Host Based Analyst III

DigiFlight

$90K — $120K *
Technical Services
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • U.S. Citizenship is required
  • An active TS/SCI clearance must be held
  • Eligibility to obtain DHS Suitability is necessary
  • 8+ years of experience in cyber forensic investigations with advanced technology
  • Ability to create forensically sound copies of computer systems
  • Skill in writing cyber investigative reports detailing forensic findings
  • Experience with analyzing and characterizing cyber attacks
  • Knowledge of digital asset collection procedures and maintaining chain of custody

Responsibilities

  • Assist Federal leads in overseeing forensic teams during onsite engagements
  • Provide technical assistance on forensic investigative techniques to personnel as needed
  • Draft in-depth reports, support peer reviews, and conduct quality assurance for junior staff
  • Mentor and guide others on data collection and analysis in forensic investigations
  • Lead coordination of preliminary forensic investigations and data collection
  • Plan and direct comprehensive technical examinations of computer systems
  • Summarize analytic findings in executive and technical reports
  • Serve as a liaison to stakeholders regarding forensic methodologies
  • Document on-site incident response activities and provide leadership with updates
  • Travel to locations for incident response across the U.S.

Benefits

  • Opportunity for travel across the U.S. for incident response
  • Collaboration with skilled professionals in the forensic field
  • Mentorship roles available for junior personnel
  • Potential for contributing to cutting-edge forensic tools and methodologies
  • Engagement with federal stakeholders provides unique networking opportunities
Full Job Description
Responsibilities:

- Assisting Federal leads with overseeing and leading forensic teams at onsite engagements by coordinating data collection/acquisition operations

- Providing technical assistance on data collection techniques and forensic investigative techniques to appropriate personnel when necessary

- Writing in-depth reports, supports with peer reviews and provides quality assurance reviews for junior personnel

- Supporting forensic analysis and mentoring/providing guidance to others on data collection, analysis and reporting in support of onsite engagements.

- Assisting with leading and coordinating forensic teams in preliminary investigation

- Planning, coordinating and directing the inventory, examination and comprehensive technical analysis of computer systems and digital artifacts.

- Distilling analytic findings into executive summaries and in-depth technical reports

- Serving as technical forensics liaison to stakeholders and explaining investigation details to include forensic methodologies and protocols

- Tracking and documenting on-site incident response activities and providing updates to leadership throughout the engagement

- Traveling to incident response locations in the United States, Territories & Possessions

- Evaluating, extracting and analyzing suspected malicious code

Required Skills:

- U.S. Citizenship

- Must have an active TS/SCI clearance

- Must be able to obtain DHS Suitability

- 8+ years of directly relevant experience in cyber forensic investigations using leading edge technologies and industry standard forensic tools

- Ability to create forensically sound duplicates of computer systems (forensic images)

- Able to write cyber investigative reports documenting digital forensics findings

- Experience with the analysis and characterization of cyber attacks

- Experience with proper digital asset collection and preservation procedures and chain of custody protocols

- Skilled in identifying different classes of attacks and attack stages

- Knowledge of system and application security threats and vulnerabilities

- Knowledgeable in proactive analysis of systems and networks, to include creating trust levels of critical resources

- Must be able to work collaboratively across physical locations.

Desired Skills:

- Experience with or knowledge of two or more of the following tools:

--- EnCase

--- SIFT

--- X-Ways

--- Volatility

--- WireShark

--- Sleuth Kit/ Autopsy

--- Magnet Axiom Cyber

--- Snort

--- Splunk or other SIEM Tools (ArcSight, LogRythm, Elastic, Etc.)

--- Other EDR Tools (Crowdstrike, MDE, Trellix, Etc)

- Proficiency with conducting all-source research.

Required Education:

BS Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computer Engineering or related degree; or HS Diploma and 10+ years of host or digital forensics experience

Desired Certifications:

- GCFA, GCFE, EnCE, CCE, CFCE, CISSP

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