Senior Intelligence Analyst, Global Risk & Intelligence Services

Join an innovative team that delivers tailored intelligence products and services to protect Amazon's customers and business operations. In this role, you will produce complex intelligence analysis—including rapid risk assessments, open-source intelligence (OSINT) investigations, and strategic threat products—while operating within Amazon's Security Industry Specialist framework translating customer requirements into scalable, actionable solutions.

You will leverage deep tradecraft expertise, critical thinking, and analytical rigor to uncover emerging threats, effectively communicate business impact, and develop strategic products that help customers anticipate risks and look around the corner. Your scope extends across teams and throughout the organization, influencing priorities and initiatives of partner organizations as you build scalable intelligence mechanisms for diverse regulated customers.

The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic environment that demands deep-dive analysis and the ability to manage competing priorities with exceptional attention to detail. They bring a genuine passion for delighting customers, collaborating across teams, and continuously raising the bar—always seeking opportunities to refine processes, close gaps, and deliver more impactful intelligence products.


Key job responsibilities
• Collect, analyze, and interpret complex data using advanced analytical techniques; produce written strategic analysis, oral briefs, and tactical/investigative assessments in a cohesive and concise format to serve customers across business lines.
• Proactively identify and analyze relevant threats and trends across multiple industries and translate findings into actionable intelligence products.
• Conduct thorough quick-turn and deep-dive open-source investigations and monitoring; lead delivery of simplified, scalable solutions that multiple teams can utilize.
• Engage with internal and external customers to understand their priorities and translate requirements into intelligence solutions that drive security strategies.
• Influence strategy on shaping and responding to customer requirements for security intelligence, using subject matter expertise to inform technology and business trade-offs.
• Use complex analytical methodologies to identify new solutions and methodologies—including leveraging AI—to improve information collection, reporting, and analysis; create maps, visualizations, and tools to support intelligence products.
• Simplify domain requirements and project delivery by creating predictable process paths for intelligence collection, analysis, production, and dissemination that scale across the organization.
• Support business continuity, crisis, and security management teams, including as needed outside typical work hours during security incidents and emerging crises.
• Define business problems, set objectives, analyze data, drive improvements, and influence resource allocation; develop mechanisms to inspect, monitor, and improve delivery over time.
• Mentor and develop others in the organization; hold teams to a high standard for both analytical tradecraft and intelligence production practices.


About the team
At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon's products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

Diverse Experiences
Amazon Security values diverse experiences. Even if you do not meet all of the qualifications and skills listed in the job description, we encourage candidates to apply. If your career is just starting, hasn’t followed a traditional path, or includes alternative experiences, don’t let it stop you from applying.

Why Amazon Security?
At Amazon, security is central to maintaining customer trust and delivering delightful customer experiences. Our organization is responsible for creating and maintaining a high bar for security across all of Amazon’s products and services. We offer talented security professionals the chance to accelerate their careers with opportunities to build experience in a wide variety of areas including cloud, devices, retail, entertainment, healthcare, operations, and physical stores.

Inclusive Team Culture
In Amazon Security, it’s in our nature to learn and be curious. Ongoing DEI events and learning experiences inspire us to continue learning and to embrace our uniqueness. Addressing the toughest security challenges requires that we seek out and celebrate a diversity of ideas, perspectives, and voices.

Training & Career Growth
We’re continuously raising our performance bar as we strive to become Earth’s Best Employer. That’s why you’ll find endless knowledge-sharing, training, and other career-advancing resources here to help you develop into a better-rounded professional.

Work/Life Balance
We value work-life harmony. Achieving success at work should never come at the expense of sacrifices at home, which is why flexible work hours and arrangements are part of our culture. When we feel supported in the workplace and at home, there’s nothing we can’t achieve.

Basic Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Information Security, Computer Science, Risk Management, Engineering, Math, Statistics, or a related discipline, or equivalent technology experience
- 7+ years of direct experience in intelligence analysis serving government agencies or highly regulated entities (financial services, healthcare, defense, law enforcement).
- Experience in analytical tradecraft and methodologies, including structured analytical techniques, OSINT investigation methodologies, and threat assessment frameworks.
- Experience producing complex written intelligence products (strategic assessments, threat briefs, investigative reports) for senior leadership and cross-functional audiences.
- Experience working across organizational boundaries, influence stakeholders at a senior level, and drive alignment on complex security intelligence decisions.
- Experience managing competing priorities in a fast-paced environment with the ability to deliver rapid-turn products while maintaining analytical rigor.

Preferred Qualifications

- Prior experience in a U.S. Intelligence Community agency, law enforcement intelligence unit, or equivalent foreign government intelligence organization.
- Professional certifications such as CISSP, CISA, CPP, or completion of the US Intelligence Community Career Analyst Program (CAP) and Advance Analyst Program (AAP).
- Track record of creating repeatable, scalable intelligence processes that have been adopted by teams beyond your immediate organization.
- Experience developing scoring methodologies and analytical frameworks that synthesize disparate data sources into decision-ready intelligence, enabling customers to make data-driven, risk-informed decisions. Experience with multiple compliance regimes and regulated industries (e.g., government accreditation, financial services, healthcare).
- Proficiency with intelligence analysis tools, OSINT platforms, data visualization software, and AI/ML-enabled analytical capabilities.
- Active participation or leadership in external security industry groups, intelligence-sharing organizations, or professional intelligence associations.
- Experience working across multiple geographic regions on security intelligence programs.
- Master's degree in Intelligence Studies, International Security, Cybersecurity, or a related field.

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.

USA, VA, Herndon - 119,300.00 - 208,900.00 USD annually