Embedded Regional Threat Intelligence Specialist (Middle East Focus)

Control Risks’ Embedded Consulting team is hiring a Regional Threat Intelligence Specialist to support a global tech client in producing reports and other threat-related products. This role will support threat, vulnerability, and risk assessments, as well as some other analytical content for the EMEA region.

Role tasks and responsibilities

• Conduct in-depth research and analysis on specific locations within EMEAassessing threats from natural hazards, infrastructure, terrorism, and political instability, among others.


• Produce clear, concise, and actionable intelligence reports tailored to stakeholders, including threat summaries, trending topics, and vulnerability assessments.


• Monitor and research emerging trends and topics related to data centers that could impact facility development, supply chains, and site operations.


• Collaborate with other analysts and internal stakeholders to gather site information and bolster assessments.


• Visit client datacenters to conduct on the ground analysis of local risks.


• Produce well-informed, concise and relevantbriefings / presentations tailored to varied stakeholdersand business needs.


• Manage time effectively so that several projects with tight deadlines can be juggled simultaneously.

Role requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with 3-5 years of experience inrisk analysis and / or intelligence gathering.


• Excellent writing skills with a keen attention to detail.Strong written and verbal interpersonal and communication skills.


• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively in a distributed team environment.


• Superior research and Open-Source Intelligence(OSINT) skills.


• Demonstrated knowledge of security analysis and riskassessments for physical security or securityoperations andplanning.


• Proficiency in Arabic desired


• Familiarity with or ability to quickly becomeexpert in geopolitical risk analysis platforms, such asSeerist.

Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.