Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst, Scams (DC, MD, VA only)

Openkrill; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

TRM Labs is seeking a seasoned Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst for its Scam Disruption team to lead infrastructure-driven investigations. You will pivot from indicators to map networks, track evolving campaigns, and drive actor attribution using OSINT and commercial data.

Collaboration with engineering and law enforcement is required to sharpen TRM's collection capabilities. You will fuse on-chain and off-chain intelligence, build detection logic, and deliver defensible targeting packages for

Qualifications

• 5+ years in cyber threat intelligence or threat infrastructure analysis
• Experience pivoting across certificates, registrars, nameservers, hosting, and ASNs
• Proven track record of actor/campaign attribution over time
• Experience building detection, clustering logic, or automation
• Ability to produce actionable intelligence for government or law enforcement
• Must be located in the Washington, D.C./MD/VA area

Responsibilities

• Pivot from a single indicator to map wider infrastructure behind campaigns
• Track campaigns as they evolve and anticipate re-registration after takedowns
• Drive attribution of threat actors using open-source and commercial data
• Fuse infrastructure with on-chain data to trace money paths
• Develop detection and clustering logic to surface malicious infrastructure
• Produce defensible, calibrated intelligence packages for government or law enforcement
• Own the intelligence cycle end to end with cross-team collaboration

Skills

Infrastructure attribution

Campaign tracking

CTI tooling

Passive DNS

WHOIS

Shodan fingerprinting

Detection logic

Clustering

Automation

Open-source data

Attribution tradecraft

Actionable intelligence

Tools

Passive DNS

WHOIS

Shodan

Job description

BUILD A SAFER WORLD.

TRM Labs provides AI-powered intelligence solutions that help public and private sector agencies investigate and disrupt crime. TRM's platforms enable investigators to trace illicit activity, build cases, and construct operating pictures of threat networks. Leading agencies and businesses worldwide rely on TRM to make the world safer and more secure.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Scam Disruption team is TRM's tip of the spear against pig butchering syndicates, romance fraud networks, and investment scam operations that steal billions from victims each year. As a Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst, you'll lead infrastructure-driven investigative work: pivoting from a single domain, IP, or certificate to the network behind it, following it to the money, and delivering actionable intelligence to law enforcement and government partners.

You’ll track scam infrastructure as it evolves, fusing technical, open-source, and on-chain data to build the operational pictures that help dismantle scam operations.

THE IMPACT YOU WILL HAVE

• Start from one indicator — a scam domain, IP, or certificate — and pivot across shared certificates, registrars, nameservers, hosting, and ASNs to map the wider infrastructure behind Southeast Asia scam operations, clustering one-off indicators into campaigns.
• Track campaigns as they evolve — new domains, hosting and registrar changes, certificate reuse — and stay on actors as they rebuild and re-register after takedowns and seizures, anticipating their next infrastructure.
• Drive attribution of threat actors by leveraging open-source and commercially available data.
• Fuse technical infrastructure with the on-chain picture — carrying an investigation from infrastructure through to the wallet, the laundering path, and the cash-out.
• Build clustering logic, detection rules, and automation or tooling to surface malicious infrastructure proactively, rather than waiting on off-the-shelf feeds.
• Produce defensible, calibrated assessments — assigning confidence, weighing evidence across sources, and standing behind a malicious-versus-benign call.
• Synthesize on-chain and off-chain intelligence (OSINT, technical, and financial) into targeting packages that a government or law-enforcement consumer can act on.
• Own the intelligence cycle end to end with minimal supervision, partnering with the Scams SME team and with data, engineering, and product to sharpen TRM's collection capabilities.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• 5+ years of proven experience in cyber threat intelligence or threat infrastructure analysis roles (this is not an entry-level position).
• Hands-on infrastructure attribution: infrastructure pivoting and campaign tracking across shared certificates, registrars, nameservers, hosting, and ASNs — and a habit of thinking in campaigns, not isolated indicators.
• A track record of staying on an actor or campaign over time, including through takedowns and re-registration.
• Hands-on fluency with CTI tooling — passive DNS, WHOIS, certificate or Shodan-style fingerprinting, and phishing monitoring.
• Experience building detection and clustering logic, rules, or automation yourself — not just configuring vendor tooling.
• Attribution tradecraft: using open-source and commercially available data to drive attribution of threat actors.
• Demonstrated ability to produce actionable intelligence or targeting packages for a government, law-enforcement, or equivalent consumer who acted on them, and calibrated, defensible analytic judgment.
• Must be located in the Washington, D.C./MD/VA area (periodic in-person collaboration and travel may be required)

ABOUT THE TEAM

• The Scam Disruption team operates within TRM’s Blockchain Intelligence organization, alongside threat intelligence analysts, on-chain investigators, and federal partners
• All-Source Investigators and Cyber Threat Intelligence Analysts are the operational core, converting strategy and tooling into prosecutable, actionable intelligence
• Distributed team with an async-first approach via Slack and Notion, plus structured syncs for alignment
• High autonomy, high standards, low bureaucracy — work directly with analysts, engineers, and customers who depend on your output

TEAM OPERATING RHYTHMS

• Weekly team syncs to align targeting priorities and review disruption opportunities
• Daily async standups via Slack on active work, returns, and target packages in flight
• Primary time zone overlap: US Eastern / Central
• All output documented in Notion and TRM’s investigative tools
• Surge availability expected during time-sensitive disruption windows

JOIN OUR MISSION

We seek people whose work matters, who build with speed and rigor, and who take pride in protecting others through their craft. If you’re excited by TRM’s mission but don’t check every box, apply anyway.

Build to protect civilization. Let’s do it together.

INTERVIEWING WITH TRM

Our process is designed to understand how you think, solve problems, and deliver impact, while allowing you to evaluate TRM. Most interview processes include a case study, an AI skills assessment, and a Leadership Principles interview.

• Recruiter Intro: Qualifications, motivations, and alignment with the role.
• Hiring Manager: Deep dive into your relevant experience, skills, and impact.
• First Round: 1–2 interviews focused on the skills most critical to the role.
• Final Round: Hands-on case study. This is usually a panel-style session where we go deeper into your craft, problem-solving, and alignment with TRM.
• References: Former colleagues who can provide insight into your work and impact.
• Offer: Congrats! Your recruiter will present the offer and compensation details.
• Welcome to TRM: We're excited to build a safer world with you!

Your recruiter will share your specific interview plan and preparation guidance along the way.

AI FLUENCY AT TRM

AI fluency is a baseline expectation at TRM.

We believe AI meaningfully changes how top performers operate. We expect every team member to use AI to accelerate and reimagine their craft, not just automate surface tasks.

At TRM, AI fluency means you are among the top 10 percent of operators in your function in how you apply AI to:

• Accelerate repeatable workflows
• Structure and solve problems
• Improve output quality
• Increase speed and leverage

You will be evaluated on applied AI fluency during the interview process.

LIFE AT TRM

We are building a safer world. That promise shows up in how we work every day.

TRM moves FAST. We are a high-velocity, high-ownership team that expects clarity, follow-through, and impact. People who thrive here are energized by hard problems, experimentation, and continuous feedback. If something takes months elsewhere, it will ship here in days.

Our work sits at the intersection of AI, national security, and fighting crime. The problems are complex, the stakes are real, and the environment evolves quickly. The pace and intensity of the work reflect the importance of the mission. As a result, the way we operate requires a high level of ownership, adaptability, collaboration, and creative problem-solving.

At TRM, you should expect:

• Priorities and targets to change quickly
• Operating with