ECS is seeking a
Senior Open Source Intelligence Analyst to work in our
Arlington, VA office
Responsibilities include:
Intelligence & Analytics:
- Identify, track, and monitor emerging fraud typologies across financial and operational channels using fraud and intelligence gathering expertise.
- Conduct analysis of open sources to identify fraudulent communication channels and techniques, including, but not limited to forums, social media, dark/deep web, news media, public records, and geospatial data.
- Build and maintain fraud indicators, risk scores, and watchlists using internal data and external intelligence sources.
- Develop analytical queries, dashboards, and automated alerts to uncover anomalous patterns such as counterfeit documentation, suspicious claims activity, identity misuse, or operational irregularities.
- Leverage open-source data and information to conduct link analysis to uncover fraud networks and schemes.
Cross-Functional Collaborations:
- Produce high-quality intelligence products including threat assessments, trend analyses, profiles, timelines, and geo-based heat maps.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to share intelligence, escalate issues, and support audit and investigative efforts.
- Identify issues and trends based on severity, potential impact, and risk, ensuring proper documentation and evidentiary standards.
Risk & Controls - Recommend and evaluate preventive, detective, and mitigative controls.
- Monitor changes in policy, regulations, technology, and criminal trends to anticipate shifts in fraud risk.
Reporting & Communication:
- Deliver timely, actionable reporting to leadership on trends, exposures, root causes, and mitigation opportunities.
- Translate analytical findings into clear recommendations for non-technical stakeholders.
- Prepare materials for audit, compliance, or law enforcement requests as needed.
Salary Range: $150,000-$160,000
General Description of Benefits
- Bachelor's degree and at least 10 years of professional experience (preferred) as an open-source intelligence analyst and other related fields.
- Professional certification (preferred), such as CFE, CIA, CISA, or similar.
- Proven ability to conduct open-source intelligence (OSINT) analysis to identify, track, and
monitor emerging fraud typologies across financial and operational channels. - Experience building and maintaining fraud indicators, risk scores, and watchlists using internal
data and external intelligence sources. - Proficiency developing analytical queries, dashboards, and automated alerts to uncover anomalous
patterns (e.g., counterfeit documentation, suspicious claims activity, identity misuse, operational
irregularities). - Ability to leverage open-source data to conduct link analysis and identify fraud networks and
scheme interdependencies. - Ability to produce high-quality intelligence products (threat assessments, trend analyses,
profiles, timelines, geo-based heat maps) with clear analytical rigor and defensible findings. - Track record partnering with internal stakeholders (audit, investigations, and data personnel)
to share intelligence, escalate issues, and support audit/investigative efforts. - Demonstrated capability to deliver timely, actionable reporting to leadership, translating
analytical findings into clear recommendations for non-technical stakeholders. - Ability to travel up to 25 percent (within the DC metro area and out of the DC metro area)
