Intel Analyst

Job ID: 2401318

Location: ARLINGTON, VA, US

Date Posted: 2024-01-30

Category: Defense/Intel

Subcategory: Intel Analyst

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Travel: No

Minimum Clearance Required: TS/SCI

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain: TS/SCI

Potential for Remote Work: No

Description

The Cyber Intelligence and Publicly Available Information (PAI) Analyst will be immersed into a fast paced, deadline-oriented environment composed of a diverse team of analysts, linguists, cultural experts, and operations officers. The Cyber Intel/PAI Analyst will be responsible for conducting exhaustive research in the PAI domain in accordance with established priorities, performing triage of content; identifying trends and patterns of activity in support of threat-mitigation activities in both the cyber and real-world domains; and creating standardized reports to provide to the analytical team for further analysis. The candidate must be particularly adept at and have a background in OSINT exploitation using specialized investigative tools and datasets. The position requires strong critical thinking skills, the ability to write accurately and succinctly, and the ability to multi-task and accomplish tasks with limited direct supervision, and to respond to short-notice tasking. Along with strong analytic skills/research skills, the candidate should demonstrate strong operational security practices and a bias towards initiative-drive work. This position will require interaction with a wide variety of Government leadership and contractor personnel. The candidate must be ability to operate in a diverse, evolving, and high-profile environment.

• Utilizes all-sources of intelligence, but primarily OSINT and SOMEX (social media exploitation), to create associated incident, threat, and information reports/products and investigative leads/recommendations and courses of actions to government leads

• Performs social network analysis (SNA) of threat actor’s online presence to understand interactions, influencers and identify potentially new threats using customer approved PAI tools

• Experience preserving, scraping and documenting PAI findings

• Effectively utilizes PAI tools and commercial tools to research selectors and attribute selectors to true identities, e.g. email addresses, phone numbers, usernames, domains, and images

• Verbal and written interpretation/translation (the ability to identify and analyze problems and then generate recommended solutions based upon experience working with various elements of DoD)

• Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully, very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results

• Desired attributes: Confident, diligent, organized, strong planning, problem solving, and decision-making skills

• Ability to adapt and perform under pressure in diverse environments with evolving requirements

Qualifications

Required Education, Certifications, Skills, Expertise, Years of Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field and 6 years of specialized OSINT experience; OR

• Master’s degree in a related field and 3 years of specialized OSINT experience; OR

• 10 years of specialized OSINT experience with appropriate military and civilian training in the within the intelligence analysis field

• Experience in using Commercial Off the Shelf (COTS) OSINT tools which include but are not limited to OpenIO, Maltego, and misattributed systems (e.g. SILO and Ntrepid)

• Must have experience conducting online investigations outside the United States and familiar with overseas PAI datasets and limitations

• Demonstrated experience utilizing data visualization tools (e.g. Qlik, Power BI, i2 Analyst Notebook, Visio)

• Experience with assessment of sources and their reporting through the corroboration of source reporting and providing analytical feedback

• Create written reports demonstrating accurate and succinct writing showing key findings and overview of the process used to perform collection and analysis

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products

• Strong knowledge of military operations, terminology, and structure

Desired Education, Certifications, Skills, Expertise, Years of Experience:

• Formal coursework or instruction in OSINT techniques, technologies, tools, and trends

• Completion of OS-301, OS-302, OS-303, OS-305, CASO, or IC equivalent trainings

• Experience with Military or Law Enforcement Community Counterintelligence Investigations

Travel: Less than 10%

Required Clearance: Active Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility (PR within 6 years)

Desired Clearance: CI Poly (must be able to take/pass “at-will”)