Global Risk Intelligence Analyst Jobs in Silver Spring, MD

Join an innovative team that delivers tailored intelligence products and services to protect Amazon's customers and business operations. In this role, you will produce complex intelligence analysis-including rapid risk assessments, open-source intelligence (OSINT) investigations, and strategic threat products-while operating within Amazon's Security Industry Specialist framework translating customer requirements into scalable, actionable solutions.
You will leverage deep tradecraft expertise, critical thinking, and analytical rigor to uncover emerging threats, effectively communicate business impact, and develop strategic products that help customers anticipate risks and look around the corner.

Your scope extends across teams and throughout the organization, influencing priorities and initiatives of partner organizations as you build scalable intelligence mechanisms for diverse regulated customers.
The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that demands deep-dive analysis and the ability to manage competing priorities with exceptional attention to detail. They bring a genuine passion for delighting customers, collaborating across teams, and continuously raising the bar-always seeking opportunities to refine processes, close gaps, and deliver more impactful intelligence products.
Key job responsibilities
Collect, analyze, and interpret complex data using advanced analytical techniques; produce written strategic analysis, oral briefs, and tactical/investigative assessments in a cohesive and concise format to serve customers across business lines.
Proactively identify and analyze relevant threats and trends across multiple industries and translate findings into actionable intelligence products.
Conduct thorough quick-turn and deep-dive open-source investigations and monitoring; lead delivery of simplified, scalable solutions that multiple teams can utilize.
Engage with internal and external customers to understand their priorities and translate requirements into intelligence solutions that drive security strategies.
Influence strategy on shaping and responding to customer requirements for security intelligence, using subject matter expertise to inform technology and business trade-offs.
Use complex analytical methodologies to identify new solutions and methodologies-including leveraging AI-to improve information collection, reporting, and analysis; create maps, visualizations, and tools to support intelligence products.
Simplify domain requirements and project delivery by creating predictable process paths for intelligence collection, analysis, production, and dissemination that scale across the organization.
Support business continuity, crisis, and security management teams, including as needed outside typical work hours during security incidents and emerging crises.
Define business problems, set objectives, analyze data, drive improvements, and influence resource allocation; develop mechanisms to inspect, monitor, and improve delivery over time.
Mentor and develop others in the organization; hold teams to a high standard for both analytical tradecraft and intelligence production practices.
About the team
At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon's products and services

We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.
Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn't followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don't let it stop you from applying.
Why Amazon Security?
At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences

Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon's products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.
Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security, it's in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness

Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.
Training & Career Growth
We're continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth's Best Employer. That's why you'll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.
Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture

When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there's nothing we can't achieve.