Senior Threat Intelligence Specialist I, Protective and Geopolitical Intel

Job Description

Job Description

CoreWeave is The Essential Cloud for AI™. Built for pioneers by pioneers, CoreWeave delivers a platform of technology, tools, and teams that enables innovators to build and scale AI with confidence. Trusted by leading AI labs, startups, and global enterprises, CoreWeave combines superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs and turn compute into capability. Founded in 2017, CoreWeave became a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CRWV) in March 2025. Learn more at

As a Senior Threat Intelligence Specialist I focused on protective security and geopolitical risks, you will support the collection, engineering, analysis, and dissemination of threat intelligence to corporate security, data center security, community engagement, and protective operations globally. You will bring familiarity of geopolitics, terrorism, instability, and transnational threat actors and deliver actionable intelligence to cross-functional stakeholders.

• Support intelligence efforts for global operations, travel security, data center security, executive protection, and market expansion initiatives.
• Monitor and assess global events including armed conflict, terrorism, political instability, sanctions, civil unrest, organized crime, regional escalation, and infrastructure disruption, translating developments into actionable business risk assessments.
• Produce strategic, operational, and tactical intelligence products including forecasts, executive briefings, travel risk assessments, crisis updates, heat maps, geospatial overlays, dashboards, and early warning alerts.
• Help build, integrate, and maintain intelligence collection pipelines using open-source intelligence, commercial intelligence feeds, geospatial data, proprietary sources, and third-party intelligence platforms.
• Continually improve intelligence workflows, alerting mechanisms, and analytical tooling.
• Partner cross-functionally with Global Security, Legal, Supply Chain, Strategy, Infrastructure, and business teams to operationalize intelligence and support risk-informed decision making.
• Conduct post-incident analysis and lessons-learned reviews following geopolitical events, operational disruptions, or security incidents.
• Contribute to best practices, technical standards, and scalable processes for geopolitical and operational threat intelligence.
• Support relationships with external intelligence vendors, industry peers, academic institutions, and government or law enforcement partners, where appropriate.
• Share domain knowledge, and contribute to continuous improvement of the team.

• Bachelor's degree in International Relations, Security Studies, Political Science, Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent. Advanced degree preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in threat intelligence, geopolitical risk analysis, physical security, or related domain.
• Strong working knowledge of the threat intelligence lifecycle: requirements development, collection, processing, analysis, production, dissemination, feedback.
• Good knowledge of geopolitical risk, state instability, terrorism, organized crime, and regional dynamics.
• Experience operationalizing intelligence in support of security operations (travel, crisis, executive protection, facility security).
• Excellent communication skills: ability to brief, distill complex scenarios into actionable recommendations, write polished reports.
• Demonstrated use of AI tools and large language models to accelerate research, analysis, drafting, and workflow automation.
• Strong judgment, intellectual autonomy, and ability to manage ambiguous, fast-evolving environments.
• Willingness to travel (regional or international) when required to support field operations or site assessments.

• Experience supporting critical infrastructure, hyperscale environments, technology companies, or global corporate security programs.
• Experience with intelligence automation, APIs, scripting, or data engineering using Python, SQL, or related technologies.
• Experience supporting market entry assessments, protective intelligence, or global crisis management programs.
• Certifications such as Certified Threat Intelligence Analyst (CTIA), GIAC (GISP, GCTI), or relevant government/intel community credentials.
• Experience with vendor management and intelligence partnerships.

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We believe in investing in our people, and value candidates who can bring their own diversified experiences to our teams – even if you aren't a 100% skill or experience match.

Why CoreWeave?

At CoreWeave, we work hard, have fun, and move fast! We're in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. We're not afraid of a little chaos, and we're constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together, which is represented through our core values:

• Be Curious at Your Core
• Act Like an Owner
• Empower Employees
• Deliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences
• Achieve More Together

We support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that encourages collaboration and enables the development of innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for takeoff, the organization's growth opportunities are constantly expanding. You will be surrounded by some of the best talent in the industry, who will want to learn from you, too. Come join us!

The base salary range for this role is $134,000 to $179,000. The starting salary will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location. We strive for both market alignment and internal equity when determining compensation. In addition to base salary, our total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility).

What We Offer

The range we've posted represents the typical compensation range for this role. To determine actual compensation, we review the market rate for each candidate which can include a variety of factors. These include qualifications, experience, interview performance, and location.

In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs. The benefits below reflect our US-based offerings for full-time employees; for roles in other locations, benefits vary and are shared during the hiring process. These include:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid for by CoreWeave
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Voluntary supplemental life insurance
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Ability to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Mental Wellness Benefits through Spring Health
• Family-Forming support provided by Carrot
• Paid Parental Leave
• Flexible, full-service childcare support with Kinside
• 401(k) with a generous employer match
• Flexible PTO
• Catered lunch each day in our office and data center locations
• A casual work environment
• A work culture focused on innovative disruption

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CoreWeave is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace. All qualified applicants and candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.

As part of this commitment and consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) , CoreWeave will ensure that qualified applicants and candidates with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact: View email address on ziprecruiter.com.

Export Control Compliance

This position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. CoreWeave may, for legitimate business reasons, decline to pursue any export licensing process.