Company Overview

Piedmont Global is a Strategic Globalization Organization (SGO) integrating cultural fluency, strategic insight, and custom technology to help clients scale with speed, navigate complexity, and operate seamlessly across cultures, markets, and systems. Headquartered in Washington D.C with team members spanning five continents, Piedmont Global equips organizat...

Position Summary

We are seeking a detail-oriented and proactive OSINT Analyst/Researcher to support our Intelligence Unit by collecting, analysing, and interpreting publicly available information. The successful candidate will play a critical role in monitoring online sources, tracking geopolitical risks, and delivering actionable intelligence to our clients across various industries.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct OSINT investigations using a variety of sources, including social media, forums, news sites, corporate records, and deep/dark web sources.
• Monitor real-time social media activity for emerging threats, geopolitical developments, and industry-specific risks.
• Utilize OSINT tools such as Maltego, Babel Street, Social Links, Hunchly, Echosec, and custom web-scraping techniques to collect intelligence.
• Produce analytical reports such as threat assessments, risk evaluations, vulnerability reports, and intelligence briefings.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including security experts, risk analysts, and investigative journalists.
• Ensure compliance with ethical and legal standards, including GDPR and platform terms of service.
• Maintain awareness of emerging OSINT methodologies, automation tools, and AI-driven analytics.

Qualifications & Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required (International Relations, Intelligence Studies, Cybersecurity, Political Science, or a related field). Master’s degree is a plus.
• 1-3 years of experience in intelligence gathering, social media analytics, threat assessment, incident response, or cybersecurity research.
• Strong proficiency in OSINT tools, such as:
  • Social media analysis: Babel Street, Talkwalker, Echosec
  • Data aggregation: Maltego, Paliscope, Social Links
  • Threat intelligence: Recorded Future, IntelTechniques, SpiderFoot
• Experience with geospatial tools and mapping software for location-based intelligence (Google Earth, ArcGIS, Sentinel Hub).
• Familiarity with web scraping, Python scripting, SQL, or regex for data extraction is a plus.
• Report writing experience, with the ability to present complex intelligence findings concisely.
• Knowledge of international relations and expertise in at least one of the following areas:
  • Oil & Gas industry
  • Pharmaceutical sector
  • IT & Cybersecurity
  • Terrorism, nonproliferation, and arms control
  • Arms & human trafficking
  • Corporate security, private investigation, and law enforcement
  • Financial intelligence and fraud analysis
  • Journalism and media monitoring
• Ability to thrive in a start-up environment, demonstrating adaptability and resilience.
• Experience working in high-tempo, real-time intelligence environments.
• Proficiency in one or more foreign languages is a strong plus.
• OSINT training or certifications (SANS, Bellingcat, McAfee, or other industry-recognized credentials) are a plus.

• Conduct OSINT investigations using a variety of sources, including social media, forums, news sites, corporate records, and deep/dark web sources.
• Monitor real-time social media activity for emerging threats, geopolitical developments, and industry-specific risks.
• Utilize OSINT tools such as Maltego, Babel Street, Social Links, Hunchly, Echosec, and custom web-scraping techniques to collect intelligence.
• Produce analytical reports such as threat assessments, risk evaluations, vulnerability reports, and intelligence briefings.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including security experts, risk analysts, and investigative journalists.
• Ensure compliance with ethical and legal standards, including GDPR and platform terms of service.
• Maintain awareness of emerging OSINT methodologies, automation tools, and AI-driven analytics.

• OSINT tools (Maltego, Babel Street, Social Links, Hunchly, Echosec)
• Social media analysis (Babel Street, Talkwalker, Echosec)
• Data aggregation (Maltego, Paliscope, Social Links)
• Threat intelligence (Recorded Future, IntelTechniques, SpiderFoot)
• Geospatial tools and mapping software (Google Earth, ArcGIS, Sentinel Hub)
• Web scraping, Python scripting, SQL, regex (familiarity)
• Report writing
• International relations
• Expertise in at least one of: Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical, IT & Cybersecurity, Terrorism, nonproliferation, and arms control, Arms & human trafficking, Corporate security, private investigation, and law enforcement, Financial intelligence and fraud analysis, Journalism and media monitoring
• Adaptability and resilience
• Experience in high-tempo, real-time intelligence environments
• Proficiency in one or more foreign languages (plus)
• OSINT training or certifications (plus)

• Bachelor’s degree required (International Relations, Intelligence Studies, Cybersecurity, Political Science, or a related field). Master’s degree is a plus.
• 1-3 years of experience in intelligence gathering, social media analytics, threat assessment, incident response, or cybersecurity research.