responsibilities are delegated among team members by the SIA.
Investigative Analysts (IA)
You will be entrusted with aiding SAs in their inquiries into suspected tax fraud and financial crimes. Your role involves a broad array of responsibilities, such as researching, collecting, analyzing, and evaluating information to assist in uncovering violations of tax laws and supporting ongoing criminal investigations. These tasks may vary across assignments and can entail gathering, synthesizing, and scrutinizing data from diverse sources, verifying information accuracy, staying abreast and engaged in the investigation's progress to adapt search tactics as necessary, exploring multiple avenues of inquiry, and compiling comprehensive reports of findings to contribute to larger investigative endeavors.
Administrative Professional Staff
Our administrative professionals play a crucial role in keeping CI operations running smoothly, ensuring financial resources are available, and equipment remains operational. Among their diverse roles are:
Administrative Officer (AO)
The Administrative Officer (AO) assumes administrative duties to streamline activities and services, acting as an assessor and advisor to management on the efficiency and effectiveness of specified program operations. Moreover, they act as the primary intermediary with Headquarters, the Director of Field Operations, and other senior leaders, managing administrative affairs related to personnel, training, physical security, equipment oversight, and facility support.
Management Program Analyst (MPA)
The MPA would fulfill the roles of analyst, evaluator, and consultant for management, offering insights on the efficiency and effectiveness of program operations within CI field offices.
Secretary
The Secretary acts as the primary administrative support role within the field office, functioning autonomously without parallel positions and actively engaging in organizational management. They fulfill a range of administrative and secretarial tasks, necessitating a deep understanding of management's policies, perspectives, and priorities, particularly those of the Special Agent in Charge (SAC).
Technology Operations and Cyber and Forensic Services
Our Technology Operations and Cyber and Forensic Services staff represent a diverse array of backgrounds, educational levels, and experiences, enriching our team with diverse perspectives and expertise. Their roles encompass a wide spectrum of innovative work, ranging from cybercrime investigations to data analytics and cyber security, among other technological domains.
To bolster our criminal investigations on both national and global scales, CI established the Digital Forensics Lab (DFL). The 11,000 square foot facility is in Woodbridge, Virginia, 25 miles south of CI Headquarters in the Metropolitan DC Area. The DFL supports criminal investigations through the forensic acquisition, preservation, investigative analysis, and reporting of digital and cyber evidence. Forensic examiners partner with and advise SAs and other law enforcement partners in all digital aspects of criminal investigations.
Some of the diverse roles include but are not limited to:
Computer Investigative Forensic Specialist (CIFA)
You would assist SAs located across the country in retrieving and analyzing electronic evidence forensically. You would be required to maintain a wide knowledge base to effectively support investigations involving digital evidence and electronic crimes.
Fingerprint Specialist
You would be responsible for the examination of latent prints and providing expert testimony in court. This role encompasses tasks such as developing, analyzing, assessing, and validating fingerprints and palm prints, as well as presenting intricate case details in challenging courtroom environments.
IT Specialist
You would serve as a technical expert, assuming a pivotal role in ensuring the seamless provision of end-user support regarding automated information technology systems and specialized law enforcement applications within Automated Criminal Investigation. Your duties may include organizing and overseeing Hotline operations, managing the tasks of Hotline Staff members, and delivering customer service and assistance to CI's user community.
Info Tech Specialist
You’ll be tasked with a myriad of responsibilities aimed at ensuring the smooth operation of network systems. Your role involves assisting in the development, configuration, installation, and maintenance of both local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs), playing a crucial role in establishing and optimizing connectivity. Troubleshooting and maintenance are constant duties, where you’ll identify and address issues to uphold the stability of communication lines and equipment. Installing, configuring, and troubleshooting LAN and WAN components, including routers, hubs, switches, call processors, and servers, will be routine tasks.
CI is invested in the development and maintenance of its Professional Staff community, and the roles listed above are just a portion of the career pathways available to qualified applicants. If you are interested in helping CI accomplish its law enforcement mission, please review open announcements listed below under Current CI Career Opportunities.
Compension and Benefits
Certain location-based pay entitlements (such as locality payments, special rate supplements, and nonforeign area cost-of-living allowances) are based on the location of the employee’s official worksite associated with the employee’s position of record. The official worksite generally is the location where the employee regularly performs his or her duties. Nevertheless, all Federal employees enjoy outstanding benefits, and the IRS endeavors to extend a range of benefit programs to all its employees.
As a federal employee, you will enjoy unmatched benefits. Please refer to our benefits programs for additional information.
How can I determine my initial salary?
Please reference the appropriate Pay Table for your geographic area and job series published by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
When referencing an OPM Pay Table, ensure you reference the appropriate Pay Table for the current year, as the Pay Tables vary annually due to adjustments determined by Congress. Find your Pay Table by identifying your POD based on your geographic area.
Current CI Career Opportunities
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Connect with a Local Recruiter
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You can also contact our Professional Staff Advocates directly via email at theadvocates@ci.irs.gov. They are available to discuss career opportunities within our Investigative, Administrative, and Technical Staff divisions.