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Concentric is a risk consultancy specializing in delivering strategic security and intelligence services. We provide holistic, intelligent security solutions for private clients and corporations globally. Concentric offers strategic advisory services, risk assessments, physical protection, threat intelligence, open-source monitoring, program audits, secure embedded staffing, and training for security teams and intelligence analysts.
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We are currently looking to hire an Open Source Intelligence Analyst, Insider Risk embedded with our client in Mountain View, CA! This position allows for remote working arrangements within the United States.

• This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are generally Monday-Friday during normal business hours, but may require flex hours during weekends and holidays as needed.

JOB DESCRIPTION

This position requires the Intelligence Analyst to use business intelligence sources, internal and external assets, and open-source media to identify threats to a large, international company. Successful candidates will have the ability to work in a dynamic environment with competing priorities and a commitment to personal growth. Organizational change, evolving stakeholder relationships, and a variable world situation influence the work that we do, and the candidate must be able to adapt easily to such changes. Analysts are keenly aware of geopolitical risks, and they assess how those risks might impact global operations.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• Utilize the command line in a Linux environment and manage virtual machines (VMware, Virtualbox, Docker) for investigative purposes.
• Utilize scripting languages such as Python, Bash/Shell, or PowerShell to automate data collection, parsing, and solve specific investigative challenges.
• Ability to develop efficient workflows to triage and make sense of large, often obfuscated connections; excellent investigative skills to pursue all potential leads using advanced search techniques and specialized databases.
• Proactive ability to monitor, understand, and anticipate emerging threats, vulnerabilities, and the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) of threat actors.
• Strong analytical ability to identify hidden links and connections from various sources, coupled with the capacity to verify and corroborate information for accuracy and bias reduction.
• Ability to produce high-quality, concise reports in a short turnaround time, articulating complex findings clearly for diverse audiences.
• This position requires up to 10% travel.

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• BA/BS degree
• 3+ years of related experience providing intelligence or risk analysis
• Experience with the intelligence cycle
• Experience with private sector consulting, advisory, or high-tech companies
• Experience with leveraging technological resources for research and analysis
• Demonstrated ability to create data-driven insights based on an understanding of stakeholder needs.
• Ability to meet the client’s needs, including working nights and/or weekends to accommodate event support
• Strong communication skills and the capacity to assimilate intelligence content from numerous sources into products that effectively communicate risk and opportunity.
• Ability to analyze information in a foreign language, namely Russian, Arabic, Mandarin

• Execute open source and social media intelligence investigations using UI-based (commercial/free) and non-UI-based (Linux distro) tools.
• Perform initial collection of intelligence points, monitor relevant feeds (social media, news), and triage collected data to identify potential threats or risks.
• Adhere to established intelligence processes, assist with data entry, and proactively learn new OSINT tools, methodologies, and data sources.
• Analyze collected data, understand complex links between pieces of information, and help identify patterns or anomalies.
• Contribute to and draft comprehensive reports that accurately answer the scope of requests, highlighting all relevant findings for senior leadership and stakeholders, ensuring information is easy to understand.
• Passion to keep up with new and emerging technologies, social media platforms, and a self-driven attitude towards continuously refining processes and learning new methodologies.
• Assessment of risks and threats, social media monitoring, analyzing the risk profile of company assets or events, situational crisis monitoring, and other support as needed, referencing publicly available information.
• Analysis of threatening communications and developments directed towards company buildings, assets, or personnel, and any information of interest gleaned from monitoring press and social media mentions of situations posing threats or risks to events or operations.
• Assist team members by performing initial collection of intelligence points as requested to support intelligence research and production.
• Conduct research on international locations where their employees may visit. This information may include crime and safety risks, political stability, and travel safety with regard to hotels and event venues, local customs and courtesies, and transportation best practices.
• Provide data-driven analytic assessments about potential operational and strategic threats or risks to the company.