
Open-Source Intelligence Specialist: Centurion
- Centurion, Gauteng
- R100,000-110,400 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Include management and leadership responsibilities for work team leaders
- Identify user specifications for the acquisition of technical equipment needed to gather and analyse open-source material relevant to the production of financial intelligence
- Determine, setup, apply and maintain technical equipment to gather open-source material as directed by the employer over a short - to long term duration
- Deploy suitable measures in the information gathering cycle to ensure the employer is not contravening section 60(1) when executing its functions under section 4 (a) of the Act
- Ensure compliance to relevant legislation when gathering information from open source
- Develop and implement SOPs to gather and analyse open-source material relevant to the production of financial intelligence
- Analyse data and produce reports that are relevant to the production of timely financial intelligence
- Apply diagnostic ability to see multiple relationships and make multiple causal links to determine the impact of multiple part chains on events to formulate a hypothesis
- Produce complex reports which contain possible inferences and conclusions for medium term planning purposes
- Lead briefings and presentations with internal and external the employer's stakeholders and clients
- Disseminate information requested (once it has been approved) as per agreed timelines and specifications
- Ensure aggregation and utilisation of relevant technical equipment's
- Perform quality assurance tests for ensuring data integrity and quality
- Resolve technical equipment's problems, queries and error reports in an accurate and timely manner
- Review the production of technical assessments or forecasts from open-source information concerning AML/CFT or proceeds of crime
- Perform technical surveillance countermeasures for the employer
- Support information gathering requirements within the department
- Act as a lead assigning and reviewing work to others
- Conduct training as and when required
- Perform any other ad hoc duties as assigned
- Relevant University Degree and working towards Postgraduate
- At least six years' experience in a relevant field
- Computer literacy at advanced level
- Completed internal training on systems, policies, procedures
- Proven ability to understand and explain the behaviours of different types of complex organisations, from criminal syndicates to financial enterprises
- Familiarity with cyber threats, defences, motivations and techniques
- Must have advanced skills to deploy Open-Source technology
- Experience with intelligence analysis tools, methods and the intelligence life cycle
- Experience distilling raw information into actionable financial intelligence
- Ability to maintain or develop professional contacts in the cyber security community and in industries including finance, law enforcement and government
- Cyber Security: Understand different operating systems and network security concepts
- Internet capabilities: Understand Domain Name Services (DNS), Transmission Control Protocols over the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), Small Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP), IMAP, Secure Shell (SSH), Hyper Text Transfer Protocol Secure (HTTPS) and Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
- Working knowledge of how malicious code operates and technical vulnerabilities are exploited
- Understand the tactics, tools and procedures used by cyber criminals, especially the dark web and The Union Ring network
- Produces timely written recommendations and assessments
- Please note communication and feedback will only be to shortlisted candidates
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