🕵️ Think you’re good at open source investigations? The State is hiring
No, this isn’t a spy thriller. It’s a real public call from Italy’s intelligence services, launched in May 2025.
The Sistema di informazione per la sicurezza della Repubblica has issued a new targeted recruitment campaign for experts in OSINT, social media intelligence, cybersecurity, and terrorism analysis.
Here’s who they’re looking for—and how you can apply.
🎯 Who can apply: not just coders and hackers
The call is open to graduates and technical diploma holders with specific skillsets.
📌 OSINT and SOCMINT Analysts
- Degrees in: communication, sociology, international relations, or IT
- Skills: open web investigations, source verification, social network monitoring
- Mission: produce strategic threat reports for national security
🛡 Cybersecurity Professionals
- Backgrounds: IT, engineering, math, telecoms
- Key skills:
- Penetration testing (networks, apps, OS)
- Malware analysis
- Reverse engineering
- Threat intelligence
- Digital forensics
📡 Telecom and Signal Experts
- Experience in: IP networks, RF systems, satellite communications, FPGA design
- Goal: build and protect complex digital infrastructures
🔥 Terrorism & Radicalism Analysts
- Fields: international studies, political science, humanities
- Knowledge: jihadism, religious extremism, human trafficking, global crime
📅 Deadline, process and soft skills
🗓 Apply by midnight, June 10, 2025
🛂 Access the official portal via SPID or CIE:
👉 sicurezzanazionale.gov.it
💡 What they look for (besides skills):
- Strong sense of responsibility and discretion
- Reliability under pressure
- Loyalty to state institutions
🧠 Selection process:
- Curriculum screening
- Psychological and aptitude tests
- Security clearance procedures (nulla osta)
🇮🇹 Why this matters (even if you’re not James Bond)
In 2025, intelligence doesn’t rely only on wiretaps or field agents. The battlefield is digital.
Social media, dark web forums, encrypted chats—these are the new fronts of national threats. That’s why Italy is seeking minds able to detect danger within tweets, images, metadata and chatrooms.
If you can read between the lines of a post, map connections, or find patterns in chaos—you’re what they need.
🛠 Key skills the intelligence agency is hunting for
| Domain | Required Capabilities |
|---|---|
| OSINT | Google Dorks, Wayback Machine, WHOIS, Shodan |
| SOCMINT | Social graph mapping, real-time monitoring, geolocation |
| Cybersecurity | Reverse engineering, malware sandboxing, honeypots |
| Terrorism | Radical network analysis, dark web monitoring, foreign languages |
👤 Who should apply?
This isn’t just for ex-military or seasoned analysts. The agency is open to young professionals who bring:
- Technical expertise
- Strategic thinking
- A commitment to national service
This is about protecting your country with skills, not weapons.
🧭 It’s not just a job. It’s a national mission
Becoming part of the Italian intelligence system means working on the frontline of digital and geopolitical security.
It’s a demanding but meaningful role—where every small insight can prevent harm or uncover threats before they emerge.
