Venable LLP's Technology and Innovation Group, Venable Blue team seeks a Senior Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) Analyst to join the Venable Blue team in the Washington, DC or New York office. This is a non-attorney position.
Venable provides intel services to our clients. We help clients protect their rights to safety, security, and privacy online whether at a personal, corporate, or professional level. Additionally, we offer intelligence based due diligence research and investigative analyses to help clients make more informed decisions on who to conduct business with, invest in, or partner with. Our clients include talent, pro-athletes, corporations, investment firms, and high-net worth families, among others.
We are seeking a Senior Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) and Investigative Analyst to support our endeavors in this area to conduct extensive online intelligence based investigations. The successful candidate will be a detail-oriented, organized, and creative researcher who is passionate about online investigations, due diligence research, and fact hunting. The candidate will apply critical thinking skills to transform information into actionable intelligence products which aide our clients' decision-making processes, or protects them from threats online. You will have a passion for piercing through the online veil to get to the truth behind online conduct, false narratives, and online personas.
The Senior Analyst will leverage open source investigation techniques to collect, monitor, assess, and analyze data from various online sources including social media platforms, news publications, websites, online forums, and onion sites.
Responsibilities:
Transform mass amounts of online information into actionable intelligence products that make sense of the situation and aid clients' decision-making.
Collect, organize, and analyze data from various sources to identify trends, themes, investigative opportunities, and key findings relevant to the investigation.
Assess the credibility of data sources, record research steps, and provide appropriate framing and citations for any information reported.
Adapt to new research platforms and technologies for various OSINT and due diligence research projects.
Write investigative reports tailored for clients' specific needs and respond to requests for information in a timely manner.
Offer clear oral and written communication and be prepared to report and defend findings to client executives and legal staff.
Ensure anonymity and security throughout the online research process.
Collaborate with team members in an ever-evolving digital environment.
All data to be collected, analyzed, or investigated will be open source information.
Required Qualifications:
BA/BS degree
5+ years of related investigative or analytical experience in OSINT or ASINT
Prior experience as an all source analyst, open source intelligence analyst or a digital investigator.
OSINT required, and other disciplines including Cyber-Threat Intelligence, TECHINT, ASINT, HUMINT, SIGINT preferred
Excellent writing skills (writing sample is required)
Strong investigative skills and technical skills, including proficiency in advanced technical indicators such as:
Analysis of email headers to trace origin and route of communication
Domain analysis to assess ownership, registration details, and associated websites
Identification of torrenting and piracy activities to assess intellectual property infringements
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