OSINT/data science specialist for cybercrime investigation in NSK

Are you ready to expose cybercriminals by digging deep into open sources and analyzing large data sets? Do you navigate hacker forums, leak sites and fullz groups on Telegram with ease?

Become part of NC3's High Tech Crime section as an OSINT/data science specialist and strengthen the police's fight against cybercrime through technical analysis and dissemination of your findings to the legal system.

Here, every minute counts, and you need to be sharp and fast to keep up with the constant development.

Your new everyday life
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At the National Cyber ​​Crime Center (NC3), you play a central role in the Danish police's fight against complex digital crime. In the High Tech Crime Section (HTC), we are specialists in technical advice, investigation and analysis of forms of crime such as hacking, ransomware and DDoS attacks. We also work with cryptocurrencies and blockchain technologies, which are often used to hide money laundering.

We support the police departments throughout the investigation - from evidence collection to handover to the Prosecution Service - and take the initiative for proactive efforts against international masterminds behind cybercrime. Investigations are a race against time, as digital traces quickly disappear.

In the role of OSINT/data science specialist, you collect data from open sources (OSINT) and analyze it to identify patterns, connections and trends that either push the individual investigation forward or strengthen the police's overall efforts against cybercrime.

You monitor criminal forums and platforms and over time build a deep knowledge of the criminal ecosystem. This insight enables you to navigate the right places and notice behavior that can be crucial to the investigation.

In your work, you handle large data sets, both those you collect yourself and those provided by your colleagues. Regardless of whether the data sets are structured or unstructured, you process and analyze them so that they can support the team's work.

You document your results in partial reports with specific recommendations and, in collaboration with your colleagues, prepare a comprehensive final report that serves as evidence in legal proceedings.

In court, you may be called as an expert witness, where you must explain your findings. You will be trained and thoroughly prepared for this task. In addition, you will convey your knowledge through presentations that make complex topics easy to understand for both your colleagues in the police and external parties.

As cybercrime is constantly evolving, you will play an active role in developing new methods and tools for the investigation. If you are interested, you will also have the opportunity to participate in international investigations.

We prioritize competency development and keep ourselves updated through networks, conferences and professional forums. Since traditional education is often not enough, an important part of knowledge building lies in your and the team's practical experience.

You will be part of a dedicated team with both police and technically trained colleagues. We have a strong team spirit and work closely together with shared values ​​and a common goal of making a difference.

The section is growing, and you therefore have the opportunity to influence the development.

Our new colleague
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Our new colleague has a higher education, for example as an IT engineer or in computer science, data science or mathematics.

You have extensive experience with OSINT, including obtaining data from the dark web and deep web, pivoting on usernames, email addresses and other data points, as well as analyzing HTML code and JavaScript.

It is essential that you have experience with databases and SQL, as these tools are fundamental to handling and analyzing large amounts of data. You independently run smaller projects that implement the necessary tools to process these data sets.

You are proficient in some scripting – for example in Python – so that you can automate simple processes, but it is not expected that you can write programs or advanced scripts. Your ability to describe and visualize data is very important for your findings and analyses to come into play in the investigations.

You speak and write fluent Danish and English, and it would be an added advantage if you also understand or write Russian or another Slavic language.

In addition, you are a skilled communicator who can write at a high level and explain complex, technical concepts and results in an easy-to-understand language, adapted to different target groups. You thrive on both documenting your work and preparing larger reports that can serve as evidence in legal proceedings.

You have strong analytical skills and can analyze complex information, discover patterns and form conclusions. You have a structured and meticulous way of working with an eye for detail and take pride in following your tasks through to completion. At the same time, you are curious, willing to learn and have a great drive to investigate processes, contexts and technologies, as well as a willingness to learn new things.

Finally, you are a good team player who values ​​professional sparring and contributes to a dynamic knowledge-sharing environment. You are happy to share your knowledge and are open to receiving feedback, as we quality-assured all our work according to fixed standards through peer review. You are motivated by collaboration and contribute actively to the team's common goal of combating digital crime.

Salary and terms of employment
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If you have an academic background, you will be employed on collective agreement terms in accordance with the agreements in force at any time between the Ministry of Finance and the Central Organisation of Danish Academics. Alternatively, you will be employed on another relevant collective agreement.

A fully employer-financed pension scheme is attached to the position.

Your place of work will be the National Unit for Serious Crime with an address at Ejby Industrivej 125-135, 2600 Glostrup.

Alternatively, you can also choose a place of employment in NSK west at Christian 8.s Vej 2C, 8600 Silkeborg - see our other job postings at job.politi.dk

The position is 37 hours per week including a paid lunch break. Our normal working hours are Monday-Wednesday 8 am-4 pm, Thursday 8 am-3 pm and Friday 8 am-2 pm, but we offer flexible hours and limited home work can be agreed upon if self-study or other immersion is needed.

You must be prepared for work to occur at other times, for example in connection with major operations.

NSK has smoke- and nicotine-free working hours.

It is a prerequisite for employment that you can be security cleared and can maintain this throughout your entire employment relationship.

The position can be filled as soon as the security clearance process has been completed. We expect this to be no later than October 1, 2025.

We expect to hold interviews in week 19 and the 2nd round of interviews in week 21. There will be a test and a presentation task in connection with the interviews.

Contact and application
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If you have any further questions about the position, you are welcome to contact Police Commissioner Nicklas Fallesen on 4174-0338. If you have any questions about our employment relationship, you can contact Recruitment Consultant Rikke Vishart on 2114-3628.

You can follow NSK on LinkedIn and find information about the police as a workplace here .

When you apply for a position in the police, you also create a profile in our recruitment system. We ask you to upload your application, CV and diploma for your relevant basic education.

In your application, we ask you to answer the three points below:

• What motivates you to apply for the position as OSINT/data science specialist at NC3?
• Describe a specific experience where you used your technical skills to solve a complex task and what results/consequences it led to.
• How will you contribute to collaboration and knowledge sharing in the High Tech Crime Section?

We encourage all qualified individuals to apply for the position regardless of age, gender, religion or ethnicity.

ABOUT NATIONAL UNIT FOR SPECIAL CRIME

The National Unit for Special Crime (NSK) is a nationwide special unit within the police and the prosecution.

We handle the most complex and serious cases of financial crime, organized crime and digital crime and have our own prosecution service that conducts our criminal cases. Our investigations and prosecutions are targeted at those cases where crime causes the greatest harm to society and where our efforts have the greatest impact.

The complex cases for which NSK is responsible may include, for example, organized money laundering, organized tax evasion, fraud, gang crime, as well as organized drug crime and weapons smuggling.

We also support the entire Danish police force with specialized expertise in areas such as forensics, IT investigations, and analysis and intelligence work.

We are approximately 1,200 dedicated employees. We have different educational and professional backgrounds, which creates a good dynamic and versatility in our collaboration and task solving.

At NSK, we focus on our task solving, which requires high professionalism and quality in our work. We are a workplace where skilled employees become even more skilled, both through our daily work and challenges and through ongoing skills development. In addition, we value well-being, good cooperation and the balance between your work and private life.

NSK is headquartered in Ejby near Glostrup and also has locations in Karlslunde, Copenhagen, Randers, Aarhus and Fredericia, as well as a temporary location in Silkeborg.

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