# Senior Crypto Threat Analyst - Terrorism

**Company:** [Elliptic](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/elliptic)
**Location:** London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom, Washington
**Role:** Data Science
**Salary:** $175k – $215k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** cryptoassets, blockchain analysis, on-chain tracing, osint, Python, SQL, artificial intelligence, threat analysis, financial crime, counter-terrorism financing, intelligence analysis, Data Analysis
**Posted:** 2026-08-07

> Leads autonomous intelligence research into cryptoasset-enabled terrorist financing, investigating actors, networks, wallets, and typologies. The role requires strong OSINT, blockchain analysis, analytical judgment, and communication skills, with the ability to apply AI, Python, or SQL to produce defensible intelligence for institutional and public-sector customers.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead counter-terrorism financing (CTF) research and investigations into cryptoasset activity linked to terrorist organizations, facilitators, propaganda and fundraising ecosystems, and operational support networks.
- Identify terrorist-financing typologies and maintain a comprehensive view of evolving CTF trends.
- Work across UN, US, UK, EU, and relevant domestic counter-terrorism designation regimes, aligning intelligence outputs with applicable legal definitions, evidentiary expectations, and customer obligations.
- Identify and integrate entities, wallet clusters, and illicit behaviors into the intelligence dataset.
- Represent CTF intelligence capabilities in client briefings, training sessions, and industry forums for compliance teams, regulators, and public-sector partners.
- Support public-sector partners with intelligence to help disrupt digital-asset facilitation networks.
- Convert investigative findings into scalable outputs, including typologies and detection logic.

## Requirements
- Experience in intelligence, threat analysis, financial crime, OSINT, or related investigative fields, including illicit or terrorist financing.
- Experience in a senior or highly autonomous role, with independent judgment and strategic decision-making.
- Understanding of cryptoassets, blockchain analysis, and on-chain tracing tools.
- Experience producing clear, evidence-based intelligence reports for technical and non-technical audiences.
- Ability to use Python, SQL, or AI-assisted querying to extract and analyze blockchain or open-source data.
- Strong analytical judgment when handling sensitive or uncertain intelligence.
- Experience with OSINT research across multiple languages and jurisdictions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to collaborate across global, interdisciplinary teams.
- Demonstrated ability to apply AI tools to accelerate research workflows, pattern identification, OSINT processing, and written outputs.

## Nice-to-haves
- PhD or advanced degree in a relevant field.
- Experience investigating terrorist or sanctioned actors’ use of cryptoassets.
- Fluency or working proficiency in multiple languages relevant to terrorism or illicit-finance research.
- Publications, briefings, or media contributions on threat finance or cryptoasset misuse.
- Understanding of obfuscation techniques used by illicit actors.

## Compensation & Benefits
- $175,000–$215,000 annual salary.
- Hybrid working, with the option to work from almost anywhere for up to 90 days per year.
- $650 remote-work budget for home-office setup.
- $1,000 annual learning and development budget.
- 25 days of annual leave plus 8 US public holidays.
- Birthday leave.
- 16 weeks of fully paid enhanced parental leave for eligible employees.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with premium contributions for employees and dependents.
- 401(k) with company match.
- Mental-health support.

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