Embedded Regional Threat Intelligence Specialist (Middle East Focus)

Control Risks; City Of London; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consulting firm in London is seeking a Regional Threat Intelligence Specialist to conduct in-depth research, produce actionable reports, and analyze risk for a tech client. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s degree, 3-5 years of relevant experience, and strong communication skills. This role involves collaboration with various stakeholders and may require visits to client data centers to assess local risks.

Benefits

Competitively positioned compensation

Benefits package

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in risk analysis or intelligence gathering.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Responsibilities

• Conduct in-depth research and analysis on threats in EMEA.
• Produce intelligence reports tailored to stakeholders.
• Monitor emerging trends impacting data centers.

Skills

Risk analysis

Intelligence gathering

Excellent writing skills

Interpersonal communication

Research skills

Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)

Geopolitical risk analysis

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Geopolitical risk analysis platforms (e.g., Seerist)

Job description

Overview

Control Risks’ Embedded Consulting team is hiring a Regional Threat Intelligence Specialist to support a global tech client in producing reports and other threat-related products. This role will support threat, vulnerability, and risk assessments, as well as some other analytical content for the EMEA region.

Responsibilities

• Conduct in-depth research and analysis on specific locations within EMEA, assessing threats from natural hazards, infrastructure, terrorism, and political instability, among others.
• Produce clear, concise, and actionable intelligence reports tailored to stakeholders, including threat summaries, trending topics, and vulnerability assessments.
• Monitor and research emerging trends and topics related to data centers that could impact facility development, supply chains, and site operations.
• Collaborate with other analysts and internal stakeholders to gather site information and bolster assessments.
• Visit client datacenters to conduct on the ground analysis of local risks.
• Produce well-informed, concise and relevant briefings / presentations tailored to varied stakeholders and business needs.
• Manage time effectively so that several projects with tight deadlines can be juggled simultaneously.

Role requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with 3-5 years of experience in risk analysis and / or intelligence gathering.
• Excellent writing skills with a keen attention to detail. Strong written and verbal interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively in a distributed team environment.
• Superior research and Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) skills.
• Demonstrated knowledge of security analysis and risk assessments for physical security or security operations and planning.
• Proficiency in Arabic is desired.
• Familiarity with or ability to quickly become expert in geopolitical risk analysis platforms, such as Seerist.

Benefits

Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.