Embedded Intelligence Analyst
PoliticalRiskJobs.com · San Jose, CA · 3 wk ago
ManagementFull-time
About the role
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 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
Responsibilities
- Maintain open-source and vendor intelligence feeds to identify risks to business operations in the Americas region
- Conduct comprehensive risk assessments for personnel, assets, operations, travel, and special events
- Develop and implement protective intelligence gathering, assessment, and dissemination protocols
- Support the development and implementation of protective intelligence gathering, assessment, and dissemination protocols
- Contribute to cross-functional intelligence projects around high-impact events and emerging threats
- Monitor intelligence sources, conduct risk assessments, and produce strategic and tactical intelligence products
- Deliver situational awareness reporting to support crisis response and business continuity
- Investigate threat actors, including those operating in illicit online communities, and assess their tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs)
- Conduct investigations and threat assessments for persons/groups of interest as part of the overall management of threats to the client’s employees, assets, and operations
- Establish and maintain relationships with internal stakeholders to align intelligence efforts with business needs
- Contribute to cross-functional intelligence projects around high-impact events and emerging threats
- Safeguard sensitive and confidential information
- Display innovation, implementing the latest techniques, tools and best practices to support a global intelligence function
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Strong proficiency in OSINT sources, methods and tools (e.g., Brandwatch, Liferaft, Skopenow, Flashpoint) and investigative resources (e.g., Clear, LexisNexis), including deep and dark web sources
- Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to interpret and collect intelligence information, track threats and geopolitical developments, and determine their impact to business staff, assets, operations, and reputation
- High-level experience in geopolitical risk, violent actor behaviours and activities, and other risk areas relevant to a global tech company
- Experience investigating threat actors, documenting TTPs, and contributing to tactical, operational, and strategic intelligence
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent ability to deliver verbal and written briefings to stakeholders, customise intelligence output to stakeholder needs, and build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships
- Ability to work cross-functionally across global teams and adapt to evolving intelligence needs
- Experience in managing complex projects and priorities with a high degree of autonomy
- Ability to innovate and identify potential opportunities to enhance efficiency and/or effectiveness within own area of work, including developing own knowledge to increase effectiveness
- Experience leveraging data analysis tools and techniques; SQL and/or Python preferred
- Keen interest in developing and learning new skills
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field, such as International Relations, Security Studies, Journalism, Business Management; Masters degree or further professional certification preferred
- Approximately 4-5 years of experience in intelligence collection, analysis, and production, with a focus on business risk and security
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
- Fluency in Portuguese or Spanish (ideally both), preferred
- Membership in professional intelligence or security organizations, such as ASIS, ATAP, AIRIP, or Analysts' Roundtable preferred.
Benefits
- Salary: $130,000
- 401(k) up to 5% matching
- Medical/Dental/Vision
- Basic Life and AD&D Insurance
- Long Term/Short Term Disability
- PTO: 160 hours (20 days) accrued per year
- Sick: 80 hours sick time front loaded
- 10 Holidays
- Employee Assistance Program and Employee Discount Program