Blockchain Intelligence Analyst – Transnational Crime Organizations

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Generate comprehensive intelligence regarding transnational criminal entities, vendors, facilitators, and money laundering routes.

• Develop actor profiles, lead packages, and attribution assessments tailored for investigative, executive, and partner audiences.

• Oversee end-to-end blockchain investigations from initial indicators to complete attribution.

• Track illicit funds across various blockchains, bridges, mixers, peel chains, nested services, OTC desks, ATM networks, and cash-to-crypto services.

• Integrate on-chain activities with open-source intelligence (OSINT), closed-source intelligence, and signals from off-chain identities or infrastructure.

• Manage investigative workstreams from the discovery phase through validation and written output.

• Compose source-cited, auditable, and operationally relevant intelligence reports.

• Foster collaborative relationships with law enforcement partners.

• Contribute fresh attributions, investigative methodologies, and reproducible workflows.

• Assist in briefings, partner engagements, and capability-building sessions.

• Mentor colleagues and enhance team tradecraft.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in blockchain intelligence, cryptocurrency investigations, financial crime or narcotics investigations, threat intelligence, or a similar senior analytical role.

• Extensive hands-on experience in tracing funds across multiple blockchains.

• Proficiency with mixers, chain-hopping, bridges, peel chains, and complex cash-out behaviors.

• Capability to independently conduct intricate investigations and distill findings into written intelligence products.

• Experience in producing assessments, lead packages, fund-flow analyses, and attribution reporting.

• Skill in transforming technically complex findings into clear, actionable intelligence.

• Strong judgment, curiosity, and the ability to navigate a fast-paced environment.

• Familiarity with AI tools and large language models for research and analytical processes.

• Competence in critically assessing AI-generated outputs for accuracy and relevance.

• Experience within government, national security, law enforcement, or a well-established private-sector investigations or threat intelligence program is preferred.

• Knowledge of darknet markets, drug-trafficking networks, OTC and ATM laundering is preferred.

• Understanding of OSINT and the integration of blockchain activities with off-chain signals and adversary behaviors is preferred.

• Comfort using investigative tools such as TRM, Maltego, Palantir, or similar platforms is preferred.

• Working hours should align with both UK and US business hours.

• Availability for urgent partner requests and fast turnarounds.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for an equity plan.

• A distributed-first, remote work setting.

• Async-first work culture utilizing Slack and Notion.

• High level of autonomy with minimal bureaucracy.

• Regular team syncs and structured collaboration opportunities.

• Professional growth through mentoring, tradecraft enhancement, and capability-building sessions.

• Competitive benefits package, wellness programs, and time-off policies, varying by country and local employment regulations.