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Open Source Intelligence Investigator

Reston, VA, us💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-30 → 2026-09-25

Core

Conduct online research and produce protective intelligence assessments for force protection, counter-threats, and indications and warnings using open-source and social media data.

Role type

Senior Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Investigator

Builds

Protective intelligence reports, targeting assessments, and intelligence briefings for tactical and operational leadership

Domain

Defense and government services, intelligence community (IC)

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery

Required skills

OSINT tradecraft, social media analysis, digital footprint identification, Boolean logic, large data set processing, briefing IC leadership, knowledge of Deep and Dark Web, mobile application analysis

Preferred skills

Force protection experience, protective intelligence experience, counterintelligence experience, insider threat experience, foreign language fluency

Technologies

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), specialized OSINT tools, social networking tools, commercial databases

Responsibilities

Conduct online research using misattribution techniques and digital fingerprinting; consolidate findings to support protective intelligence efforts; write protective intelligence assessments; produce intelligence products from large data sets; brief leadership on force protection concerns and provide Indications and Warnings; consult on OSINT tool usage and product development

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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