Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst

Xcel Energy(NASDAQ:XEL) is a leading energy providerand Fortune 500company,dedicated toserving millions of electricity andnaturalgascustomersacross eight states:

Minnesota, Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan, North Dakota, South Dakota,New Mexicoand Texas.

We make energy work better forourcustomers, helping them thrive every day. That means always raising the bar-delivering better service and providing more reliable, resilient,and sustainable energy. Xcel Energy is a place where you’ll have opportunities to grow, expand your skills, and help lead the clean energy transition. We offer meaningful rewards, recognition, and support to help you build your career and make an impact - both on the job and beyond.

Most importantly, it means you’ll be joining a company that knows employees are the driving force behind its success and is committed to helping you be your best.

Xcel Energy supports a hybrid work model to enable collaboration and flexibility. Many roles are expected to work onsite three days per week (Tuesday–Thursday); however, work location expectations vary based on role, team, and business needs.

The Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst serves as the lead protective intelligence professional supporting Executive Protection, senior leadership, and critical business operations. This position is responsible for identifying, analyzing, assessing, and communicating threats to executives, company personnel, facilities, and operations by integrating open-source intelligence (OSINT), threat intelligence, behavioral threat assessment methodologies, travel risk intelligence, and protective intelligence operations. The role proactively monitors emerging threats, conducts executive risk assessments, provides protective intelligence support for executive travel and events, and develops actionable intelligence that enables informed security decisions.

The Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst partners closely with Executive Protection Agents, the SOC, Cybersecurity, and external intelligence providers to identify and mitigate threats before they impact the organization.

Protective Intelligence & Threat Assessment

• Conduct intelligence collection, analysis, and threat assessments related to executives, board members, high-profile employees, facilities, and corporate events.
• Identify, evaluate, and monitor potential threats from individuals, groups, or movements that may impact executive safety or business operations.
• Develop and maintain behavioral threat assessment case files and intelligence products.
• Produce executive-focused intelligence reports, risk assessments, and protective intelligence briefings.
• Conduct digital footprint assessments and identify online exposure risks to executives and family members.
• Support workplace violence prevention initiatives through threat identification and intelligence analysis.

OSINT & Intelligence Collection

• Perform advanced OSINT research across social media platforms, forums, websites, public records, dark web resources, and specialized intelligence databases.
• Monitor online sentiment, protest activity, extremist movements, stalking behaviors, doxxing attempts, and other indicators of risk.
• Utilize intelligence platforms, subscription services, and governmental reporting to identify emerging threats.
• Develop intelligence collection plans and investigative methodologies to support ongoing threat cases.
• Maintain awareness of geopolitical, criminal, cyber-enabled, and social threats that may impact executive safety or travel.

Executive Protection Support

• Provide intelligence support for executive travel, events, public appearances, shareholder meetings, and other high-profile activities.
• Conduct advance intelligence reviews of locations,…