Job Description
Job Description
Job Description
Cyber Fraud Investigations Analyst
Job Details
- Cyber Fraud Investigations Analyst (Contract)
- Location: Chicago IL 60611
- Duration: 11/10/2025 to 11/09/2026
- Team: Global Payments and Billings
Key Responsibilities:
- Investigate, analyze, and report cases of fraud/abuse related activity within or targeting Adobe’s ecosystem.
- Create and synthesize various data tables into usable, actionable intelligence.
- Detail key attributes driving Fraud through signal identification and incorporate into machine learning models to create a more streamlined end-to-end process in mitigating fraud.
- Provide data to internal teams for secondary review and identification of additional fraud patterns to further enhance machine learning and AI initiatives.
- Integrate both traditional (covert/overt) and technical (SQL) investigative techniques within the intelligence gathering process.
- Produce investigative reports synthesizing data and information from across multiple platforms, systems, and tools to present key findings to necessary stakeholders for case resolve.
- Research cases ranging in complexity, fraud vector, and scope.
- Collaborate with Data Analytics and Data Engineering to detect, scale, and monitor fraud/abuse related behavior through key point indicators and data visualizations.
- Establish protocols for investigative practices, fraud detection, and actioning.
- Analyze and verify escalations of suspected fraud from internal and external Adobe teams.
- Utilize reverse engineering techniques to disrupt adversarial attack vectors.
- Discover exploited or potential vulnerabilities and collaborate with Adobe internal teams to provide solutions-based recommendations to address identified gaps.
- Work with Adobe internal teams to gain business-critical information.
- Utilize internal and external fraud identification tools and platforms to formulate better detection and actioning strategies.
- Engage with external groups and industry partners to combat fraud and abuse related behavior.
- Identify and vet new data sources to perform pattern, trend analysis and enhance fraud detection capabilities.
- Conduct thorough investigations of e-commerce transactions to identify anomalies and enhance fraud risk rules/assessments to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of fraud prevention measures.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or higher
- 4+ years of relevant work experience in fields such as Fraud Detection, Investigations or Analytics, Financial Analysis, Cybersecurity, Criminal Justice, Digital Forensics, or a related area.
- Excellent Written and Verbal Communication Skills – Ability to present key findings and recommendations to various stakeholders and audiences.
- Adaptability/ Prioritization – Able to operate in a fast-paced work environment and shift focus/priorities quickly.
- Creativity – “Thinking outside the box”; desire to learn new things approach.
- Self-sufficient/Self-motivated - Can work collaboratively as well as independently through automated and manual efforts, having a proactive mindset.
- Attentive to detail - Ability to be thorough in the end-to-end process of an ask or project.
- Basic understanding and capability to execute investigation-style SQL queries (e.g., with inner/left joins).
- Inquisitive and investigative nature: Driven by curiosity to understand the mindset and actions of an attacker.
- Willingness and desire to work independently and problem-solve with visionary guidance.
- Positive, learning mindset with a detail-oriented, analytical approach to problem-solving.
- Ability to excel while working remotely with the skills and self-discipline to do so effectively.
- Experience in Fraud Operations or Investigations is required.
- Experience in commerce/transaction review for signal and anomalous pattern identification and knowledge of remediation efforts to include, but not limited to, risk rule adjustments.
Compensation:
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