Dark Web/Crypto Currency Analyst

KACE delivers technology-enabled mission services that advance public health, public safety and national security, combining large-scale operational capabilities with advanced technologies and data insights to meet the government’s most complex challenges. At KACE, purpose and service are at the heart of everything we do, and every role plays a part in the mission. Our employees bring a wide range of skills, experiences and perspectives to the critical government operations we support, making a measurable impact every day.

About the role

The Dark Web Analyst supports the program agnostic Analytics Group within National Headquarters and conducts open-source analysis to identify and develop intelligence on targets operating on the clear and dark webs for all Inspection Service investigations. The analyst provides actionable intelligence through cryptocurrency tracking and analysis, open source and dark web intelligence and social media analysis, geospatial mapping and data visualization, and USPS backend and network data exploitation.

Responsibilities

• Experience in open or all source intelligence gathering and analysis.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and tasks with competing priorities and meet deliverables.
• Demonstrated experience in using cyber intelligence tools and software tools to actively search and mine the publicly available Internet and the dark net/deep web.
• Advanced understanding of the methods used by cyber-criminals to hide themselves on the Internet, how cyber-criminals conduct online business, and the various marketplaces and forums they operate within.
• Ability to use technology solutions to actively search, analyze, and prioritize marketplaces and cyber-criminals to identify high-value targets, analyze, and trace cryptocurrency.
• Conduct analyses and research and report results using tabular, pictorial, or graphical techniques.
• Demonstrated experience in visual tools such as Qlik, Microstrategy, Tableau, and/or i2 Analyst Notebook.
• Provide summary and detailed results to various levels of an organization in formats that are easy to understand, showing conclusions and relationships.
• Evaluate Internet information from social media, chats, forums, dark net, TOR network, news feeds, internet relay chats, cryptocurrency and blockchain data, and other open sources.
• Perform a prioritized assessment of data to identify the most critical and reliable information to determine cryptocurrency usage, locations, accounts, services, travels, email addresses, IP addresses, and other pattern-of-life data for physical attribution of an Internet identity.
• Conduct blockchain analysis, trace the flow of funds, and complete comprehensive reports and charts with findings.
• Analyze cryptocurrency exchange subpoena returns and provide comprehensive analysis in the context of investigations.
• Respond to Requests for Assistance/Information for USPIS investigations.
• Provide subject matter expertise in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, including training and guidance to inspectors and other analysts.
• Provide intelligence and investigative reports detailing steps taken, data sources reviewed, and conclusions drawn.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university is preferred; a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience supporting cryptocurrency investigations is required.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Legal Permanent Resident.
• Favorable credit check for all cleared positions.
• Successfully passing a background investigation including drug screening.
• Residency requirement: 3 consecutive years in the last 5 years.

Skills

• Ability to conduct open-source and dark web intelligence analysis.
• Proficiency in cryptocurrency tracking and blockchain analysis.
• Experience with data visualization tools (e.g., Qlik, Microstrategy, Tableau, i2 Analyst Notebook).
• Strong analytical and reporting skills for intelligence and investigative purposes.
• Ability to provide training and guidance on cryptocurrency and blockchain technology.

Physical Requirements

• Standing/Walking/Mobility: Must have mobility to attend meetings.
• Climbing/Stooping/Kneeling: 10% of the time.
• Lifting/Pulling/Pushing: 10% of the time.
• Fingering/Grasping/Feeling: Must be able to write, type, and use a telephone system 100% of the time.
• Sitting: Prolonged and extended periods of time.

Schedule

Due to the nature of law enforcement work and operations, the position may require occasional support outside of core working hours, as well as intermittent weekend support, depending on mission needs.

Pay

Approximately $115,000–$135,000 annually.