Senior Intelligence Researcher

ActiveFence; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A cybersecurity firm is seeking a Senior Intelligence Researcher to join their team in the UK. In this role, you will conduct in-depth intelligence analysis, collaborate with clients on key projects, and produce comprehensive reports. Candidates should have extensive OSINT experience, proficiency in fraud detection, and strong communication skills. This full-time role offers a unique opportunity to operate in a dynamic environment focused on user safety.

Qualifications

• 4+ years in WEBINT / OSINT experience is required.
• Experience conducting red team exercises on online platforms.
• Strong analytical skills to uncover fraud methods.

Responsibilities

• Conduct open-source intelligence investigations.
• Produce reports on research topics related to trust and safety.
• Analyze large datasets and identify threat indicators.

Skills

Extensive WEBINT / OSINT experience

Fraud detection

Understanding of OPSEC principles

Strong communication skills

Native-level English

Presentation of complex insights

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

Job description

Senior Intelligence Researcher

• Intelligence
• UK
• Senior
• Full-time

Description

About the position

ActiveFence is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Senior Intelligence Researcher to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will play a crucial part in supporting our analysis efforts and collaborating on key projects with our strategic clients. You will be responsible for conducting in-depth analysis of intelligence data, writing comprehensive reports, and presenting valuable insights to customers.

• Conduct open-source intelligence investigations and produce reports on a wide range of research topics and abuse areas relating to trust and safety intelligence and fraud ecosystems
• Collect intelligence on and analyze T&S policy landscape, industry trends, harmful content, and threat actor TTPs.
• Conduct investigations and identify fraud methods across web and mobile platforms (social media, forums, apps, and the darknet)
• Analyze large data sets, identify adversarial operations, detect threat actor indicators and signals, and provide meaningful insights for in-depth reports.
• Monitor third-party websites, forums, messaging app channels, and more to uncover malicious activities and fraud risks
• Assist additional intelligence teams in better understanding our customers’ needs by tracking their pain points, following industry trends, and communicating their needs

Requirements

Must Have

• Extensive WEBINT / OSINT experience (4+ years)
• Fraud detection; Experience in conducting red team exercises on online platforms to uncover potential abuse methods and bypass mechanisms (4+ years)
• Understanding of OPSEC principles
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Native-level spoken and written English
• Experience in presenting complex insights to customers
• Intelligence/Research Background

Nice to have:

• Autonomy; A proactive and independent thinker and doer.
• A quick learner of new practice areas and technological tools.
• Tons of curiosity.
• A methodological and innovative approach to the art of web intelligence.
• Experience with at least 2 languages – an advantage.
• Excellent Excel/Google Sheets skills.

About ActiveFence

ActiveFence is the leading provider of security and safety solutions for online experiences, safeguarding more than 3 billion users, top foundation models, and the world’s largest enterprises and tech platforms every day. As a trusted ally to major technology firms and Fortune 500 brands that build user-generated and GenAI products, ActiveFence empowers security, AI, and policy teams with low-latency Real-Time Guardrails and a continuous Red Teaming program that pressure-tests systems with adversarial prompts and emerging threat techniques. Powered by deep threat intelligence, unmatched harmful-content detection, and coverage of 117+ languages, ActiveFence enables organizations to deliver engaging and trustworthy experiences at global scale while operating safely and responsibly across all threat landscapes.