Senior Intelligence Analyst

Description

• Location Metro,Washington, DC, 20001,United States
• Employee Type FT Exempt
• Travel 10%

The Opportunity
The Senior Intelligence Analyst serves as an investigative researcher, fusing commercial data, law enforcement holdings, and open-source information into lead and intelligence packages that agents and protective details can act on within the same shift. Supporting the Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS) under the OASIS program, the role supports criminal investigations, passport and visa fraud, fugitive location, and protective intelligence for DS protectees and U.S. embassies, consulates, and facilities worldwide. This is an SME position that carries a full research load, sets the standard for tradecraft and product quality, and coordinates a small team through high-tempo surges.

Key Responsibilities (Principal Duties and Accountabilities *Essential Functions)

• Fuse commercial investigative databases, law enforcement systems, public records, social media, and other open sources to identify, locate, and confirm subjects of interest.
• Serve as an expert on third-party investigative and OSINT tools, maintaining expert-level proficiency as platforms evolve.
• Build lead packages with subject identifiers, current and historical addresses, associates, vehicles, phones, digital footprint, travel indicators, threat indicators/reporting and financial indicators/reporting.
• Resolve identities across aliases, transliterated names, and fragmented records, and assign a stated confidence level with supporting rationale for every identification.
• Flag officer-safety considerations in every package, including weapons history, violence indicators, and threats to personnel or facilities.
• Map/link associate, family, business, and communications networks; produce link charts, timelines, and pattern-of-life summaries.
• Provide real-time OSINT support to agents and protective details during operations and events.
• Produce pre-travel, event, and venue threat assessments that identify evacuation options and known safe and unsafe locations surrounding the event.
• Monitor open sources for threats and emerging risks, and accelerate time-sensitive indicators immediately.
• Develop detailed collection plans that set priorities, sources, and methods for complex or long-running research.
• Write clear, sourced analytical reports, threat assessments, and Request for Information (RFI) responses on defined timelines.
• Brief findings to agents, supervisors, and government leadership, verbally and in writing.
• Screen, prioritize, and assign incoming leads; track workload, turnaround times, and quality metrics in the program's lead and case management systems.
• Perform quality assurance and quality control reviews on all team products before release.
• Develop and deliver OSINT training for agents and analysts, including safe research practices and available tools.
• Conduct research using approved managed-attribution and operational security practices, and handle PII and law-enforcement-sensitive data in line with the Privacy Act, DPPA, GLBA, FCRA, and agency policy.
• Recommend new tools, data sources, and automation that reduce research time without lowering product quality.

Leadership Responsibilities

This position does not carry formal supervisory authority. As a working lead, the analyst assigns and prioritizes leads, monitors team workload and turnaround metrics, performs QA/QC on team products, and mentors junior analysts.

Requirements

• Fluency in English (written and spoken).
• Active Secret clearance requierd; Active TS/SCI preferred

Education

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., intelligence studies, criminal justice, international relations); or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Skills, Experience & Abilities

• 10+ years of intelligence experience supporting law enforcement, the Intelligence Community, the military, diplomatic security, homeland security, or a comparable security mission.
• Experience leading, coordinating, and mentoring analysts who screen, prioritize, and develop investigative leads.
• Demonstrated ability to locate and positively identify subjects using commercial databases and o