Crypto Currency Senior Investigative Analyst

XLA is looking for a Crypto Currency Senior Investigative Analyst to support a federal agency in Arlington, VA. This position is onsite position Monday-Friday. 

Candidates must be local to the Arlington, VA area to be considered.

Candidates need to possess a U.S. Secret Security Clearance to be considered.

Salary: $180,000

Required Skills:

• 6+ years of related experience supporting intelligence operations pertaining to cryptocurrency, cybercrimes, and Dark Web.


• Demonstrate an elevated level of understanding of the Dark Web and underground cybercrime ecosystems with a knowledge of navigating through cryptocurrency exchanges.


• Demonstrate an elevated level of understanding and experience with a suite of blockchain investigative/forensic tools (e.g. Chainalysis, TRM, Elliptic, CipherTrace).


• Demonstrate an elevated level of understanding and experience with open-source targeting tools (e.g. Internet Protocol (IP) targeting tools, Fivecast) and media scrapping tools (e.g. Pipl).


• Proficiency with Microsoft Suite of Productivity tools (e.g. Office, Visio, Project, PowerPoint, PowerBI, etc.).


• Possess advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, strong work ethic, exceptional attention to detail, and an inquiring mind.


• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.


• Ability to utilize blockchain investigative/forensic tools to trace cryptocurrency artifacts through advanced obfuscation techniques (e.g. mixing, chain-jumping) as well as trace privacy coins/correlates utilizing industry standard technologies.


• Ability to leverage all available and authorized tools within organizations to conduct end-to-end global targeting and lead generation for cyber case support.


• Ability to create informational documents and PowerPoint presentations for reference when presenting information to the field, collecting data, and reporting statistics to management.


• Ability to effectively interface with field agents to ask questions regarding a case and collection/seizure of evidence to determine project requirements based on investigative goals.


• Ability and willingness to testify in court as an expert witness.