The Role
As a Senior Open Source Intelligence Analyst, you will track fraud trends, analyze open-source data, develop indicators, and collaborate with internal teams to produce intelligence reports.
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Job Summary & Responsibilities
Preferred Qualifications
ECS is seeking a Senior Open Source Intelligence Analyst to work in our Arlington, VA office
Responsibilities include:
Intelligence & Analytics:
- Identify, track, and monitor emerging fraud typologies across financial and operational channels using fraud and intelligence gathering expertise.
- Conduct analysis of open sources to identify fraudulent communication channels and techniques, including, but not limited to forums, social media, dark/deep web, news media, public records, and geospatial data.
- Build and maintain fraud indicators, risk scores, and watchlists using internal data and external intelligence sources.
- Develop analytical queries, dashboards, and automated alerts to uncover anomalous patterns such as counterfeit documentation, suspicious claims activity, identity misuse, or operational irregularities.
- Leverage open-source data and information to conduct link analysis to uncover fraud networks and schemes.
Cross-Functional Collaborations:
- Produce high-quality intelligence products including threat assessments, trend analyses, profiles, timelines, and geo-based heat maps.
- Partner with internal stakeholders to share intelligence, escalate issues, and support audit and investigative efforts.
- Identify issues and trends based on severity, potential impact, and risk, ensuring proper documentation and evidentiary standards.
Risk & Controls - Recommend and evaluate preventive, detective, and mitigative controls.
- Monitor changes in policy, regulations, technology, and criminal trends to anticipate shifts in fraud risk.
Reporting & Communication:
- Deliver timely, actionable reporting to leadership on trends, exposures, root causes, and mitigation opportunities.
- Translate analytical findings into clear recommendations for non-technical stakeholders.
- Prepare materials for audit, compliance, or law enforcement requests as needed.
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree and at least 10 years of professional experience (preferred) as an open-source intelligence analyst and other related fields.
- Professional certification (preferred), such as CFE, CIA, CISA, or similar.
- Proven ability to conduct open-source intelligence (OSINT) analysis to identify, track, and
monitor emerging fraud typologies across financial and operational channels. - Experience building and maintaining fraud indicators, risk scores, and watchlists using internal
data and external intelligence sources. - Proficiency developing analytical queries, dashboards, and automated alerts to uncover anomalous
patterns (e.g., counterfeit documentation, suspicious claims activity, identity misuse, operational
irregularities). - Ability to leverage open-source data to conduct link analysis and identify fraud networks and
scheme interdependencies. - Ability to produce high-quality intelligence products (threat assessments, trend analyses,
profiles, timelines, geo-based heat maps) with clear analytical rigor and defensible findings. - Track record partnering with internal stakeholders (audit, investigations, and data personnel)
to share intelligence, escalate issues, and support audit/investigative efforts. - Demonstrated capability to deliver timely, actionable reporting to leadership, translating
analytical findings into clear recommendations for non-technical stakeholders. - Ability to travel up to 25 percent (within the DC metro area and out of the DC metro area)
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree
- At least 10 years of professional experience as an open-source intelligence analyst
- Professional certification such as CFE, CIA, CISA, or similar
- Experience conducting OSINT analysis to track fraud typologies
- Proficiency in developing analytical queries and dashboards
- Ability to leverage open-source data for link analysis
- Ability to produce high-quality intelligence products
- Track record of partnering with internal stakeholders
- Demonstrated capability to deliver actionable reporting to leadership
ECS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ECS and has not been reviewed or approved by ECS.
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Healthcare Strength — ECS advertises multiple national-network medical plan options with HSA eligibility alongside dental and vision coverage. Coverage generally begins quickly and is paired with company-paid short- and long-term disability, adding stability to the health package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with Safe Harbor and immediate vesting on employer contributions is emphasized, with an employer match available. Access to an employee stock purchase plan via the parent company provides an additional savings avenue.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave up to 30 days, adoption assistance, and other family-oriented leaves are highlighted. Feedback suggests these offerings add meaningful value beyond base pay for many roles.
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The Company
What We Do
ECS, a segment of ASGN (NYSE: ASGN), delivers advanced solutions and services in cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), application and IT modernization, and science and engineering. The company solves critical, complex challenges for customers across the U.S. public sector, defense, intelligence and commercial industries. ECS maintains partnerships with leading cloud, cybersecurity, and AI/ML providers and holds specialized certifications in their technologies. Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, ECS has more than 3,400 employees throughout the U.S. and has been recognized as a Top Workplace by The Washington Post for the last five years.
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