Senior Open Source Intelligence Analyst
About The Position
ECS is seeking a Senior Open Source Intelligence Analyst to work in our Arlington, VA office. This role involves identifying, tracking, and monitoring emerging fraud typologies across financial and operational channels using fraud and intelligence gathering expertise. The analyst will conduct analysis of open sources to identify fraudulent communication channels and techniques, including forums, social media, dark/deep web, news media, public records, and geospatial data. Responsibilities also include building and maintaining fraud indicators, risk scores, and watchlists, developing analytical queries, dashboards, and automated alerts, and leveraging open-source data for link analysis to uncover fraud networks and schemes. The role requires producing high-quality intelligence products, collaborating with internal stakeholders, recommending and evaluating controls, monitoring changes in policy and regulations, and delivering timely, actionable reporting to leadership.
Requirements
- Proven ability to conduct open-source intelligence (OSINT) analysis to identify, track, and monitor emerging fraud typologies across financial and operational channels.
- Experience building and maintaining fraud indicators, risk scores, and watchlists using internal data and external intelligence sources.
- Proficiency developing analytical queries, dashboards, and automated alerts to uncover anomalous patterns (e.g., counterfeit documentation, suspicious claims activity, identity misuse, operational irregularities).
- Ability to leverage open-source data to conduct link analysis and identify fraud networks and scheme interdependencies.
- Ability to produce high-quality intelligence products (threat assessments, trend analyses, profiles, timelines, geo-based heat maps) with clear analytical rigor and defensible findings.
- Track record partnering with internal stakeholders (audit, investigations, and data personnel) to share intelligence, escalate issues, and support audit/investigative efforts.
- Demonstrated capability to deliver timely, actionable reporting to leadership, translating analytical findings into clear recommendations for non-technical stakeholders.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 10 years of professional experience (preferred) as an open-source intelligence analyst and other related fields.
- Professional certification (preferred), such as CFE, CIA, CISA, or similar.
Responsibilities
- Identify, track, and monitor emerging fraud typologies across financial and operational channels using fraud and intelligence gathering expertise.
- Conduct analysis of open sources to identify fraudulent communication channels and techniques, including, but not limited to forums, social media, dark/deep web, news media, public records, and geospatial data.
- Build and maintain fraud indicators, risk scores, and watchlists using internal data and external intelligence sources.
- Develop analytical queries, dashboards, and automated alerts to uncover anomalous patterns such as counterfeit documentation, suspicious claims activity, identity misuse, or operational irregularities.
- Leverage open-source data and information to conduct link analysis to uncover fraud networks and schemes.
- Produce high-quality intelligence products including threat assessments, trend analyses, profiles, timelines, and geo-based heat maps.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to share intelligence, escalate issues, and support audit and investigative efforts.
- Identify issues and trends based on severity, potential impact, and risk, ensuring proper documentation and evidentiary standards.
- Recommend and evaluate preventive, detective, and mitigative controls.
- Monitor changes in policy, regulations, technology, and criminal trends to anticipate shifts in fraud risk.
- Deliver timely, actionable reporting to leadership on trends, exposures, root causes, and mitigation opportunities.
- Translate analytical findings into clear recommendations for non-technical stakeholders.
- Prepare materials for audit, compliance, or law enforcement requests as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
