
Digital Forensic Analyst I
CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Los Angeles • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $80,000 - $120,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- - Perform forensic data collection and basic forensic analysis in both on-site and remote capacity
- - Coordinate directly with legal teams/client IT departments to understand project scope
- - Maintain forensic tool set by staying current on version updates and new options in the market
- - Work closely with project management and other team members on completing complex projects in a fast pace, deadline-driven environment
- - Assist in developing, documenting, and refining procedures to accomplish discovery process requirements
- - Manage all chain of custody best practices associated with the rules of evidence
- - Consistently adhere to standard operating procedures
- - Perform quality checks on work products prior to delivering to the client
- - Complete additional duties assigned by the manager including general IT functions
Requirements
- - Minimum of an undergraduate degree, preferably in Digital Forensic Science or Computer Science/Engineering
- - 1+ years of relevant experience in where the analyst understands the forensic lifecycle and can properly perform scoping activities, evidence acquisitions on a range of devices, and execute forensic analysis at an intermediate level
- - Experience using industry standard forensic tools such as:
- - EnCase
- - Cellebrite
- - Oxygen
- - FTK Imager
- - MacQuisition
- - X1 Social Discovery
- - Logicube Falcon
- - General understanding of Mac/Windows filesystems, mobile devices, and encryption
- - Experience preserving desktops, laptops, mobile devices/tablets, servers, both cloud and on-premise email implementations, nontraditional cloud data sources, social media, etc. in a forensically sound manner
- - Ability to communicate effectively and tactfully in both verbally and in written format to team members and technical/non-technical clients
- - Ability to work extended hours when necessary to ensure client deadlines are met
- - Ability to demonstrate superior organizational skills with acute attention to detail
- - Must be willing to travel regularly on short notice; must have a valid passport for occasional international travel
- - Must be an energetic self-starter who can work within a team environment but also independently as the situation requires
- - Ability to document forensic workflows based on sound industry practice
- - Willingness to develop/train other team members to increase the group’s overall knowledge base as well as cultivate secondary resources to assist in larger collection events
- - Strong troubleshooting skills coupled with the ability to solve on the fly to solve complex problems
Benefits
- - Health, Dental, and Vision
- - Life Insurance
- - 401k
- - Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
- - Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
forensic data collectionforensic analysisevidence acquisitionforensic lifecycleforensic workflowstroubleshootingquality checkschain of custody best practicesdocumentationproject management
Soft Skills
effective communicationorganizational skillsattention to detailteamworkindependenceproblem-solvingtactfulnessadaptabilityenergetic self-startertraining and development