Senior Intelligence Analyst (Cybercrime Focus)

Who Is Nisos?Nisos is the Managed Intelligence company. Our services enable some of the world’s largest companies’ security, intelligence, and trust & safety teams to more smartly defend against and more effectively respond to advanced cyber attacks, disinformation, and abuse of digital platforms.
We are a mission-driven company committed to combating digital adversaries; this is the foundation for how we conduct business every day. We hold ourselves to the highest ethical standards, we empower an open and diverse workplace, and we strive to treat everyone who is touched by our business with dignity and respect. Our employees challenge the status quo, ask questions, and find creative solutions for our clients.
The Nisos Intelligence Team, also known as the Pandion Team, are core contributors to Nisos’ Intelligence Services offerings. There are currently four Pandion roles: Intelligence Principals, Intelligence Consultants, Intelligence Senior Analysts, and Intelligence Analysts. Nisos’ cadre of Senior Intelligence Analysts are experienced in providing actionable analysis for a diverse set of challenging issues, ranging from geopolitical to cybersecurity.
Senior Analysts are experienced analysts who can deliver finished intelligence products across most of our service lines, but may need to outsource portions of the work to other team members who are specialists in some areas.  Senior Analysts are working to further develop their investigative, technical and writing skills from intermediate to professional.

Intelligence Senior Analysts should possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities and will be expected to expertly execute the following activities:

• Be an enthusiastic team player with a strong hands-on attitude; flexible and adaptable; a problem solver
• Identify, infiltrate and monitor online communities of interest which are selling public data
• Create and write intelligence reports regarding public datasets acquired
• Provide client with periodic monitoring updates regarding intelligence findings
• Help evaluate new tools and datasets for integration into proprietary workflows or technology
• Strong skills in the collection, management, manipulation, and analysis of structured and unstructured data
• Fluency or proficiency in another language such as Russian is a plus but not required
• Develop new data driven methodologies to enable core Pandion workflows
• Consider all relevant factors and uses appropriate decision-making criteria and principles
• Create new and better ways for the organization to be successful
• Adapt approach in real time to meet shifting demands of different situations
• Sit on the tip of the spear providing managed intelligence solutions to the world's most complex organizations
• Lead or support complex digital investigations
• Employ OSINT techniques to collect and analyze public data
• Generate professional analytic deliverables for clients in numerous industry verticals
• Brief clients on analytic findings (often complex) in an understandable manner and present decisive options for mitigation
• Research new OSINT techniques, tools, and datasets
• Help evaluate new tools and datasets for integration into proprietary workflows or technology
• Demonstrable experience writing finished analytical products incorporating text and graphics to convey complex concepts to senior executives and other decision makers
• Practical knowledge of OSINT collection and analysis methodologies
• Significant experience providing actionable analysis for a diverse set of challenging issues, ranging from the geopolitical to cyber
• Capable of extrapolating high-level and granular-level insights from data to produce a concise, detailed product for customers
• Continuously improving knowledge of current OSINT investigative methodologies and toolsets
• Experience in determining and assessing the online footprint of an assorted range of entities (individuals, companies, nation-states)
• Strong skills in the collection, management, manipulation, and analysis of structured and unstructured data

What You'll Bring

• At least 5-8 years of recent experience as an all-source intelligence analyst in the defense or intelligence community, or in an investigative analytical role in law enforcement or a private sector organization.


• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Things You'll Use

• Amazon Web Services
• Google Workspace/ GSuite
• Monday.com
• Mac and MacOS, Linux a plus
• Other investigative tools

Where You'll Work

• While these positions report to our Alexandria, VA Headquarters office, our Pandion team is distributed nationwide and full remote work opportunities are available.  You must be authorized to work in the United States.

COVIDIf hired, Nisos will require you to prove that you have received the COVID-19 vaccine (except in limited circumstances where an employee is legally entitled to an accommodation).
DisclaimerThis job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee.  Duties, responsibilities and activities may change or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice. 
Nisos’ Equal Opportunity Employment CommitmentNisos is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Nisos evaluates qualified candidates without regard to any characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Nisos provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.