ResponsibilitiesPeraton is seeking aDigital Media Forensics Examinerwith a strong commitment to teamwork to join our team inBethesda, MD. This role will be responsible for providing forensic examinations on a variety of media to include hard drives, removablemedia, memory cards, and mobile devices.A commitment to fulfilling temporary duty (TDY) deployments, ranging from 5 to 90 days, is required to support customer training and operational objectives.
The examiner will be able to write examination reports for both high level and technical audiences, documenting opinions and interpretations when required.Responsible for performingpeer reviews on reports and providingthe customer with recommendations on TTPs (Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures) regarding digital forensic examinations.
*This position requires full-time, onsite attendance Monday through Friday in Bethesda, MD.
Qualifications
Required Skills:
- Demonstrated experience in digital forensics (exploitation and examination).
- Demonstrated experience in mobile device data extraction and analysis.
- Experience with file system forensics.
- Understanding of iOS and Android operating systems and applications.
- Understanding of managing complex, large data set analysis.
- In-depth experience with timeline analysis.
- Experience with forensic media imaging.
- Experience with email analysis.
- Experience with signature and hash analysis.
- Demonstrated experience with forensic tools such as EnCase, Forensic Toolkit (FTK), and X-Ways Forensics, Axiom, Cellebrite,GrayKey.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills with technical report writing experience.
- Certification: Active IAT Level II (CompTIA Security+ preferred).
- Security Clearance: Active Top Secret/SCI clearance with CI Poly.
- Education: Bachelor's degree and 8+ years experience, or Master's degree and 6+ years experience, or PhD and 3+ years experience. A degree in one of these fields is highly desired: Information Systems, Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Mathematics, or Data Science. In lieu of a degree, an additional 4 years of relevant work experience or specialized training is required.
Desired Skills:
- Industry-specific certifications such as Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE), EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE),AccessDataCertified Examiner (ACE), GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE), and/or DoD-DFE.
- Intelligence Community (IC) experience.
- Forensic tool and script development.
- Programming experience.
Target Salary Range$135,000 - $216,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position. Salary is determined by various factors, including but not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the position, the individuals experience, education, knowledge, skills, and competencies, as well as geographic location and business and contract considerations. Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
