Digital Forensic Analyst - Journeyman

Peraton is currently seeking a Digital Forensic Analyst - Journeyman to become a part of Peraton’s Department of State Diplomatic Security Cyber Mission (DSCM) program. 

Location: Arlington, VA. * Flexible for occasional telework – must be local to work location.

Those supporting Peraton’s DSCM program provide superior critical, creative, and analytical thinking skills to address real-world digital forensic challenges.The U.S. Department of State, Computer Investigations and Forensics Division (DS/CTI/CIF) conducts digital evidence recovery and analysis in support of Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) criminal, cyber, and administrative investigations. The Digital Forensics Laboratory receives, processes, and analyzes digital evidence using a wide variety of advanced technologies, decryption schemes, and forensic tools in support of the DSS mission.

In this role, you will:

• Leverage their expertise in the area of digital forensics to perform in-depth examinations while assuring forensic soundness of recovered digital evidence is maintained to meet court admissibility standards of the Department of Justice.
• Serve as a Mid-level Digital Forensic Analyst with 5-8 years of experience, who will support the CIF program with the ability and skillset to provide in-depth digital forensic analysis of mobile devices, electronic storage devices, cloud, server, and personal computer systems.
• Conduct forensic examinations of digital evidence through the application of recognized scientific best practices for the recognition, collection, analysis, and interpretation of digital evidence for criminal and civil law or regulatory purposes.
• Leverage skillsets to perform in-depth forensic analysis of various operating systems including Android, Apple iOS/MAC, Microsoft Windows, and Linux based operating systems.
• Leverage skillsets to perform in-depth forensic analysis of file systems including APFS, NTFS, ExFAT, HFS/+, EXT2/3/4, and FAT/FAT32.
• Leverage skillsets to perform in-depth forensic analysis of system and third-party application databases.
• As a tool-agnostic examiner, maintain proficiency in the use of industry-standard forensic hardware and software tools such as Magnet Axiom, Cellebrite Inseyets, PA/UFED, Oxygen Forensic Detective, EnCase, X[1]Ways, Nuix and with mobile advanced extraction tools such as Graykey and Cellebrite Premium.
• Maintain non-vendor and vendor specific certifications related to job duties.
• Provide on‐scene support during the execution of search warrants with the identification, collection, packaging, handling, and chain-of-custody procedures of digital evidence.
• Provide on-scene expertise and triaging guidance of mobile device and running computer systems regarding; encryption, RAM captures, signal-blocking, biometrics, pin-locks, and field acquisition considerations.
• Produce comprehensive notes, reports and illustrative exhibits for federal, state, and local judicial proceedings; provide expert witness testimony to explain examination interpretations and conclusions from forensic examinations to a lay audience.
• Collaborate with program government and contractor leadership, forensic analysts, law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and other stakeholders to ensure that CIF maintains forensically-sound procedures and best practices in the imaging, analysis, and presentation of digital evidence.
• Stay abreast of new developments and trends in digital forensics, cybersecurity, forensic law, mobile devices, social media tools, mobile applications, and encryption technologies.

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Required:

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 5 years’ experience as a digital forensic examiner in performing both mobile and non-mobile analysis in a digital forensic laboratory. An additional four years of experience may be substituted in lieu of degree.
• At least ONE of the following approved forensic certifications:
  • SANS (GCFE, or GASF)
  • IACIS (CFCE, or CMFE)
  • NCFI (BCERT, or MDE)
  • Cellebrite (CCME or CCO+CCPA)
  • OpenText (EnCE)
• Demonstrated in-depth knowledge if forensic analysis of mobile device hardware, third-party applications, Apple iOS and Android-based operating systems; Apple Macintosh, Linux and Microsoft Windows operating systems, Windows Registry, Android Debug Bridge (ADB); Apple iTunes and iCloud; various computer file systems.
• Experience in providing on-scene triaging, processing, handling, and packaging of electronic/digital evidence (chain of custody) during search and seizure warrants.
• Demonstrated knowledge in using forensic software tools such as Magnet Axiom, Cellebrite Inseyets PA, Oxygen Forensic Detective, Nuix, X-ways, EnCase and with mobile advanced extraction tools.
• Experience writing detailed notes and reports that translate complex technical information to non-technical audiences.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• The ability to obtain an interim Secret clearance before start date, with the ability to obtain a final Top-Secret security clearance.

Preferred:

• A minimum of one additional certification from, but is not limited to:
  • Cyber Crime Center (CDFE, CDMC)
  • Cellebrite (CCO+CCPA)
  • X-Ways (X-PERT)
  • Oxygen Forensic Detective (OFC)
  • Magnet Forensics (MCFE)

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