Senior Intelligence Analyst, Iran Focus

🕒 August 4

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $110k - $180k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🕵️ Threat Intelligence Specialist

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Chainalysis Inc.

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501 - 1000 employees

🔌 API

💳 Fintech

🔒 Cybersecurity

💰 $170M Series F on 2022-05

API • Fintech • Cybersecurity

Chainalysis is the leading blockchain data platform that provides blockchain intelligence solutions for various sectors, including law enforcement, regulators, financial institutions, and centralized exchanges. The company helps organizations tackle crypto challenges, ensure compliance with regulations, and mitigate risks associated with cryptocurrency transactions through its innovative solutions and insights. With an R&D hub known as Chainalysis Labs, the company is dedicated to advancing blockchain intelligence and supporting a safer digital economy.

📋 Description

• Own attribution of Iranian threat actors, entities, accounts, addresses, and infrastructure end to end • Lead rapid on-chain attribution responses to Iran-related sanctions designations • Trace Iranian actors’ fundraising, movement, laundering, and cash-out flows across VASPs, exchanges, mixers, swaps, mining operations, and off-ramps • Produce finished intelligence, advisory notes, customer and partner briefings, and publication contributions • Represent Chainalysis as an external expert on Iran-related crypto threats • Set the Iran collection agenda and feed requirements into collection priorities • Translate Iranian typologies into product and customer detection guidance • Design and tune AI automation and handle complex cases beyond automation • Raise team capability in Iran and threat-finance tradecraft • Collaborate with analysts, threat-domain SMEs, data scientists, and engineers across time zones

🎯 Requirements

• Deep, demonstrable expertise on Iran, the IRGC, IRGC-Qods Force, proxy and Shia militant networks, sanctions evasion, illicit finance, or procurement systems • Direct experience tracing Iranian crypto activity on-chain, or deep Iran threat-finance expertise paired with proven blockchain-tracing skill • National-security or threat-finance background in intelligence, sanctions, counter-threat-finance, investigations, military, research, or private-sector CTF/sanctions work • Strong understanding of Iranian geopolitics, proxy networks, and regional financial flows • Exceptional aptitude, judgment, work ethic, and end-to-end track record on difficult problems • Excellent writing and communication skills for analyst, customer, partner, press, and senior audiences • Ability to build automation using AI to scale analytical work • Comfort working with data • Blockchain forensics experience strongly preferred • 5+ years of relevant analytic, intelligence, or threat-finance experience for a Senior hire • 8+ years and recognized domain authority for a Staff hire • Farsi or Arabic language ability is a significant plus • Direct OFAC sanctions, terror-finance designation, or designation-process experience may be advantageous • Published research or public speaking on Iran, sanctions evasion, or crypto threat finance may be advantageous • Familiarity with Iranian exchange infrastructure, crypto mining as sanctions-evasion vector, or dual-use procurement networks may be advantageous • Legal authorization to work for any employer in the United States without restrictions

🏖️ Benefits

• $110K–$180K base salary • Equity • Bonus • Flexible, remote work arrangement • AI tools, workflows, and space to experiment • Interview accommodations for disabilities • Diversity and inclusion commitment