Senior Open Source Analyst - Military veterans preferred

2025-09-03
Anser
Other

/yr

  employee   contract


Ashburn
Virginia
20147
United States

Company Overview:

ANSER enhances national and homeland security by strengthening public institutions. We provide thought leadership for complex issues through independent analysis, and we deliver practical, useful solutions. ANSER values collaboration, integrity, and initiative and we are client focused in all that we do. Because we were established for the purpose of public service and not for profit, we measure our success in the impact of our service.

Position Summary

ANSER is seeking a Senior Open Source Analyst supports U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) by conducting in-depth open source intelligence (OSINT) analysis to assess, forecast, and explain national security issues. You will integrate information from multiple sources to provide actionable intelligence that supports investigations, operations, and policy development.

Day to Day Responsibilities:

  • Conduct OSINT analysis and produce detailed reports and intelligence products as required by CBP
  • Collaborate with other intelligence disciplines to develop comprehensive and reliable finished intelligence products
  • Assess emerging OSINT methodologies and tools, providing recommendations for adoption or improvement
  • Brief senior personnel and officers on OSINT findings and relevant intelligence assessments
  • Provide expert consultation on leveraging OSINT data, specialized tools, and product development
  • Support the creation and refinement of OSINT targeting and exploitation techniques
  • Analyze OSINT policy development and tradecraft to enhance intelligence operations
  • Utilize advanced OSINT and social media collection and analysis techniques to support force protection, counter-threats, counterintelligence, and integrated all-source intelligence efforts
  • Conduct research and analysis on investigative, regional, or functional national security issues using multi-source intelligence
  • Deliver all-source analytic support for collections, operations, investigations, and intelligence requirements
  • Maintain familiarity with advanced internet research techniques, including Boolean logic and use of social media and digital platforms for intelligence gathering

 

Required Qualifications:

  • Active Top Secret security clearance
  • Bachelors degree from an accredited institution
  • Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in open source research, all-source intelligence analysis, collection management, or targeting
  • Experience analyzing or exploiting publicly available information (PAI) and social media platforms
  • Proficient with advanced internet-based research techniques, including Boolean logic, search engines, databases, and social networking tools
  • Experience accessing, researching, and exploiting global and regional social media and digital platforms
  • Knowledge or experience working with crypto/virtual assets and related problem sets
  • Familiarity with Microsoft Office Suite and related software tools

 

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), if you have a disability and would like to request an accommodation in order to apply for a position with ANSER, please call 703-416-2000 or e-mail Recruiting@anser.org

ANSER is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We seek individuals from a broad variety of backgrounds with varying levels of experience who have a desire to do meaningful work. We recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, ancestry, disability, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.





Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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