OSINT/ Cryptocurrency Analyst, Falls Church, VA

Ensure the safety and security of our nation as an OSINT/Cryptocurrency Analyst.  You will use your cryptocurrency knowledge of various digital currencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Monero, and other privacy-focused cryptocurrencies—to trace and analyze illicit financial transactions tied to criminal activities to keep our country safe and secure.

At GDIT, people are our differentiators. As an OSINT/Cryptocurrency Analyst, you will also evaluate internet information from social media, chats, forums, dark net, TOR network, news feeds, internet relay chats, cryptocurrency and blockchain data, and other sources of data openly available on the Internet.

HOW AN OSINT/CRYPTOCURRENCY ANALYST WILL MAKE AN IMPACT

• Conduct detailed cryptocurrency tracing across multiple platforms and blockchains (Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Monero, etc.) to identify and track illicit financial flows.
• Analyze data from these various sources and identify investigative opportunities and intelligence to support the many investigative programs to include cybercrime, narcotics, mail theft, and money laundering.
• Evaluating Internet information from social media, chats, forums, darknet, TOR network, news feeds, internet relay chats and other sources of data openly available on the Internet.
• Perform a prioritized assessment of the data to identify the most critical and reliable data to identify, bitcoins, locations, accounts, services, travels, email addresses, IP addresses and other pattern of life data to determine physical attribution of an Internet identity.
• Create intelligence and investigative reports which represent the steps taken, the data sources reviewed, and the conclusions drawn from the evaluation of the Internet information.
• Deliver summary results to various levels of an organization in formats which are easy to understand, showing conclusions and relationships.
• Represent analysis and research results using tabular, pictorial, or graphical techniques.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, cybersecurity, finance, or a related field is highly preferred.

Experience:

•  7+ years of OSINT experience
• 3+ years of crypto tracing experience.

Required Skills and Abilities:

• Extensive experience in cryptocurrency (funds) tracing, analysis, and blockchain forensics across various digital currencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Monero, and others.
• Expertise with cryptocurrency platforms, chainalysis/blockchain analytics tools and digital wallets.
• Proficient OSINT skills
• 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 criminals to hide themselves on the Internet, how the criminals conduct online business and what are the various marketplaces and forums the cyber- criminals operate within.
• Experience in using technology solutions to actively search, analyze, and prioritize the various marketplaces and criminals to identify high value targets and respond to Requests for Assistance/Information for investigations, responsibilities, and areas of concern.
• Experience in the use of tools, both paid and open source, to conduct blockchain analysis, trace the flow of funds, and complete comprehensive reports with their findings.
• Familiarity with identifying and analyzing Virtual Currency or Cryptocurrency transactions through dark web sources
• Senior level briefing and interpersonal skills
• Ability to demonstrate strong critical thinking
• Must be a self-starter with an innovative mindset that requires minimal supervision. #qwe726

Location:

• Falls Church, VA / Onsite 3 days, 2 days remote

SECURITY CLEARANCE:  Top-Secret Clearance Required.

• This program only accepts US citizens and/or Green Card Holders. The security clearance for this program requires the selected candidate to have resided in the US for the past five years. The selected candidate cannot have left the country for longer than 90 consecutive days and no more than 180 cumulative days.