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Careers at Blackout Intelligence
Work with us.
Blackout Intelligence provides intelligence, investigations, protective security and accountable technology. We recruit to specific needs. There is no live vacancy list on this page, but you can tell us the work you do.
Why work here
What the work involves, and how it is done.
We work for boards, legal teams and security leaders. The same working rules apply whichever area you join.
Findings that can be checked
Sources are documented, and judgement is kept separate from what is known. Each assessment states its confidence, its limits and its gaps.
Scope agreed before collection
We agree the question, the lawful purpose and the boundaries of the work before any collection starts.
Lawfully public sources only
The work draws on public and official sources, and never on stolen material. The lawful purpose is settled before anything is collected.
Services and technology together
The Blackout OS platform collects, organises and checks. An accountable analyst makes and records the conclusions, whichever service the work sits in.
Disciplines
Disciplines we recruit into.
A discipline is an area of work, not a vacancy. Roles are recruited to specific needs within these areas.
- 01
Investigations
Discreet, proportionate enquiries into fraud, identity and disputes, with a written scope, a chronology and a reviewable report.
See investigations - 02
Open-source intelligence and analysis
Research from public and lawfully accessible sources, with an assessment that states its confidence, its limits and its gaps.
See intelligence - 03
Technical security and countermeasures
Technical surveillance countermeasures and RF and emissions assessment, under an agreed and authorised scope, with remediation and re-assessment.
See technical security - 04
Protective security and CCTV planning
Protective planning for people and premises: risk assessment, CCTV specification and deployment, and access-control assessment.
See protective security - 05
Platform engineering
Building and running Blackout OS, the platform that collects, organises and checks material for our analysts. Conclusions stay with an accountable analyst.
See the platform - 06
Data and AI assurance
Audit-oriented AI assurance: traceability of agent actions and approvals, control design and audit evidence.
See AI governance - 07
Client operations
Scoping, collection planning and the written deliverables of commissioned work, from the agreed scope through to a reviewable report.
See our services
Not on this list?
Tell us the work you do.
Say where you have done it. We will tell you whether it fits a need we have now.
How recruitment works
Four steps, and the timing is set when we reply.
The timing depends on the role and on any checks it needs, so we give it for a specific role when we reply.
Register an interest
Email us the discipline you work in, what you have done, and any security vetting you already hold. We reply to say whether we have a need that fits.
A short conversation
Where we have a need, we arrange a short conversation about the role and your experience. If we have no need that fits, we say so.
A scoped assessment
Where a role calls for one, we set an assessment scoped to that role, and tell you beforehand what it covers.
Vetting, where the role needs it
If a role needs national security vetting or a security check, we explain the level and what the check involves before any offer.
Vetting and clearance
The level is set by the role, and explained before any offer.
Some roles require national security vetting or a security check. The level is set by the role, not by the person applying.
Before any offer, we explain which level applies, why the role needs it and what the check involves, so you can decide with the facts in front of you.
Nothing on this page says which level, if any, Blackout Intelligence or any individual holds.
What we will tell you
- Whether the role needs vetting, and at what level
- What the check involves
- What happens if a check is not completed
Our values
Four principles we work to.
Say what is known, and how well
Each source is named and dated. Where a source has not answered, the gap is shown, not smoothed over.
Keep judgement with people
The platform collects, organises and checks. Conclusions, and anything that affects a person, are for an accountable analyst to make and record.
Use only what is lawfully public
The work draws on public and official sources, and never on stolen material.
Make the picture legible
The same evidence can be shown on a map, a list or a timeline, so that someone can see what is happening and check why.
Equal opportunities
If you need an adjustment at any stage of recruitment, tell us when you register an interest.
Register an interest
Tell us the work you do.
Email us the discipline you work in, what you have done, and any security vetting you already hold. We recruit to specific needs, so we will tell you whether we have one that fits.
This page takes none of your details. Your email is sent from your own mail app.
Register an interest by email
Or write to support@blackoutintelligence.co.uk with the subject “Careers enquiry”.
Prefer to ask a question first? Use the contact page.