Digital Media Forensics Analyst Expert

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide digital forensic and cyber analytical support to CI and CT investigations.
• Research, design, deploy, and lead training events related to digital forensics and cyber investigative techniques.
• Evaluate emerging digital forensic technologies and support testing of new tools, hardware, and methodologies.
• Conduct operational security assessments and support cyber forensic and cybersecurity tasks.
• Recover, extract, and analyze electronic data—including documents, images, emails, internet history, and system artifacts—from computers and digital storage devices that may have been deleted, damaged, corrupted, or intentionally manipulated.
• Utilize forensic tools and investigative techniques to identify hidden, deleted, or lost files and determine their relevance to investigative or intelligence requirements.
• Assist Government officials in analyzing and interpreting recovered data and provide expert assessments.
• Support efforts to protect systems from infiltration, determine methods of compromise, and assist in the recovery of lost files or corrupted data.
• Produce detailed notes, digital audit trails, and intelligence-informed reports documenting processes, findings, and conclusions.
• Support development of new forensic processes, procedures, and best practices.
• Conduct all phases of the forensic examination lifecycle—on-site and off-site—including evidence collection, acquisition, analysis, reporting, and maintenance of strict chain-of-custody procedures.
• Provide support to incident response operations, intrusion investigations, and malware analysis activities.

Required Qualifications

• Education/Experience: Masters or Bachelors and 15 yrs of relevant experience; Associates and 17 yrs of relevant experience; High School degree and 20 yrs of relevant experience.
• Minimum of 2 years of host based forensic experience and 2 years of mobile device forensics.
• At least a portion of the experience within the last 2 years.
• Must have DoD Certified Digital Forensic Examiner (DFE).
• Proficiency with industry-standard forensic tools (e.g., EnCase, FTK, X-Ways, Cellebrite, Magnet Axiom, etc.).
• Experience conducting evidence acquisition, forensic imaging, and analysis in compliance with legal and evidentiary standards.
• Strong analytical and technical problem-solving skills.
• Able to produce clear, detailed forensic documentation and reporting.

Paid Time Off

• Full flex work weeks where possible.
• Paid vacation and holidays.

About Our Work

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