Internship Geopolitical Risk Analyst Jobs in Austin, TX

Emergent Risk International (ERI) is seeking to hire a full-time mid career Protective Intelligence /OSINT Analyst to support the executive protection team, embedded with one of our multinational technology clients.

Candidates for this role will have 4-8+ years’ experience in Protective Intelligence and working to support an EP team, an analytical and data-driven mindset, desire to work in a dynamic, fast-paced and highly collaborative environment with a focus on protective intelligence, OSINT and social media monitoring. Successful candidates will work Monday-Friday in the client’s office based in Austin, Texas.

THIS IS NOT A CYBER SECURITY ROLE.

About US

ERI is a global risk and security intelligence advisory firm headquartered in Newport, Rhode Island with offices in Austin, Washington DC, Greater Boston, the United Kingdom, Ireland, India, Mexico, Portugal, and Singapore. We support global security, risk management, business continuity and other risk-focused departments of Fortune 500 companies and multinational organizations. We help our clients assess risk to their organizations; whether that risk emanates from geopolitics, security threats, economic forces or regulatory initiatives that may impact bottom-line revenue or threaten personnel and company assets.

Every team member of ERI is a brand guardian of the business, and the core values and principles we follow and expect of others are:

• Ethics First. Always
• Impactful. Future Forward
• Innovative by Design
• People-centered. Passion-fueled
• Learning Together. Leading Together. 

What We’re Looking For:

We are seeking an experienced mid career Protective Intelligence /OSINT Analyst with expertise in protective intelligence and open-source intelligence (OSINT) and investigations and tactical intelligence to support executive protection and GSOC teams.

This role will focus on proactive social media and OSINT monitoring and threat detection, risk assessment, and intelligence reporting to safeguard client C Suite personnel. The ideal candidate will combine advanced OSINT tradecraft with strong analytical, briefing, and communication skills to inform high-level decision-making and enhance protective strategies.

This analyst will conduct OSINT research and investigations, monitor social media and dark/deep web threats, research local, regional and national databases and write travel, location/venue and event risk assessments and weekly OSINT/SOCMINT reports. Experience in protective intelligence, geopolitical risk, and familiarity with North America, Europe and Asia open-source environments preferred.

Primary Responsibilities

· Conduct multi-source OSINT collection and analysis to assess threats directed at client’s senior level executives including social media as well as deep/dark web sources.

· Deliver real-time reporting and tracking of persons of interest, events and incidents including potentially violent groups targeting client.

· Deliver venue, event and travel risk assessments relevant to senior executives.

· Serve as a key point of contact and conduit for threat escalation and information sharing between executive protection team and GSOC.

· Develop detailed knowledge of client risk exposure and tailor intelligence reporting accordingly.

· Interpret and visualize high-quality data to identify trends and contextualize intelligence findings.

· Deliver concise intelligence products, including threat assessments, situation reports, and executive briefings, for senior leadership.

· Maintain awareness of broader risk factors affecting the business, including financial, legal, geopolitical and reputational.

· Provide client-focused service with availability for incident support outside of normal hours during crisis situations.

· Build and maintain internal and external relationships to enable effective information flow.

· Monitor emerging regulatory, social, and political trends affecting workforce safety.

Minimum Qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree in intelligence, international business, journalism, law enforcement, or related field. Master’s degree preferred.

· Minimum 4-8+ years of experience in protective intelligence and investigations (private or public sector), tactical intelligence in a GSOC or similar threat monitoring environment demonstrating increasing responsibilities.

· Proven experience conducting POI investigations, investigative analysis, and local/regional/national government database and information gathering intelligence.

· Deep expertise in OSINT including social media and dark web monitoring.

· Familiarity with tools such as Liferaft, Dataminr, Resolver, International SOS, Everstream, Travel Tracker, Onsolve and Microsoft suite of products or similar intelligence platforms preferred.

· Excellent communication skills including writing, editing and briefing and demonstrated ability to produce concise intelligence reports for executive audiences.

· Familiarity with global data privacy regulations a plus.

· Strong organizational and problem-solving skills, capable of managing multiple tasks and meeting deadlines.

· Ability to perform under pressure and respond quickly during crisis situations.

· Commitment to ethical intelligence practices and confidentiality of sensitive information.

· Availability for on-call support during global events and crisis situations.

· Ability to pass background checks (criminal, employment, education) and drug screening (where applicable).

Working Hours: Role is a standard local business hours, onsite, in office position. Additionally, as a member of a global security team focused on executive protection, the successful candidate will be required to work some out of business hours to attend meetings or calls in other time zones.

Remuneration: This role will be a full-time (40 hours per week) salaried position. Pay will be commensurate with experience.

Due to the high volume of applications, we are unable to respond to every application and will be in contact with selected candidates only. 

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin. To be considered for the position, all applicants must be legal residents of the United States where the role is located and must independently possess eligibility to work in the US.

• Work Location: In person