Senior OSINT Training Specialist

We are a leading cybersecurity company with multiple offices (San Francisco and Redwood City, CA; Herndon, VA; and Washington, D.C.) working to fundamentally disrupt the way organizations deliver and access the web, as well as conduct digital investigations. The world’s most at-risk organizations rely on Authentic8 to completely eliminate the risk of using the web. More than 700 government agencies and commercial enterprises trust Authentic8’s 100% cloud-native, Silo Web Isolation Platform to protect their most at-risk data and missions. Silo is designed ground-up with zero-trust principles, delivered via globally-scaled infrastructure, and configurable to solve a wide range of security challenges. Our flagship product, Silo for Research, is the market-leading solution for conducting secure and anonymous digital investigations and intelligence work across the surface, deep and dark web.

We are seeking a dynamic and experienced professional to join our team as a Senior OSINT Training Specialist. This role is crucial in developing and delivering comprehensive training programs for our customers across the public and private sectors, ensuring they are proficient in using our products and services. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in intelligence operations and a deep understanding of managed attribution and security tradecraft. This is a remote position with travel required, 15%.

Key Responsibilites:

• Develop Training Curricula: Design and create detailed training programs and curricula tailored for various customer segments (open source intelligence, cyber threat intelligence, criminal or fraud investigations, dark web, etc), focusing on fully using our application and product offerings.
• Deliver Training Engagements: Deliver high-quality and engaging training engagements to customers, both in-person and virtually.
• Create Multimedia Content: Produce engaging video content– from recording through editing– to support training initiatives.
• Deployment and Onboarding Support: Assist with customer deployments and onboarding processes, ensuring smooth transitions and effective use of our products.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 7 years of relevant work experience, with at least 2 years of experience conducting interactive training sessions, providing training, developing courses, and/or leading analytic or product briefings.
• Experience in developing compelling courses, including points-of-instruction, learning objectives, and curricula, ensuring they meet the learning needs of diverse audiences.
• Experience in delivering scenario-based training related to software, platforms, or other technical topics, enabling practical and immersive learning experiences.
• Experience training individuals both onsite and remotely via live interaction and pre-recorded sessions, using various delivery methods to maximize engagement and knowledge retention.
• Intelligence or Investigations Expertise: At least 5 years demonstrated experience in supporting intelligence targeting, collection management, all-source analysis, open source collection and analysis, criminal investigations, or cyber threat intelligence.
• Security Clearance: Possession of a top secret US Government security clearance is required.
• Skills: Self-starter, creative, curious, with excellent communication skills.
• Technical Knowledge: Understanding of managed attribution and security tradecraft, as well as familiarity with the Silo for Research managed attribution platform.

Additional Skills and Experience:

• OSINT Research and Analysis: Demonstrated experience in fields related to OSINT research, collection management, or analysis, or the exploitation of Publicly Available Information (PAI) or social media.
• Software and tools: The ideal candidate will have a working familiarity with the Silo for Research managed attribution platform, video editing tools such as Camtasia, open source extensions and scripts supporting OSINT collection, and experience with at least one scripting language (eg, Javascript, Python, etc).
• Analytical Training: Prior commercial, military, or government analytical training and certifications, including courses such as Practical Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) Certification (GOSI) from SANS Institute, the CASO certification, or similar courses related to collection of publicly-available information (PAI)
• Intelligence Cycle: Experience working in an environment where Key Intelligence Questions are addressed, and familiarity with the intelligence cycle as it applies to the collection, processing, exploitation, and analysis of publicly-available information.
• Communication and Initiative: Strong written and verbal communication skills, ability to take the initiative, develop creative solutions, and drive opportunities for customer success.
• Desired Experience:
• Program management and analysis, especially in complex intelligence environments
• Experience in SaaS (Software as a Service) environments in a position related to training, sales engineering, or similar roles.

Education Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree: A BA or BS in a related discipline such as Intelligence, Cybersecurity, Criminal Justice, Engineering, Political Science, International Relations, or a similar field.
• Equivalent Military Service: Equivalent experience through military service in a related discipline such as intelligence operations, OSINT analysis, or cybersecurity.

Authentic8 Core Values & Principles:

Integrity: We apply our best efforts. We are honest with and accountable to others.

Mission-Focused: We clearly define and communicate our goals and do not stray in the pursuit of our objective.

Respect: We value and respect the ideas and experience our diverse backgrounds bring us. Positive consideration of differing viewpoints makes us stronger.

We are collaborative: We recognize the best work is the product of teams. We must each be reliable and expect to rely on others.

We are transparent: By operating with common information and understanding we ensure that we are aligned.

We find innovative solutions: We seek innovative solutions not as a buzzword but as a means to solve difficult problems with zeal, efficiency and quality.

We take ownership: We are responsible for our actions, our reputation and our business. 

Authentic8 offers competitive benefits, including medical, dental and vision, flexible PTO, a 401k program and stock options.

It is the policy of Authentic8 to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.