Reston, VA, 22096, USA
65 days ago
Open Source Intelligence Investigator
**Overview** SOS International LLC (SOSi) is seeking an Open-Source Intelligence Investigator who will possess a sophisticated understanding of online social media and associated tradecraft and use that expertise to produce in-depth analysis and other related analytical products for the customer. The analyst must have operational targeting experience, senior to expert-level technical/IT tradecraft; preferred familiarity with force protection, protective intelligence, CI or insider threat experience. **Essential Job Duties** + Conduct online research using industry best practices for misattribution techniques, with a strong understanding of internet footprint/presence and digital fingerprints. + Consolidate research findings to augment and support ongoing protective intelligence efforts in client spaces, with a strong focus on essential targeting elements of information that enable follow-on actions. + Leverage open-source collection techniques to provide reports. + Write protective intelligence assessments and respond appropriately to requests for information for dissemination to the customer. + Produce intelligence products by researching, querying, and compiling information from large data sets. + Use advanced OSINT and social media collection and analysis techniques to support information requests concerning force protection, indications and warnings, counter threats, counterintelligence, and all source intelligence integration and assessments. + Assemble, analyze, and prioritize open-source material into protective intelligence and force protection assessments. + Prepare and present intelligence collection assessments and briefings to customers and advise key leadership of force protection concerns and provide timely Indications and Warnings that challenge current force protection postures. + Provide trends and analysis of social media landscape. + Provide consultation on how to leverage OSINT data and information, use specialized OSINT tools and services, and consult on the development of OSINT products. **Minimum Requirements** + Active in-scope TS/SCI with Polygraph. + Fifteen years of relevant experience OR a SME in a specific field. + Ability to brief protective intelligence packages to tactical and operational IC leadership. + Knowledge of targeting tools and methodologies used in the IC. + Experience with accessing, researching, and exploiting global and regional social media and digital platforms. + Knowledge of advanced Internet-based research, including Boolean logic, advanced research techniques, search engine and database resources, and Internet sources, including social media, social networking tools, and commercial and industry-based databases. + Ability to quickly process and organize large amounts of information and identify and assess items of greatest importance. + Keen understanding of Open-Source environment. + Strong understanding of Deep and Dark Web. + Strong understanding of how to use mobile applications. + Demonstrated comfort with information technology and multimedia software, including publishing and analytics tools. + Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint. **Preferred Qualifications** + Bachelor's degree. + Familiarity with force protection, protective intelligence, CI or insider threat experience. **Work Environment** + Hybrid work environment, with expectations to seamlessly work on a daily/weekly basis at customer site and corporate site to complete job duties as assigned. + Normal office working conditions with possible requirement to lift and/or move objects or packages of up to 25 lbs. + Periods of non-traditional working hours including consecutive nights or weekends when necessary (infrequent).
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