Analyst – Threat Intelligence Unit Sibylline Americas

Position description

Sibylline is a leading intelligence and strategic risk consultancy in the security sector. Since 2010 we have supported businesses, governments and NGOs through the provision of high-quality risk analysis, due diligence and consultancy services. The firm provides an innovative, entrepreneurial and fast-growing working environment, offering employees ever greater exposure to high-profile clients and challenges. Sibylline offers fantastic opportunities for career progression within a successful company, and we aim to help our employees to build their own personal profiles as well-regarded analysts within the broader industry.

Key attributes of Sibylline employees are:

• Self-motivated, and auto-improving individuals who can couple initiative and boldness with good judgement
• Excellent written and spoken English
• Clarity of thought and analytical flair
• Strong, demonstrable interest in security and intelligence
• The ability to work under pressure, demonstrate leadership when required but also be able to collaborate effectively in teams
• Excellent attention to detail

We are looking for a motivated security professional to join us as an Analyst, working as part of a Threat Intelligence Unit (TIU), within our in-house Global Intelligence Team (GIT). Reporting to the GIT management, you will join a team of security specialists providing incident and threat monitoring, update briefs, research duties and intelligence analysis.

In this multifaceted role, as an Analyst, you will assume a range of critical responsibilities aimed at ensuring the safety and security of the client’s personnel, operations and assets. This includes responsibility for both incident data monitoring, tailored social media monitoring solutions and intelligence analysis/reporting. You will also be responsible for disseminating mass communications concerning global events that hold the potential to impact the well-being of client’s personnel, valuable assets and business operations.

You will maintain a constant awareness of geopolitical and national issues that may impact the client’s employees, locations or reputation. You will conduct thorough horizon scanning to produce comprehensive reports highlighting emerging trends and incidents in regions where the company operates. This is delivered as comprehensive reporting and reviews for Sibylline’s clients.

The Threat Intelligence Unit will be required to work out of hours, depending on the clients' needs, up to and including a 24/7 commitment. Therefore, you must be flexible to work on weekends, public holidays, and night shifts as required. Shifts will vary and rotate from 9a-5p, 8a-4p and 4p-12p shift monthly, 40 hours a week.

This is a US-based role with occasional travel to the VA office for training, events or administrative purposes once per month or as needed with advance notice. Candidates should be located within the DC, VA, MD area and will work remotely.

• Maintain situational awareness, collect and analyze information to ensure the safety and security of our client’s people, buildings and operations
• Detect and assess threats and incidents and determine their impact on our clients
• Using open-source intelligence (OSINT) sources and internal databases to conduct social media, deep and dark web monitoring and produce tactical intelligence
• Write and distribute notifications and daily and weekly products
• Triage incidents and threats quickly and effectively
• Conduct ad-hoc client briefings on unfolding events
• Conduct research, and maintain Global Intelligence Team core products including city security briefs, event risk assessments and Sibylline’s ASTRA platform
• Collect and maintain data sets as directed by the Lead Data, Insights and Capability analyst
• Display creative thinking and consulting skills to deliver a continually improving service for our clients
• Facilitate the dissemination of information to mobilize the necessary resources to ensure that regional staff can mitigate immediate risks and incidents
• Support our clients directly by providing short-term "Surge" capacity as required
• Perform any additional duties as required by the Head…