Qualitative Data Strategical Intelligence Analyst

1 day ago

Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Forward Defense Full time 60,000 - 120,000 per year


"Applications without prior geopolitical analysis experience will not be shortlisted."

Qualitative Data Strategical Intelligence Analyst with experience turning mixed data streams into decision ready insights required - immediate start

Requirements:
Strategic intelligence and opensource researcher with more than 2 years of experience turning mixed data streams-media, social/digital chatter, subscription databases, public records, and field inputs, into decision ready insight for operations, risk, and reputation teams.

The ideal candidate would be known for; fast triage under deadline, clear bottom line writing, and collaborative work with stakeholders providing actionable solutions.

The candidate will be comfortable refining information requirements, spotting emerging signals, producing alerts, short briefs, and trend snapshots that support timely response.

Ideally the candidate will have a background in intelligence role, threat intelligence or equivalent. Journalism, corporate security, investigations, geopolitical analysis, risk advisory will also be considered.

Core Competencies

  • Open Source / Multi Source Research & Monitoring
  • Issue & Risk Tracking (geo, political, info, reputational)
  • Collection Planning & Requirement Refinement
  • Basic Data Analysis (volume/velocity trends, spreadsheet workups)
  • Structured Analytic Techniques (timelines, actor mapping, key assumptions check)
  • Analytical & critical thinking; lateral problem solving
  • Team oriented; comfortable giving & receiving editorial feedback
  • Adapts quickly to shifting priorities and short timelines
  • Discreet with sensitive information. Comfortable tracking information needs and basic collection requirements
  • Familiar with social/media monitoring or alerting tools
  • Office + presentation packages
  • Technical & Analytical Skills: Ability to learn new products, tools, and technologies quickly
  • Strong analytical writing and presentation skills
  • Knowledge of basic command line utilities and basic scripting ability is a plus
  • Database and query language experience or willingness to learn
  • Experience in open source intelligence (OSINT) research and common tool sets

Key responsibilities:

Track and refine priority information needs; plan light to moderate multisource collection. ∙Monitor open web, media archives, commercial data services, and social/digital chatter for early indicators of issues or risks. ∙Flag developments with potential operational, reputational, or stakeholder impact and outline likely implications. ∙Produce rapid alerts, short decision briefs, and simple visual snapshots Support escalation triage and incident coordination when needed. ∙Contribute to shared knowledge libraries, watchlists, and trend trackers.

Minimum qualifications:

+2 years in any mix of intelligence, investigations, research, risk analysis, OSINT, journalism, security, or related strategic/analytical work ∙Degree in intelligence, cybersecurity, criminology, computer science, information technology, information security, engineering or equivalent working experience; master's degree is a plus;

Preferred / nice to have:

Additional language ability (Malay, Filipino, or regional languages a plus). ∙Experience screening for information threats, data exposure, mis/disinformation, or brand/reputation risk.

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