TITLE: Investigative Analyst LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA SCHEDULE: Regular Business Hours CLEARANCE: ACTIVE SECRET CLEARANCE About KACE: When you make the decision to join KACE, you are choosing to work alongside talented professionals that have one thing in common; the passion to make a difference! KACE employees bring their diverse talents and experiences to work on critical projects that help shape the nation’s safety, security, and quality of life. The desire to have a career that is purposeful and forward thinking is woven into every KACE employee…it’s The KACE Way. KACE employees are purpose driven, forward focused, open-minded, trustworthy, and invested. The KACE Way is our commitment to our employees, to our customers, and to our communities. Join KACE and make a difference! Here’s what you need to be successful in this role: * Coachable – Open to constructive criticism, with a strong desire to implement and sustain feedback by others
* Customer service orientated – Understand the value of a relationship by building trust and relating to the customer to ensure the conversation progresses properly and on tract. Honest and have the integrity to do what’s right for our customers and for the business
* Curious – Actively seek information pertaining to our business, services and customer base
* Committed – Have the passion and perseverance for what you want to accomplish
* Willing to support critical duties – Support responsibilities that must continue to be performed during crisis situations and contingency operations What You’ll Get to Do!! The Investigative Analyst [IA] is responsible for compiling investigative and open source intelligence, identifying potential targets, illicitly gained assets, and delivering this information in the form of reports, presentations and or briefings. IA works closely with customer to deliver detailed, timely and actionable, historical, or predictive intelligence. Key functions you will perform! * Use various Government databases to research targets, illicit assets, and other sensitive information, such political, social and economic trends affecting the operations of transnational criminal organizations.
* Analyze records, open source material, and social media to identify drug trafficking organizations from unrelated data sets to build comprehensive products for agencies globally
* Evaluate, analyze, produce, and disseminate intelligence to U.S. Federal Law Enforcement partners and international liaison officers for de-confliction and sharing of evidence and intelligence
* Methodically examine intercepted information to reveal the meaning by deciphering any codes used in communication
* Acquire, evaluate, analyze, and assess classified and unclassified intelligence and metadata
* Process intelligence to determine the relationships between multiple targets, as well as determine the structure of Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTO), including the hierarchical role of targets
* Create investigative lead packets
* Cross reference current and past intelligence data to establish target patterns and connectivity with on-going investigations
* Proactively de-conflict to eliminate duplication of target designations during ongoing investigations where targets may utilize multiple devices and names
* Foster coordination, collaboration, and communication among multi-agency domestic and international partners
* Prepare and deliver information via formal reports, presentations, and briefings to co-workers and senior level managers
* Produce strategic/predictive operational and tactical intelligence products
* Brief appropriate personnel on patterns, trends and leads developed through analysis to further investigations
* Update and maintain integrity of different databases
What you will need to have: * Bachelor’s Degree + 2 years of experience/Associate Degree + 4 years of experience/ High school graduate + 6 years of experience
* Capacity to effectively use the most current version of Microsoft products
* Ability to work well under pressure
* Able to maintain a security clearance in accordance with the Program requirements
* Excellent writing, verbal, and communication skills
* Demonstrated ability of having in-depth knowledgeable of idioms, colloquialisms, slang expressions * Demonstrated ability to work and operate with government provided systems. * Demonstrates excellent verbal and written skills both formal communications [such as intelligence reports] and informal communications [emails]
* Ability to find, retrieve, collate, process and conduct first level analysis of information * Capacity to prioritize, meet stringent deadlines, balance multiple tasks and work in a fast paced and fluid team environment
* Must possess a track record of successfully working is a team environment. * Committed to providing outstanding customer service and represent KACE in a Professional
* Experience working in the Intelligence or Federal Law Enforcement Space
* Active Secret Clearance Preferred Skills * B.A. or B.S. preferred
We Offer… * Paid training, fun, talented and driven teammates
* Knowledgeable, encouraging and present leadership
* A diverse and community-minded organization
* Career growth and learning opportunities for aspiring minds Applicants selected will be subject to a Government background investigation and must meet eligibility and suitability requirements: * U.S. Citizenship
* Favorable credit check
* Resided in the US at least three (3) of the past five (5) years KACE offers a competitive benefits package, and fosters a highly skilled, energized, and empowered workforce. Due to the high volume of applications received, the Recruiting Department will contact you directly should you be selected to advance in our recruitment process. For more information about the company please visit our website at www.kacecompany.com KACE is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.