Cryptocurrency Analyst

Cryptocurrency Analyst

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MANTECH seeks a motivated, career and customer-oriented Cryptocurrency Analyst to join our team in Sterling, VA.

Each day, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) oversees the massive flow of people, capital, and products that enter and depart the United States via air, land, sea, and cyberspace. The volume and complexity of both physical and virtual border crossings require the application of business intelligence support service to promote efficient trade and travel. Further, effective intelligence support and big data solutions help CBP ensure the movement of people, capital, and products is legal, safe, and secure.

This position is seeking a skilled professional to assist CBP officers and border enforcement personnel in effectively and efficiently identifying illicit financial tactics that may present additional risk to the United States; conduct strategic analysis to identify emerging threats; develop and evaluate CBP-wide responses based on targeting rules and intelligence driven special operations.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Evaluate the relevance of the data to support a specific financial investigation, to analyze, to determine the performance and sensitivity of the analysis, and to project next steps for refinement, or proxies to achieve the needed results.
• Assist in interpreting data patterns of cryptocurrency encounters from a conceptual perspective (e.g., based on red flag indicators, schemes/methods).
• Work in teams that include intel analysts, OSINT analysts, federal law enforcement officers, data and visualization experts, and software developers to fully understand the data regarding AML and cryptocurrency illegal practices and make recommendations to decision makers on CBP's stance on threat streams.
• Support the identification and analysis of tools used by transnational criminal organizations to obfuscate their transfer of funds. Train field and staff personnel on identifying digital currencies and performing preliminary analysis on findings.
• Draft issue papers to highlight areas of evolving trends of illicit actors to obfuscate the transfer of digital funds.
• Develop partnerships with commercial vendors to evaluate tool capabilities to further support personnel in identifying and tracing cryptocurrency transactions and storage entities. Determine appropriate tools and methods for specific projects to identify networks, predict future threats, or isolate and evaluate threat scenarios.
• Assist with coordinating and being a functioning member of a crypto working group to address the cryptocurrency threat to CBP's identification of transfer of illegal funds.

Minimum Qualifications:

• A HS Diploma/GED and 15 years, an AS/AA and 13 years, a BS/BA and 7 years, a MS/MA/MBA and 5 years, a PhD/Doctorate and 3 years in intelligence analysis or policy planning.
• Anti-money laundering (AML) experience.
• Blockchain investigation experience.
• Experience in cryptocurrency; transfer of funds/concealment methods.
• Skilled in the end-to-end analytics lifecycle to synthesize actionable information through data collection, preparation, and model building.
• Knowledge or experience with data wrangling, cleansing, and analytics.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with FinCEN Data.
• Experience working with or in law enforcement or classified intelligence analysis environment.

Clearance Requirements:

• Must have a current/active TS/SCI clearance.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and be willing and able to obtain a DHS CBP Public Trust prior to starting this position.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time
• The person in this position needs to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.
• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine and computer printer.
• The person in this position frequently communicates with co-workers, management and customers, which may involve delivering presentations. Must be able to exchange accurate information in these situations.

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