Alfie Lawrence
Cheltenham,Gloucestershire
Summary
Experienced and Driven Senior Intelligence Analyst with knack for turning complex data into actionable insights. Developed and implemented intelligence strategies that significantly improved threat detection and operational efficiency. Known for delivering clear, concise reports that have directly influenced high-level decision-making.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work history
Senior Intelligence Analyst
Ministry of Defence
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire
2023.03 - Current
- Trusted to engage directly with operational users, engineers, and senior stakeholders.
- Comfortable operating in high-assurance, security-constrained environments.
- Led technical engagements with government and allied customers, providing mission-led explanations of capabilities, limitations, and operational trade-offs.
- Supported RFIs, and proof-of-concept activities for defence and security programmes.
- Delivered technical briefings, solution designs, and documentation for customer and partner engagements.
- Experience complementing multiple RF and SIGINT operations, with focus on data integrity, secure tasking workflows, and system resilience.
- Analysed satellite communications systems, mobile and telephony networks, and computer-to-computer communications to identify emitter characteristics, network behaviour, and operational patterns.
- Applied analysis across multiple niche disciplines, including Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT), Electronic Intelligence (ELINT), and Communications Intelligence (COMINT).
- Understanding of adversarial exploitation risks across RF, networked, and satellite-enabled intelligence systems.
- Conducted network analysis to understand communication structures, dependencies, and vulnerabilities across RF and digital domains.
- Hands-on experience working with cybersecurity and intelligence data in Linux environments.
- Familiar with satellite ISR concepts, including payload tasking, collection planning, and ground data pipelines.
- Experience supporting 10+ EU and allied government intelligence and defence programmes.
- Exposure to cloud-based networking, workflows, and distributed intelligence systems.
SIGINT Analyst Team Leader
Ministry of Defence
Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
2019.02 - 2023.03
- Owned end-to-end intelligence data workflows, including tasking guidance, collection management, validation, and delivery against operational SLAs.
- Provided technical account support for operational customers, advising on effective capability use in live intelligence environments.
- Experienced in handling sensitive intelligence data with focus on reliability, timeliness, and analyst trust.
- Lead instructor to 20 students and sole course designer for Land Electronic Intelligence Course, developing curriculum aligned to operational requirements and evolving threat environments.
- Delivered technical training to intelligence professionals, ensuring practical understanding of RF systems, analysis techniques, and mission application.
- Contributed operational user requirements into capability development and product roadmaps.
Education
BSc (Hons) Intelligence & Cybersecurity - The effects of AI on Cybersecurity.
University of Staffordshire
Stoke on Trent 2001.04 -
Skills
- Strong Verbal and Written Communication
- Stakeholder Understanding and Engagement
- Data-Driven Decision Making
- Compliance Awareness
- Instruction and Mentoring
- Threat Assessment
Accomplishments
Achieved Top Performer status: 1st out of 42 in Unit, 2nd of 345 across Regiment.
Timeline
Senior Intelligence Analyst
Ministry of Defence
2023.03 - Current
SIGINT Analyst Team Leader
Ministry of Defence
2019.02 - 2023.03
BSc (Hons) Intelligence & Cybersecurity - The effects of AI on Cybersecurity.
University of Staffordshire
2001.04 -