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OSINT Analyst – Continental Europe
Service de vigilance et de protection contre les ingérences numériques étrangères (VIGINUM) · Île-de-France · Closes in 29 days
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1 Check the conditions You are here
Open to civil servants (titulaires) and contract agents. French nationality required.
Category: Category A (executive)
Diploma: Bac+5 degree specialising in political science, geopolitics or international relations
Experience: At least 1 year in a similar role, in countering information manipulation or in Cyber Threat Intelligence
The profile they look for:
- Master methods of online information manipulation and influence
- Master open source investigation (OSINT)
- Master Russian and English
- Master the Russian-speaking internet (Runet)
- Know good online investigation practices (SecOps)
- Have some programming skills
2 Résumé and cover letter
A one- or two-page résumé and a short cover letter that takes up the duties of the offer with your examples. If you are a civil servant, you are often asked for your latest status decision (arrêté) and your latest annual review reports.
3 Apply
Deadline: November 30 (Closes in 29 days)
Apply on the official Choisir le Service Public website, using the Postuler button on the offer.
4 Interview and answer
If your application is shortlisted, the employer contacts you for an interview, often with two or three people. Prepare: why this job, your experience close to the duties, and your questions.
Good to know:
- Post requires security clearance for national defence secrets
- French nationality required
- On-call duty (astreintes) may be required outside normal hours
- Remote work possible
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