Source Intelligence Investigator

SOS International LLC (SOSi) is seeking an Open-Source Intelligence Investigator who will possess a sophisticated understanding of online social media and associated tradecraft and use that expertise to produce in-depth analysis and other related analytical products for the customer. The analyst must have operational targeting experience, senior to expert-level technical/IT tradecraft; preferred familiarity with force protection, protective intelligence, CI or insider threat experience.

• Conduct online research using industry best practices for misattribution techniques, with a strong understanding of internet footprint/presence and digital fingerprints.
• Consolidate research findings to augment and support ongoing protective intelligence efforts in client spaces, with a strong focus on essential targeting elements of information that enable follow-on actions.
• Leverage open-source collection techniques to provide reports.
• Write protective intelligence assessments and respond appropriately to requests for information for dissemination to the customer.
• Produce intelligence products by researching, querying, and compiling information from large data sets.
• Use advanced OSINT and social media collection and analysis techniques to support information requests concerning force protection, indications and warnings, counter threats, counterintelligence, and all source intelligence integration and assessments.
• Assemble, analyze, and prioritize open-source material into protective intelligence and force protection assessments.
• Prepare and present intelligence collection assessments and briefings to customers and advise key leadership of force protection concerns and provide timely Indications and Warnings that challenge current force protection postures.
• Provide trends and analysis of social media landscape.
• Provide consultation on how to leverage OSINT data and information, use specialized OSINT tools and services, and consult on the development of OSINT products.

• Active in-scope TS/SCI with Polygraph.
• Fifteen years of relevant experience OR a SME in a specific field.
• Ability to brief protective intelligence packages to tactical and operational IC leadership.
• Knowledge of targeting tools and methodologies used in the IC.
• Experience with accessing, researching, and exploiting global and regional social media and digital platforms.
• Knowledge of advanced Internet-based research, including Boolean logic, advanced research techniques, search engine and database resources, and Internet sources, including social media, social networking tools, and commercial and industry-based databases.
• Ability to quickly process and organize large amounts of information and identify and assess items of greatest importance.
• Keen understanding of Open-Source environment.
• Strong understanding of Deep and Dark Web.
• Strong understanding of how to use mobile applications.
• Demonstrated comfort with information technology and multimedia software, including publishing and analytics tools.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.

• Bachelor's degree.
• Familiarity with force protection, protective intelligence, CI or insider threat experience.

• Hybrid work environment, with expectations to seamlessly work on a daily/weekly basis at customer site and corporate site to complete job duties as assigned.
• Normal office working conditions with possible requirement to lift and/or move objects or packages of up to 25 lbs.
• Periods of non-traditional working hours including consecutive nights or weekends when necessary (infrequent).

All interested individuals will receive consideration and will not be discriminated against for any reason.