Senior Analyst II (FNSS)

Flashpoint is the pioneering leader in threat data and intelligence. We empower commercial enterprises and government agencies to decisively confront complex security challenges, reduce risk, and improve operational resilience amid fast-evolving threats. Through the Flashpoint Ignite platform, we deliver unparalleled depth, breadth and speed of data from highly relevant sources, enriched by human insights. Our solutions span cyber threat intelligence, vulnerability intelligence, geopolitical risk, physical security, fraud and brand protection. The result: our customers safeguard critical assets, avoid financial loss, and protect lives. Discover more at flashpoint.io

Are you an experienced threat hunter with Chinese-language skills that enjoys helping others navigate the cyber threat landscape while being a part of a global team that covers all corners of the world? Security Clearance is required

We have a role for you if, you:

• Are able to effectively execute tasks and responsibilities independently, while collaborating with other team members on more complex tasks.

• Have advanced Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) experience.

• Have an intermediate- to advanced-level understanding of scripting languages and command line interfaces and experience using these tools to manipulate and format large datasets.

• Possess an advanced understanding of network and telecommunications technologies and topologies.

• Possess and maintain an in-depth understanding of Chinese geopolitics and fluency in the Chinese language.

• Have advanced knowledge of Chinese internet slang.

• Have a strong ability to produce accurate investigations and key judgments for inclusion in finished intelligence reports.

• Possess a high level of motivation, a positive attitude, and a strong willingness to be a self-starter and learn new skills.

• Have strong communication and presentation skills and a willingness to use these skills to communicate ideas, findings, and analyses to wider audiences.

What you will get to do on our team

• Support client deliverables and intelligence requirements within set deadlines.

• Produce quality analytic judgments that provide additional context to clients.

• Leverage Flashpoint proprietary tools and systems to support assigned tasks.

• Leverage external tools to synthesize data and enhance analysis/alerting services.

• Synthesize raw data to identify the credibility of information and deduce relevance to the client base.

• Nominate new collection sources in support of Flashpoint collections.

• Create keywords/patterns to highlight high signal data within Flashpoint tools.

• Understand and articulate security safeguards required to perform job responsibilities.

• Propose new content for blog posts, with supervisor review.

• Safely navigate virtual environments for supporting assigned tasks, as applicable.

• Comply with Flashpoint org-wide and Intel team policies and procedures, including Rules of Engagement

• Act as lead for internal subject matter expert projects and initiatives

• Support intelligence requirements gathering and identify collection gaps for respective teams.

  • Maintain a nuanced understanding of Flashpoint’s collections systems operations.

  • Follow established internal procedures for closing collection gaps.

• Peer reviews finished intelligence products for analytical accuracy.

• Presents at community calls as directed by the supervisor.

• Document team-specific processes/procedures, as directed by the supervisor.

• Facilitate job-specific guidance to new and junior members of the team.
  

What you will achieve

Within 30 days

• You will have been fully onboarded and integrated into a team of professional intelligence analysts and assigned a mentor to guide you through your initial journey at Flashpoint. Your team will have provided you with access, resources, and training necessary to begin tackling deliverables.

Within 60 days

• You will have become familiarized with all of Flashpoints processes and become comfortable with taking on additional tasks and deliverables.

By 90 days

• You will have carried out your own investigations in support of intelligence requirements and drafted and published the findings from these initial investigations within Flashpoint intelligence platform.

• You will have become familiar with teams outside of your