Social Media Investigator

Overview

Company Overview:

Allied Universal®, North America’s leading security and facility services company, offers rewarding careers that provide you a sense of purpose. While working in a dynamic, welcoming, and collaborative workplace, you will be part of a team that contributes to a culture that positively impacts the communities and customers we serve.

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Job Description

Become One Of Our Success Stories! 

• Starting Wage $24.00 / Hour
• 8 AM- 4 PM Full Time Shift Available.
• Medical, Dental, And 401K Benefits After 60 Days For Full Time Employees!
• Join The Nation's Largest Security Company, Expanding Internationally!
• Paid Orientation And Training!

Allied Universal® is hiring a Social Media Investigator. The Social Media Investigator uses social media and other open-source information to help detect, investigate, and flag threats to a high level customer’s business, including physical security risks, scams, and other issues that could harm the organization or its employees.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Conduct social media and open-source research to support investigations involving potential physical security threats, scams or other business-impacting concerns
• Support escalation processes by identifying urgent or high-risk indicators and communicating them clearly and promptly
• Identify, assess, and document relevant social media accounts, posts, profiles, pages, groups, images, videos, usernames, aliases, connections, and other digital indicators
• Follow set processes and procedures for data input and recognize when escalation is appropriate
• Collaborate with teammates while maintaining confidentiality and appropriate handling of sensitive information
• Understand emerging social media trends, platform changes, terminology and online behaviors that may affect investigative techniques or risk detection
• Produce accurate, well-documented investigative findings within expected timelines
• Proactive research and review of highly targeted individuals
• Identify relevant social media activity, digital indicators, and contextual information that support case development
• Escalate potential risks promptly and appropriately
• Maintains confidentiality and follows applicable procedures for handling sensitive information
• Builds effective working relationships with investigative, security, legal, compliance, and business partners

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must possess one of the following:
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business; Criminal Justice; Communication; Library, Information, or Political Science; or related field of study
  • Associate’s degree in Business; Criminal Justice; Communication; Library, Information, or Political Science; or related field of study with a minimum of four (4) years of relevant experience in a research-focused position
  • High school diploma or equivalent with a minimum of six (6) years of relevant experience in a research-focused position
• Minimum of one (1) year of experience in a research-focused position
• Basic skills in Microsoft Office (Word and Excel)
• Excellent oral and written interpersonal skills, including the ability to work collaboratively with all levels of staff and management
• Strong analytical and decision-making ability
• Ability to initiate and coordinate activities to meet goals and objectives
• Ability to demonstrate the highest level of ethics and integrity
• The ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously and deliver high-quality results
• Time management skills and the ability to consistently meet deadlines
• Able to work independently in a team atmosphere
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, with the ability to evaluate incomplete, conflicting, or rapidly changing information
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and escalate concerns appropriately
• Basic familiarity with financial services terminology and related business concepts
• Investigative tenacity; demonstrated ability to pursue action thoroughly and creatively while remaining objective and evidence based; curiosity and persistence in solving complex or ambiguous problems
• Problem-solving skills; able to break down ambiguous issues, tests assumptions, and identifies practical paths forward
• Digital fluency; demonstrated understanding of how users communicate, organize, and obscure activity across social media and online platforms; familiarity with major social media platforms, online communities, messaging environments, and publicly available web-based research sources
• Business acumen; able to apply foundational knowledge of financial services and trading concepts to investigative context
• Attention to detail; capture accurate information, preserves context, and avoids unsupported conclusions.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience related to analytical work, including conducting social media investigations, open-source intelligence research, fraud investigations and/or threat assessments
• Working knowledge of trading and financial services concepts such as equities, options, fixed income, cryptocurrency, market events, regulatory sensitivity or insider trading risk
• Experience using Boolean search techniques, public records, online databases, social media monitoring tools, or investigative research platforms a plus

BENEFITS:

• Medical, dental, vision, basic life, AD&D, and disability insurance
• Company's retirement plans
• Seven holidays annually paid at time and a half, if worked
• 40 hours of vacation after one year of employment at eligible work assignments; unused vacation is only paid out where required by law

Closing

Allied Universal® is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, age, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status or relationship/association with a protected veteran, or any other basis or characteristic protected by law. For more information: www.aus.com

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