SECONDED - Cybercrime Intelligence Officer

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INTERPOL is the world’s largest international police organization, with 196 member states. Created in 1923, it facilitates cross-border police co-operation, and supports and assists all organizations, authorities, and services whose mission is to prevent or combat international crime. INTERPOL is now looking for a qualified candidate as a SECONDED - Cybercrime Intelligence Officer within the Cybercrime which is part of the​​​​​​ Exec. Dir. Police Services.

Job title: SECONDED - Cybercrime Intelligence Officer
Reporting To:  Coordinator, Cybercrime Intelligence Unit
Location: Singapore 
Duration (in months): 36.00 
Grade: 5 
Number of post: 1
Security Clearance Level: Enhanced
Deadline for application: 5 December 2025

INTERPOL strives to achieve a diverse and inclusive workforce and welcomes applications from individuals with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. To achieve our Diversity goals, we encourage applications from women and nationals of under/unrepresented member countries who are passionate about our mission. INTERPOL’s recruitment process is merit-based hence all hiring decisions are made considering the applicant’s qualifications and the needs of the Organization.

SUMMARY OF THE ASSIGNED DUTIES, INCLUDING GOALS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE POST

The mission of the INTERPOL Cybercrime Intelligence Unit is to maximize our efforts, analysing data and producing actionable intelligence products relating to cyber-criminal analysis including malicious cyber actors, cyber threats, cyber-enabled criminality, and trends for the benefit of INTERPOL’s member countries’ police entities. In pursuit of that mission, the Cybercrime Intelligence Officer, under the supervision of the Coordinator of Cybercrime Intelligence Unit, is responsible for assessing and analysing all available information sources to produce clear reasoned and assessed tactical analysisreports capable to counter worldwide cyber threats.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND ACTIVITIES

The post holder’s main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

DUTY 1/Mission 1: Research and Analysis
• Conduct research, analysis and produce tactical and actionable intelligence reports and assessments relevant to any cybercrime or cyber-enabled threats.
• Perform cybercrime threat analysis, alerting, and reporting based on intelligence gathered from both internal and external sources.
• Conduct research using multiple data sources, perform analysis and produce analytical reports on the structure, scope and nature of cyber-criminal organizations and/or cybercrime activities in support of operational decision making by IPSG (including INTERPOL Regional Bureaus), member countries’ law enforcement organizations or INTERPOL’s partner organizations, on targeting, case-building and/or suppression of cyber-criminal organizations or cybercrime activities.
• Actively monitor and research cybercrime threats to identify incidents of significance through fusion of contemporary and historic threat data.

DUTY 2/Mission 2: Expertise
• Apply expertise to ascertain the impact of cybercrime and emerging trends to develop actionable intelligence for member countries or INTERPOL partner organizations to prevent and suppress cybercrime, and disseminate these to concerned parties.
• Contribute to further development and better application of cyber-criminal intelligence analysis and its methods and tools, advancing the techniques and providing best practice for 
analysis as a law enforcement support tool, particularly at INTERPOL General Secretariat (including Interpol Regional Bureaus), and within member countries’ law enforcement organizations, and if prioritized, at other INTERPOL’s partner organizations.
• Provide cybercrime threat analysis to support the Cyber Directorate’s operational support team.

DUTY 3/Mission 3: Other
• Perform other tasks, related to cyber-criminal intelligence analysis, deemed appropriate by management.
• Perform any other duties as requested by the hierarchy.

QUALIFICATIONS, COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS
 
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION REQUIRED
• Three to four years’ university degree or equivalent in a relevant field. 

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
• At least three years’ experience in performing cyber or cybercrime threat intelligence analysis or investigation This could mean work as an analyst in a law enforcement organization, or experience as a researcher/analyst in another organization dealing with cybercrime-related issues, intelligence analysis or contemporary international cyber security threats.

LANGUAGES
• Fluency in English required. Fluency/proficiency in more languages such as Russian, Chinese (Mandarin), Arabic or other languages would be considered as an additional asset.

ABILITIES REQUIRED
• Strong ability to exploit the Internet and other electronic sources for the collection of open source information relevant to criminal intelligence analysis would be considered an asset.
• Strong cyber security analytical and situational awareness skills.
• Strong understanding of the tools and sources available to conduct cyber threats analysis.
• Strong ability to produce sound, contextualized, fact-based intelligence reports, and to cogently describe conclusions based upon logical analysis.
• Strong computer skills required. Proficiency in standard office word-processing, spreadsheet, database and presentation software required.
• Technical skill proficiency in the following areas: 
o Demonstrated knowledge of network technologies and computer operating systems;
o Advanced ability to conduct Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT). Strong experience in using automated OSINT tools such as Maltego would be highly desirable;
o Working knowledge of malware families and attack vectors;
o Understanding of cyber-criminal ecosystems (including crimeware-as-a-service, marketplaces, exploit kits).
• Very strong communication both in written and oral form;
• Ability to work independently as well as in team;
• Ability to apply formal intelligence analysis methods, develop hypothesis, and apply attribution to cyber threat activity;
• Ability to work persistently and under pressure, with discipline and high degree of selfmotivation;
• Good social, specifically multicultural, skills;
• Highly developed initiative, creativity (original thinking), curiosity and critical thinking;
• Ability to maintain and develop professional network;
• Willingness to learn.
• Ability to adapt to an international environment;
• Aptitude to work under minimum supervision;
• Capability in writing high quality documents;
• Capacity of working as a team member;
• Sense of initiative;
• Attention to details.