CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)

Digital Forensic Analyst I

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Los AngelesCaliforniaUnited 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