Protective Intelligence Analyst

Protective Intelligence Analyst

Elevate your security career with Allied Universal Enhanced Protection Services, a global leader in security and threat mitigation. We specialize in risk consulting, executive protection, intelligence, investigations, and emergency response, offering exciting career opportunities for professionals passionate about security and safety. Join our innovative team committed to excellence in the security industry and make a meaningful impact.

The starting salary for this role is $95,000 annually. This is a full-time position in Austin, Texas.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

Essential Job Functions :

• Threat Monitoring & Early Warning : Continuously monitor open sources, social media platforms, dark web, and client-specific intelligence tools for threats or hostile surveillance activity directed at principals, their families, residences, travel plans, or affiliated events.
• Protective Research & Threat Analysis : Conduct in-depth research and analysis on persons of interest (POIs), hostile actors, and groups with the intent or capability to target principals. Assess motivations, capability, opportunity, and intent to identify potential attack indicators.
• Travel Risk Intelligence : Provide proactive intelligence support to executive protection teams during domestic and international travel, including country risk assessments, route reconnaissance, hotel and venue security reviews, and incident monitoring during trips. Deliver timely updates to traveling principals and EP teams.
• Protective Operations Support : Deliver actionable, real-time intelligence to EP teams in support of principal movements, protective advances, route planning, and residence / event security. Maintain constant threat environment awareness and communicate relevant changes.
• Geopolitical & Environmental Risk Tracking : Monitor global and regional security issues, including terrorism, political unrest, crime trends, natural disasters, and health risksthat could affect principals' safety during travel or at residences / events.
• Actionable Reporting & Products : Produce timely, clear, and actionable intelligence products including : threat assessments (strategic and tactical), travel risk assessments (pre-trip and in-trip updates), situation reports (SITREPs) and incident summaries, route and location assessments (residences, hotels, venues, offices).
• Threat Mitigation Recommendations : Provide practical, proportionate recommendations to EP teams on how to mitigate identified threats, risks, and vulnerabilities. Offer clear triggers and indicators for escalation or operational adjustments.
• Database & Knowledge Management : Maintain a structured, cross-referenced database of threats, POIs, incidents, and lessons learned to support future operations and ensure continuity of protective intelligence programs.
• Confidentiality & Security : Safeguard sensitive client information, personal identifiers, and operational details at all times, adhering to strict confidentiality and need-to-know principles.

Additional Job Functions

Minimum Qualifications and Requirements

Experience :

Education & Training :

Core Competencies

Technical & Intelligence Skills

Professional Knowledge

Preferred

Communication & Analytical Skills

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.