Senior Virtual Currency Analyst

About the role

The Kings County District Attorney's Office (KCDA) is one of the largest prosecutor's offices in the country. It is committed to developing and implementing innovative prosecutorial strategies that will fulfill our vision of keeping Brooklyn safe while at the same time ensuring fairness and justice for all. KCDA has an exciting opportunity to work as a Senior Virtual Currency Analyst.

The Virtual Currency Unit is committed to protecting the public by combating crimes involving virtual currency in Brooklyn and worldwide. The Senior Virtual Currency Unit conducts cases by tracing stolen cryptocurrency, identifying illicit transactions on the blockchain, investigating those who use cryptocurrency to fund criminal activity online scams and criminal activity.

Under general supervision, with latitude for independent initiative judgment, and decision, the prospective candidate will perform the following duties:

• Work with a team of prosecutors and investigators to investigate the use of cryptocurrency to fund and facilitate criminal activity.
• Serve as an expert witness and provide testimony in grand jury proceedings and trials concerning blockchain analysis.
• Stay current with blockchain technology, decentralized finance, cyber threats, cryptocurrency and AI-enabled crime.
• Collaborate with other bureaus and units to strengthen the office's capacity for investigating and prosecuting crimes involving cryptocurrency.
• Fulfill time-sensitive related administrative and clerical duties as assigned, including drafting subpoenas and maintaining highly organized records.
• Perform high-level blockchain analysis, trace transactions, attribute addresses, and identify patterns of illicit activity.
• Generate reports based on your findings to support decision-making processes and drive investigations forward.
• Conduct open-source research to gather information relevant to cryptocurrency related investigations.
• Interact with public, law enforcement, and private industry members professionally and courteously.
• Contribute to developing office policies, documents, and templates relevant to investigating crimes related to virtual currency.

Preferred Skills

• Experience using blockchain analytics tools to investigate complex cases including large-scale cryptocurrency scam organizations, blockchain exploits, money laundering, and other cryptocurrency enabled criminal activity.
• Demonstrated familiarity with laundering techniques, de-mixing, swapping services, tracing funds across blockchains, and identifying on-chain infrastructure.
• Experience using SQL, Python, and other tools to organize and analyze large data sets.
• Knowledge and understanding of networking, internet infrastructure, IP addresses, and DNS records.
• Track record of using on-chain and off-chain evidence to identify targets and locations.
• Experience using OSINT to conduct investigations, navigating the dark web, and data collection from a variety of sources including social media and messaging platforms.
• Excellent organizational, time-management, and multi-tasking skills, including the ability to take initiative, prioritize duties, and work both independently and within a team environment are a plus.

Additional Information

Candidates must meet the additional requirements

• Must have a bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Criminal Justice or a related field. Master's degree preferred.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.).
• Must have strong interpersonal, organizational, analytical and investigative skills.
• Ideal candidate will be knowledgeable in conducting open- source intelligence research, analyzing large data sets, and performing blockchain analysis.

Additional information

Employees of the City of New York may be eligible for federal loan forgiveness programs and state repayment assistance programs. The federal government provides student loan forgiveness through its

Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF) to all qualifying public service employees.

Please visit the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program site to view the eligibility requirements:

Qualifications & Requirements

• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties described above; or
• High school graduation or equivalent and six years of experience in community work or community centered activities in an area related to the duties as described above; or
• Education and/or experience which is equivalent to "1" or "2" above. However, all candidates must have at least one year of experience as described in "1" above.