Intel Analyst
Intel Analyst
Chicago, Illinois Position Type: Full Time Req ID: 2026-1575004 Date posted: 04/16/2026Company Overview:
Allied Universal®, North America's leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, welcoming, and collaborative workplace, you will be part of a team that contributes to a culture that positively impacts the communities and customers we serve.
Allied Universal® is hiring a Global Security (GS) Intel Analyst. The Global Security (GS) Intel Analyst is responsible for identifying, analyzing, and mitigating illegitimate listings of company products across online marketplaces, websites, social media platforms, and mobile applications. This role supports the GS organization by conducting open‑source intelligence (OSINT) research, assisting with investigations, and helping protect the company's brand, customers, and global supply chain integrity. This individual will also monitor, analyze and advise of current geopolitical happenings. Additionally, the analyst will investigate individuals and entities involved in unauthorized sales, diversion, counterfeiting, or other illicit activities impacting the company. Using advanced research techniques, this role will gather, validate, and present actionable intelligence to internal stakeholders and support cross‑functional enforcement efforts.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Manage the “intelligence cycle" through the systematic collection, collation, evaluation, interpretation and analysis of information and process this into timely, accurate, and relevant intelligence
- Assess intel procedures; develop/update guidance documents and processes to eliminate gaps in intelligence gathering and reporting
- Responsible for deciphering, evaluating, and prioritizing information, intelligence, and events in a meaningful way that will aid the business in mitigating risk, exposure, and impacts globally to its people, assets, and brand
- Prepare analyses, assessments, verbal briefs or other products by applying expert judgment and specialized experience in interpreting information and making decisions
- Monitor global events-including civil unrest, natural hazards, geopolitics, and crime-using open-source intelligence platforms to identify risks to customer assets
- Maintain awareness of the international climate and assess its potential impact on operations
- Conduct in-depth research and analysis to support global customer operations and threat mitigation efforts
- Identify and report on emerging threats in operational regions, serving as the analytical focal point for intelligence efforts
- Utilize crisis communication processes to rapidly inform leadership of emerging risks and provide ongoing situational updates
- Deliver timely, actionable insights during incidents that could impact brand reputation
- Provide key insights to stakeholders with a focus on clarity, usability, and business impact
- Monitor major online marketplaces, websites, social media channels, and apps to Illegitimate, unauthorized, fraudulent, or counterfeit product listings
- Conduct OSINT investigations into sellers, groups, and networks engaged in unauthorized product sales or diversion
- Stay up to date on OSINT methodologies, marketplace behaviors, and emerging cyber investigations tools
- Provide recommendations for enforcement action and risk mitigation; partner with Legal to support cease-and-desist processes, takedown requests, and policy enforcement
QUALIFICATIONS (MUST HAVE):
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Minimum of five (5) years of civilian or military intelligence analysis experience
- Minimum of one (1) year of experience in OSINT research, intelligence analysis, investigations, brand protection, or related security/analytic functions
- Fusion Centre/law enforcement/customs/security intelligence/military/commercial intelligence background
- International experience, cultural awareness, and sensitivity
- Experience working in a regulated industry (healthcare, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, etc.)
- Strong research, analysis, and critical thinking skills with expertise in open-source intelligence, social media tools, and assessment techniques to identify and evaluate complex threats
- Knowledge of online marketplaces, social media platforms, and digital ecosystems
- Demonstrated knowledge and application of OSINT tools and techniques
- Ability to analyze large amounts of data and synthesize findings into actionable intelligence.
- Strong written communication skills, with experience preparing reports, investigations summaries, or risk assessments
- High attention to detail and strong analytical thinking
- Excellent written, oral, and presentation communication abilities, including report writing and briefing senior stakeholders
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite, SharePoint, and other relevant tools for data management and reporting
- Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of managing multiple priorities independently or collaboratively across time zones and compressed timelines
- Initiative and business acumen with minimal supervision
- Committed to strong professional ethics, discretion, and trust while challenging routine processes to improve standards and outcomes
- Expansive geopolitical awareness to enhance threat identification and situational understanding
- Working understanding of investigative frameworks such as the intelligence cycle
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (NICE TO HAVE):
- Real-time Watch Center or Global Security Operation Center experience
- Analytic experience within the Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) community, and/or previous experience with the intelligence community, security consulting, or corporate security
- Technical expertise and experience in information gathering from open sources, government or vendor reporting, social media and/or public or private sector partnership networks
- Multilingual research capabilities
- International experience, cultural awareness, and sensitivity
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:
- Pay rate: $75,000 per year
- Medical, dental, vision, basic life, AD&D, and disability insurance
- Eligibility for our retirement plans
- Eight paid holidays annually, five sick days, and four personal days
- Vacation time offered at an accrual rate of 3.08 hours biweekly. Unused vacation is only paid out where required by law.
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Allied Universal® is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or relationship/association with a protected veteran, or any other basis or characteristic protected by law. For more information: www.aus.com
If you have difficulty using the online system and require an alternate method to apply or require an accommodation, please contact our local Human Resources department. To find an office near you, please visit: www.aus.com/offices.
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