Intelligence Analyst - Mail Fraud

Location: Fairfax, Virginia

Security Clearance: Secret/TS

Preferred Schedule: occasional support outside core working hours, intermittent weekend support, mission‑dependent

Salary: $90,000‑95,000 annually

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Job Summary

The Intelligence Analyst supports the United States Postal Inspection Service’s criminal programs involving mail fraud, financial crimes, money laundering, and organized criminal enterprises. Co‑located with the Homeland Security Taskforce (HSTF), the analyst assists the Mail Fraud Program by providing analysis, assessments, and investigation deconfliction services as part of an inter‑agency team, using technology solutions to search, analyze, prioritize, and present information for criminal investigators.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• General knowledge of federal statutes and the federal rules of criminal and civil procedure.
• Develop and support complex fraud and financial criminal cases for prosecution.
• Conduct research using the internet and commercial/public/proprietary databases.
• Analyze data and interpret patterns or trends using appropriate analytical techniques.
• Communicate orally and in writing to explain analytical steps, recommend investigative actions, and summarize results using charts and reports.
• Develop and support final work products.
• Work independently and as part of a team, influencing across functions and disciplines.
• Manage multiple projects and tasks with competing priorities and meet deliverables.
• Use Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) to compile data, prepare correspondence, and create presentations.

Work Duties and Tasks

• Review and triage fraud complaints in various databases.
• Analyze complaint data and trends for further analysis or dissemination.
• Perform liaison activities with other law‑enforcement agencies to identify targets, deconflict investigations, and provide collaboration.
• Analyze data to identify and interpret patterns and trends, assess data quality, and eliminate irrelevant data.
• Evaluate information from multiple sources to determine criminal activity, conduct analysis, and present findings.
• Identify illicit activities of bad actors and perform linkage analysis using task‑force collaboration, heuristic models, and other datasets.
• Combine tools such as enhanced open source, commercial data, and government data to develop lead‑based information and identify assets involved in money laundering.
• Develop and disseminate intelligence (threat reports, lead, subject, and target packages) to benefit operators and investigators.
• Communicate analytical findings, trends, and issues to Inspection Service Program Managers via formal reports, briefings, meetings, or ad‑hoc requests.

Minimum Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university **and** at least five (5) years of experience in a law‑enforcement intelligence unit environment.
  Significant demonstrated experience may be considered in lieu of the education requirement.

Security Requirements / Background Investigation

• U.S. citizenship required.
• Favorable credit check for all cleared positions.
• Successful completion of a government background investigation, including drug screening.
• Residency requirement: three (3) consecutive years in the last five (5) years.

Physical Requirements & Working Conditions

• Standing/Walking/Mobility: required to attend meetings with managers and employees.
• Climbing/Stooping/Kneeling: approximately 10 % of the time.
• Lifting/Pulling/Push­ing: approximately 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.