Dark Web Crypto Currency Analyst

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The Role

The Dark Web Analyst supports the program agnostic Analytics Group within National Headquarters and conducts open-source analysis to identify and develop intelligence on targets operating on the clear and dark webs for all Inspection Service investigations. The analyst provides actionable intelligence through cryptocurrency tracking and analysis, open source and dark web intelligence and social media analysis, geospatial mapping and data visualization, and USPS backend and network data exploitation.

Responsibilities

• Conduct open or all source intelligence gathering and analysis.
• Work independently and as part of a team.
• Manage multiple projects and tasks with competing priorities and meet deliverables.
• Use cyber intelligence tools and software tools to actively search and mine the publicly available Internet and the dark net/deep web.
• Apply advanced understanding of the methods used by cyber-criminals to hide themselves on the Internet, how cyber-criminals conduct online business, and the various marketplaces and forums they operate within.
• Use technology solutions to actively search, analyze and prioritize various marketplaces and cyber-criminals to identify high value targets, analyze and trace cryptocurrency.
• Conduct analyses and research and report results using tabular, pictorial or graphical techniques.
• Create visual analyses using tools such as Qlik, Microstrategy, Tableau and/or i2 Analyst Notebook.
• Provide summary and detailed results to various levels of an organization in formats which are easy to understand, showing conclusions and relationships.
• 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.
• Perform prioritized assessment of data to identify the most critical and reliable information in order to identify cryptocurrency usage, locations, accounts, services, travels, email addresses, IP addresses and other pattern of life data in an effort to determine physical attribution of an Internet identity.
• Conduct blockchain analysis, trace the flow of funds, and complete comprehensive reports and charts with findings.
• Analyze cryptocurrency exchange subpoena returns and provide comprehensive analysis on the contents of those returns in the context of the inspector's investigation.
• Respond to Requests for Assistance/Information for USPIS investigations, responsibilities and areas of concern.
• Provide subject matter expertise in cryptocurrency and blockchain technology, and provide training and guidance to inspectors and other analysts within the organization.
• Provide intelligence and investigative reports which represent the steps taken, the data sources reviewed, and the conclusions drawn from the evaluation of Internet information.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university is preferred, and a minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience supporting Crypto Currency investigations is required.

Security Requirements

• Top Secret Clearance desired.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen or Legal Permanent Resident.
• Favorable credit check for all cleared positions.
• Successfully passing a background investigation including drug screening.
• Residency requirement - 3 consecutive years in the last 5 years.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• Standing/Walking/Mobility: Must have mobility to attend meetings with other managers and employees.
• Climbing/Stooping/Kneeling: 10% of the time.
• Lifting/Pulling/Pushing: 10% of the time.
• Fingering/Grasping/Feeling: Must be able to write, type, and use a telephone system 100% of the time.
• Sitting: Sitting for prolonged and extended periods of time.

Location and Schedule

Location: Falls Church, VA or Chantilly, VA

Schedule: Due to the nature of law enforcement work and operation, position may require occasional support outside of core working hours, as well as intermittent weekend support, mission dependent.