Senior Intel Researcher

Description:

About the position

ActiveFence is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Intel Researcher to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in supporting our analysis efforts and collaborating on key projects with our strategic clients. You will be responsible for conducting in-depth analysis of intelligence data, writing comprehensive reports, and presenting valuable insights to customers.

• Conduct open-source intelligence investigations and produce  reports on a wide range of research topics and abuse areas relating to trust and safety intelligence and fraud ecosystems
• Collect intelligence on and analyze T&S policy landscape, industry trends, harmful content, and threat actor TTPs. 
• Conduct investigations and identify fraud methods across web and mobile platforms (social media, forums, apps, and the darknet)
• Analyze large data sets, identify adversarial operations, detect threat actor indicators and signals, and provide meaningful insights for in-depth reports. 
• Monitor third-party websites, forums, messaging app channels, and more to uncover malicious activities and fraud risks
• Assist additional intelligence teams in better understanding our customers’ needs by tracking their pain points, following industry trends, and communicating their needs

Must Have

• Extensive WEBINT / OSINT experience (4+ years)
• Fraud detection; Experience in conducting red team exercises on online platforms to uncover potential abuse methods and bypass mechanisms (4+ years)
• Understanding of OPSEC principles
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Native-level spoken and written English
• Experience in presenting complex insights to customers
• Intelligence/Research Background

Nice to have: 

• Autonomy; A proactive and independent thinker and doer.
• A quick learner of new practice areas and technological tools.
• Tons of curiosity.
• A methodological and innovative approach to the art of web intelligence.
• Experience with at least 2 languages – an advantage.
• Excellent Excel/Google Sheets skills.

ActiveFence is the leading provider of security and safety solutions for online experiences, safeguarding more than 3 billion users, top foundation models, and the world’s largest enterprises and tech platforms every day. As a trusted ally to major technology firms and Fortune 500 brands that build user-generated and GenAI products, ActiveFence empowers security, AI, and policy teams with low-latency Real-Time Guardrails and a continuous Red Teaming program that pressure-tests systems with adversarial prompts and emerging threat techniques. Powered by deep threat intelligence, unmatched harmful-content detection, and coverage of 117+ languages, ActiveFence enables organizations to deliver engaging and trustworthy experiences at global scale while operating safely and responsibly across all threat landscapes.