Counterintelligence & Security Risk Analyst

What you'd do

• Support the development of CI analysis tailored to the defense industry's unique threats and requirements, spanning workforce, technology and supply chain risk.
• Analyze threats from nation state actors, reviewing data from multiple sources to identify anomalous behaviors and other indicators.
• Execute workforce, visitor and supplier vetting initiatives, conducting thorough risk assessments and initial investigations to ensure Anduril is engaging with trusted people and vendors.
• Support a repeatable, scalable process for vetting of candidates, visitors, suppliers and vendors, and continuously monitor existing relationships for emerging risks.
• Coordinate with federal agencies, including the Department of Defense (DoD), Intelligence Community (IC), and Federal Law Enforcement, to access relevant threat information and stay current on evolving adversary tactics, techniques and procedures.
• Establish and leverage collaborative partnerships across internal stakeholders, including product, supply chain, legal, HR, and InfoSec teams, to identify data necessary to support robust research and analysis.
• Produce tailored and strategic risk assessments, detailed reports and presentations on findings, case studies, threat assessments, and recommended actions for multiple audiences to include senior leadership.
• Develop and implement analytic methodologies to assess counterintelligence, supplier and people related risks.
• Provide analytic support to investigations.
• Support the development of procedures, processes, risk frameworks and documentation that comply with government regulations and contractual obligations, and produce key metrics for leadership on a recurring basis.

What they want

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Security or Intelligence Studies, Political Science, Criminal Justice, or a related field.
• 8 years of relevant work experience in CI analysis, intelligence operations or analysis, or people and supplier risk vetting, assessing complex threats from nation state actors and other nation state-related risk.
• Experience conducting risk and threat assessments and presenting analysis to inform executive decision making.
• Demonstrated ability leveraging multiple data sets and tools to support complex research and analysis, as well as developing risk assessments and risk mitigation recommendations.
• Experience conducting public record research and investigations (e.g., criminal, civil, financial, corporate, property, licensing, or court records) in support of people and supplier vetting, or CI-related assessments.
• Ability to synthesize public record findings with open-source and other data sets to assess credibility, relevance, and risk, and communicate findings to technical and executive stakeholders.
• Experience with CI risk assessment methodologies and CI threat analysis.
• Experience leveraging critical thinking skills to creatively solve complex problems and produce analysis and recommendations in a fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrated understanding of the intelligence threats facing industry.
• Familiarity with relevant laws, regulations, and standards governing defense industry security and the requirements of U.S. security clearance holders.

About Anduril · Core Operations : Security : Security

The Counterintelligence (CI) and Security Investigations Team’s safeguards Anduril’s workforce and supply chain by proactively identifying risk, mitigating threats and delivering actionable investigative insights. The team helps ensure our security environment remains vigilant and resilient so that our strategic interests are preserved.