Elliptic

Crypto Threat Analyst

Elliptic

full-time

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Origin:  • 🇺🇸 United States • District of Columbia, Washington

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Job Level

Junior

Tech Stack

Cyber Security

About the role

  • Conduct in-depth research to uncover and analyze emerging typologies in crypto-enabled crime, including ransomware operations, darknet market activity, fraud schemes, and the use of mixers and privacy-enhancing technologies.
  • Apply SME knowledge, where applicable, to surface insights into how transnational criminal organizations — including those engaged in narcotics trafficking — are exploiting cryptoassets to launder proceeds, obfuscate financial flows, and operate illicit marketplaces.
  • Build a comprehensive picture of global crypto crime trends and ensure Elliptic’s intelligence continues to reflect the full range of criminal actors using crypto — with attention to regional and behavioral variations.
  • Collaborate with our global intelligence team to identify and integrate new entities, wallet clusters, and illicit behaviors into Elliptic’s dataset, ensuring it remains the most robust and actionable in the space.
  • Contribute expert analysis to blogs, whitepapers, and thought leadership reports that shape the public and private sector's understanding of blockchain transparency, compliance, and anti-money laundering.
  • Represent Elliptic’s intelligence capabilities at industry conferences, training, and client forums, demonstrating the value of actionable insights to compliance teams, regulators, and law enforcement.
  • Cultivate collaborative relationships with public sector agencies, regulators, financial institutions, and investigative teams — including in jurisdictions where crypto is increasingly used to facilitate cross-border criminal operations.
  • Leverage Elliptic’s blockchain analytics platform and investigative tooling to conduct forensic analysis of cryptoasset transactions and uncover links between illicit activity and real-world entities.
  • Support law enforcement and governmental partners, where appropriate, in their efforts to identify and disrupt criminal networks operating in the digital asset ecosystem.

Requirements

  • Have a demonstrable interest/experience in cryptocurrencies and blockchains
  • Are a self-starter and a self-directed team player, with analytical and research skills
  • Are comfortable presenting to groups of people and creating content
  • You have experience in working with global teams with different levels of expertise and seniority
  • 1+ years experience in the crypto industry or a related field (intelligence analysis, open-source research, threat intelligence, law enforcement support)
  • Highly-developed research and analytical skills, with the ability to draw clear insight from complex datasets
  • A keen interest in financial crime, underground economies, or threat actor behavior — especially as it intersects with cryptoassets
  • Academic or Intelligence Analysis background (bonus)
  • Experience analyzing drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), darknet vendor networks, cartels or other transnational criminal groups operating in financial ecosystems (bonus)
  • Intelligence, policing, academic, or AML background involving organized crime or financial investigations (bonus)