Founded in 1989, SOSi is among the largest private, founder-owned technology and services integrators in the defense and government services industry. We deliver tailored solutions, tested leadership, and trusted results to enable national security missions worldwide.
Job DescriptionOverview
SOS International LLC (SOSi) is seeking an Open-Source Intelligence Investigator who will possess a sophisticated understanding of online social media and associated tradecraft and use that expertise to produce in-depth analysis and other related analytical products for the customer. The analyst must have operational targeting experience, senior to expert-level technical/IT tradecraft; preferred familiarity with force protection, protective intelligence, CI or insider threat experience.
Essential Job Duties
- Conduct online research using industry best practices for misattribution techniques, with a strong understanding of internet footprint/presence and digital fingerprints.
- Consolidate research findings to augment and support ongoing protective intelligence efforts in client spaces, with a strong focus on essential targeting elements of information that enable follow-on actions.
- Leverage open-source collection techniques to provide reports.
- Write protective intelligence assessments and respond appropriately to requests for information for dissemination to the customer.
- Produce intelligence products by researching, querying, and compiling information from large data sets.
- Use advanced OSINT and social media collection and analysis techniques to support information requests concerning force protection, indications and warnings, counter threats, counterintelligence, and all source intelligence integration and assessments.
- Assemble, analyze, and prioritize open-source material into protective intelligence and force protection assessments.
- Prepare and present intelligence collection assessments and briefings to customers and advise key leadership of force protection concerns and provide timely Indications and Warnings that challenge current force protection postures.
- Provide trends and analysis of social media landscape.
- Provide consultation on how to leverage OSINT data and information, use specialized OSINT tools and services, and consult on the development of OSINT products.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
- Active in-scope TS/SCI with Polygraph.
- Fifteen years of relevant experience OR a SME in a specific field.
- Ability to brief protective intelligence packages to tactical and operational IC leadership.
- Knowledge of targeting tools and methodologies used in the IC.
- Experience with accessing, researching, and exploiting global and regional social media and digital platforms.
- Knowledge of advanced Internet-based research, including Boolean logic, advanced research techniques, search engine and database resources, and Internet sources, including social media, social networking tools, and commercial and industry-based databases.
- Ability to quickly process and organize large amounts of information and identify and assess items of greatest importance.
- Keen understanding of Open-Source environment.
- Strong understanding of Deep and Dark Web.
- Strong understanding of how to use mobile applications.
- Demonstrated comfort with information technology and multimedia software, including publishing and analytics tools.
- Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree.
- Familiarity with force protection, protective intelligence, CI or insider threat experience.
Additional Information
Work Environment
- Hybrid work environment, with expectations to seamlessly work on a daily/weekly basis at customer site and corporate site to complete job duties as assigned.
- Normal office working conditions with possible requirement to lift and/or move objects or packages of up to 25 lbs.
- Periods of non-traditional working hours including consecutive nights or weekends when necessary (infrequent).
Working at SOSi
All interested individuals will receive consideration and will not be discriminated against for any reason.
Skills Required
- Active in-scope TS/SCI with Polygraph
- Fifteen years of relevant experience OR a SME in a specific field
- Ability to brief protective intelligence packages to tactical and operational IC leadership
- Knowledge of targeting tools and methodologies used in the IC
- Experience with accessing, researching, and exploiting global and regional social media and digital platforms
- Knowledge of advanced Internet-based research techniques
- Ability to quickly process and organize large amounts of information
- Keen understanding of Open-Source environment
- Strong understanding of Deep and Dark Web
- Strong understanding of how to use mobile applications
- Demonstrated comfort with information technology and multimedia software
- Experience with Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
SOSi Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about SOSi and has not been reviewed or approved by SOSi.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is considered a relative strength, with international plan options and substantial employer contribution that support OCONUS and travel-heavy work. Company materials also highlight a comprehensive medical offering alongside wellness support.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) program is available, with indications of employer matching though specifics are not publicly detailed. This suggests foundational retirement support for eligible employees.
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Career-Linked Recognition & Rewards — Compensation is often characterized as competitive for cleared, hard‑to‑hire, and certain overseas or mission‑critical roles. Pay levels appear closely tied to contract demands, clearance, and location.
SOSi Insights
What We Do
SOSi is a technology and services integrator focused on the aerospace, defense, and government services industry, described as one of the largest private, founder-owned companies in its sector.
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