Chainalysis Government Solutions, LLC (CGS) Investigators are world-class problem solvers adept at covert analysis and conducting complex investigations. Our team combines technical knowledge with tenacity and intuition. We help our customers with thorny and complex investigations and along the way, make the world a safer place.

As an Embedded Cybercrime Investigator, you’ll work alongside one of our federal law enforcement customers to investigate unlawful activity as it pertains to cryptocurrency and other illicit activity to include the darknet. In this role, you’ll proactively conduct research, analyze data, and present your findings to both internal and external audiences. An ideal candidate has excellent written and verbal communication skills, and is comfortable working as an individual contributor with limited supervision. If you have a passion for puzzles, problem-solving, and finding things that don’t want to be found, you could be a great fit for this role.

Please note that this role requires you to be physically on-site with the customer in Washington, D.C. at least one day per week.

In this role, you'll:

• Provide investigative and analytic support for extremely complex, technical, and highly sensitive investigations and initiatives pertaining to financial crimes, including cryptocurrencies.

• Conduct research and data analysis, author reports of your investigative findings, and present those findings to team members and customers

• Prepare in-depth summaries of data from extensive research and analysis to set forth recommendations for investigations, lead follow up, and potential risks that could hamper an investigation

We're looking for candidates who have:

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience, ideally in cybersecurity, cyber crime, intelligence, criminal justice, forensic accounting, or analytics

• Experience working with federal law enforcement and preparing input for legal process as it relates to cyber investigations

• Experience resolving cyber indicators to real world identities through multi-source link analysis

• A deep understanding of Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) analysis, social media analysis, and MySQL database analysis

• Experience with cryptocurrency tracing and analysis

Nice to have experience:

• A background in cyber targeting, financial forensics, or digital forensics

• Experience with database administration and/or Windows/Mac system administration

• Technical writing experience

• An understanding of 19 USC 1956, 1957, and 1960

• Experience with the analysis of legal process returns from cryptocurrency exchanges, Internet Service Providers, and Email service providers

This position is ineligible for visa sponsorship.

Due to the nature of the work performed in this facility, U.S. Citizenship is required.

About Chainalysis

Blockchain technology is powering a growing wave of innovation. Businesses and governments around the world are using blockchains to make banking more efficient, connect with their customers, and investigate criminal cases. As adoption of blockchain technology grows, more and more organizations seek access to all this ecosystem has to offer. That’s where Chainalysis comes in. We provide complete knowledge of what’s happening on blockchains through our data, services, and solutions. With Chainalysis, organizations can navigate blockchains safely and with confidence.

You belong here.

At Chainalysis, we believe that diversity of experience and thought makes us stronger. With both customers and employees around the world, we are committed to ensuring our team reflects the unique communities around us. Some of the ways we’re ensuring we keep learning are an internal Diversity Committee, Days of Reflection throughout the year including International Women’s Day, Harvey Milk Day, World Humanitarian Day, and UN International Migrants Day, and a commitment to continue revisiting and reevaluating our diversity culture.

We encourage applicants across any race, ethnicity, gender/gender expression, age, spirituality, ability, experience and more. If you need any accommodations to make our interview process more accessible to you due to a disability, don't hesitate to let us know. You can learn more here. We can’t wait to meet you.