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We make energy work better for our customers, helping them thrive every day. That means always raising the bar - delivering better service and providing more reliable, resilient, and sustainable energy. \nXcel Energy is a place where you’ll have opportunities to grow, expand your skills, and help lead the clean energy transition. We offer meaningful rewards, recognition, and support to help you build your career and make an impact - both on the job and beyond. Most importantly, it means you’ll be joining a company that knows employees are the driving force behind its success and is committed to helping you be your best.\nXcel Energy supports a hybrid work model to enable collaboration and flexibility. Many roles are expected to work onsite three days per week (Tuesday-Thursday); however, work location expectations vary based on role, team, and business needs.Position Summary\nThe Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst serves as the lead protective intelligence professional supporting Executive Protection, senior leadership, and critical business operations. This position is responsible for identifying, analyzing, assessing, and communicating threats to executives, company personnel, facilities, and operations by integrating open-source intelligence (OSINT), threat intelligence, behavioral threat assessment methodologies, travel risk intelligence, and protective intelligence operations. The role proactively monitors emerging threats, conducts executive risk assessments, provides protective intelligence support for executive travel and events, and develops actionable intelligence that enables informed security decisions. The Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst partners closely with Executive Protection Agents, the SOC, Cybersecurity, and external intelligence providers to identify and mitigate threats before they impact the organization.\nEssential Responsibilities\nProtective Intelligence & Threat Assessment\nConduct intelligence collection, analysis, and threat assessments related to executives, board members, high-profile employees, facilities, and corporate events.\nIdentify, evaluate, and monitor potential threats from individuals, groups, or movements that may impact executive safety or business operations.\nDevelop and maintain behavioral threat assessment case files and intelligence products.\nProduce executive-focused intelligence reports, risk assessments, and protective intelligence briefings.\nConduct digital footprint assessments and identify online exposure risks to executives and family members.\nSupport workplace violence prevention initiatives through threat identification and intelligence analysis. \nOSINT & Intelligence Collection\nPerform advanced OSINT research across social media platforms, forums, websites, public records, dark web resources, and specialized intelligence databases.\nMonitor online sentiment, protest activity, extremist movements, stalking behaviors, doxxing attempts, and other indicators of risk.\nUtilize intelligence platforms, subscription services, and governmental reporting to identify emerging threats.\nDevelop intelligence collection plans and investigative methodologies to support ongoing threat cases.\nMaintain awareness of geopolitical, criminal, cyber-enabled, and social threats that may impact executive safety or travel. \nExecutive Protection Support\nProvide intelligence support for executive travel, events, public appearances, shareholder meetings, and other high-profile activities.\nConduct advance intelligence reviews of locations, venues, hotels, transportation routes, and event environments.\nProduce pre-travel intelligence reports including country risk, crime trends, civil unrest, medical concerns, and transportation risks.\nSupport executive movement planning through continuous threat monitoring and real-time intelligence updates.\nWork directly with Executive Protection Agents to identify, assess, and mitigate mission-specific risks.\nParticipate in executive protection operations during elevated threat situations when intelligence expertise is required. \nMonitoring & Incident Response\nMaintain continuous monitoring of threat reporting, intelligence feeds, social media, public information sources, and relevant security platforms.\nProvide immediate notification and escalation of high-risk incidents affecting executives or operations.\nDevelop intelligence warnings, alerts, advisories, and executive bulletins.\nSupport crisis management and emergency response activities through intelligence gathering and situational awareness products.\nAssist in post-incident investigations and intelligence lessons-learned reviews. \nProgram Development\nAssist in the development and maturation of the Executive Protective Intelligence Program.\nEstablish threat indicators, intelligence requirements, and reporting standards.\nMaintain intelligence databases, watchlists, and case management systems.\nDevelop metrics and trend analysis supporting executive security decision-making.\nEvaluate emerging intelligence tools, technologies, and best practices to improve program effectiveness. \nMinimum Requirements\n\nBachelor's degree in Intelligence Studies, Criminal Justice, Homeland Security, Security Management, International Relations, Political Science, Cyber Intelligence, or related field, or equivalent work experience.\nMinimum 5 years of experience in threat intelligence, protective intelligence, investigations, executive protection intelligence support, law enforcement intelligence, military intelligence, or related field.\nDemonstrated experience conducting OSINT investigations and threat assessments.\nExperience supporting executive protection operations, dignitary protection, protective services, or high-profile individuals.\nStrong analytical writing and briefing capabilities.\nExperience with social media intelligence collection and online threat investigations.\nAbility to obtain and maintain required security clearances or authorizations.\nAbility to travel up to 25% as business needs require.\nPreferred Requirements\n\nMaster's degree in Intelligence Studies, Security Management, Homeland Security, or related discipline.\nExperience in a corporate executive protection environment.\nExperience working within a fusion center, intelligence center, law enforcement intelligence unit, military intelligence organization, or protective intelligence program.\nExperience conducting behavioral threat assessments.\nExperience supporting Fortune 500 executive protection programs.\nFamiliarity with utility, energy, or critical infrastructure security environments.\nOur culture is grounded in shared values and employee commitments that guide how we work, support one another, and grow together.\nOur Values\nConnected, Committed, Trustworthy, Safe\nOur Employee Commitments\nWork that makes a difference\nA team you can count of\nOpportunities to grow\nRewards that help you thrive\nXcel Energy provides job applicants reasonable accommodations for disabilities throughout the application process. If you are in need of an accommodation to complete the application process, now or at any time in the future, please complete the Applicant Accommodation Request Form.\nNon-BargainingThe anticipated starting base pay for this position is: $84,900.00 to $120,566.00 per yearThis position is eligible for the following benefits: Annual Incentive Program, Medical/Pharmacy Plan, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account, Health Care Flexible Spending Account, Health Savings Account (HSA) (if enrolled in eligible health plan), Limited-Purpose FSA (if enrolled in eligible health plan and HSA), Transportation Reimbursement Account, Short-term disability (STD), Long-term disability (LTD), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Fitness Center Reimbursement (if enrolled in eligible health plan), Tuition reimbursement, Transit programs, Employee recognition program, Pension, 401(k) plan, Paid time off (PTO), Holidays, Volunteer Paid Time Off (VPTO), Parental Leave\nBenefit plans are subject to change and Xcel Energy has the right to end, suspend, or amend any of its plans, at any time, in whole or in part.\nIn any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information including but not limited to dates of school attendance and graduation.You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.\nDeadline to Apply: 11/04/26EEO is the Law (PDF) | Equal Opportunity Statement (PDF) | Employee Rights (PDF)\nAll Xcel Energy employees and contractors share responsibility for protecting the company's information and systems by adhering to cybersecurity policies, standards, and best practices, recognizing that cybersecurity is everyone's responsibility.\nAccessibility Statement\nXcel Energy endeavors to make https://www.xcelenergy.com and https://jobs.xcelenergy.com accessible to any and all users. 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