About the Role
Culmen International is seeking a Senior Technical Advisor (STA) to provide short-term technical assistance under a U.S. Department of State Bureau of Counterterrorism (DOS/CT) program focused on strengthening partner nation capabilities to detect, investigate, prosecute, and disrupt Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) recruitment occurring through gaming platforms, gaming-adjacent ecosystems, social media, and other online environments.
The STA will deliver technical training, mentoring, workshops, and strategic advisory support to law enforcement, cybercrime, intelligence, and prosecutorial counterparts. The Advisor will also support the application of Culmen's proprietary AEGIS analytics capability to enhance technology-enabled investigations and strengthen institutional capacity.
What You’ll Do in Your New Role
- Deliver instructor-led training, workshops, and mentoring to partner nation investigators, cybercrime units, intelligence personnel, and prosecutors.
- Advise counterparts on technology-enabled counterterrorism and counter radicalization investigations involving gaming platforms, social media, encrypted communications, and online extremist networks.
- Provide technical guidance on digital evidence collection, preservation, chain of custody, and case development.
- Mentor investigators on OSINT, social media exploitation, network analysis, and intelligence-led investigations.
- Support the operational application of AI-enabled analytical tools, threat intelligence platforms, and digital analytics to strengthen investigative capabilities.
- Assist in developing investigative SOPs, training materials, tabletop exercises, and practical job aids.
- Support the establishment of multi-agency investigative coordination mechanisms and facilitate investigator-prosecutor collaboration.
- Contribute to technical assessments, after-action reviews, and recommendations for institutional strengthening.
This position requires international travel to multiple countries in the Western Hemisphere and South and Southeast Asia. Travel is expected to be intermittent throughout the period of performance.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice, Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Law, National Security, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
- Minimum fifteen (15) years of experience supporting counterterrorism, cybercrime, intelligence, national security, or technology-enabled criminal investigations.
- Demonstrated experience investigating terrorist organizations, violent extremist networks, or cyber-enabled criminal activity.
- Experience delivering international technical assistance, training, mentoring, or institutional capacity-building programs.
- Practical experience with digital evidence, OSINT, social media investigations, cyber investigations, or technology-enabled investigative methodologies.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
Desired Qualifications
- Former senior investigator, intelligence officer, or prosecutor from the FBI, DHS Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), DOJ, Europol, INTERPOL, UK Counter Terrorism Policing, Australian Federal Police, RCMP, or an equivalent organization.
- Experience supporting U.S. Government-funded counterterrorism, rule-of-law, or law enforcement assistance programs.
- Experience applying AI-enabled analytical tools, behavioral analytics, network analysis, or digital intelligence platforms to operational investigations.
- Experience working in fragile or conflict-affected environments and mentoring senior government counterparts.
