Digital Forensics Systems Specialist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in District of Columbia, +1 more state.

📋 Description

• Provide support and maintain digital forensic laboratory systems and infrastructure that directly aid ongoing federal investigations and enforcement actions.

• Lead and implement technical initiatives aimed at modernizing digital forensic capabilities while ensuring forensic integrity, evidentiary soundness, and adherence to chain-of-custody protocols.

• Plan, oversee, and execute assigned technical projects of moderate to advanced complexity, ensuring compliance with federal timelines, budgets, and operational priorities.

• Conduct system validation, functional testing, and readiness evaluations for new or updated forensic tools, platforms, and environments before they are deployed in production.

• Create, sustain, and enforce system, operational, and forensic documentation necessary for audits, accreditation, discovery, and legal processes.

• Offer hands-on technical support for information systems that facilitate forensic examinations, evidence storage, analysis, and reporting.

• Ensure forensic systems adhere to relevant federal policies, standards, and controls regarding data integrity, access control, auditing, and security.

• Actively monitor and evaluate system performance, reliability, and security; identify potential risks and implement corrective measures to guarantee uninterrupted investigative operations.

• Introduce automation and process enhancements that boost examiner efficiency while maintaining evidentiary defensibility.

• Collaborate with forensic examiners, investigators, cybersecurity personnel, and program leadership to support critical investigative operations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven expertise in Digital Forensics, encompassing forensic tools, laboratory systems, and workflows supporting computer, mobile, and media examinations.

• Experience in aiding forensic laboratory environments utilized in active law enforcement or regulatory investigations.

• Advanced understanding of enterprise networking, including secure network segmentation and monitoring, with hands-on experience in Cisco and Fortinet technologies.

• Extensive experience with virtualized environments, including: On-premises platforms (VMware, Nutanix), Cloud platforms (Microsoft Azure, AWS), and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solutions (Citrix, VMware Horizon).

• Experience in supporting hybrid and isolated environments designed for sensitive or classified investigative data.

• Capability to support systems operating under federal cybersecurity and information assurance requirements (e.g., logging, access controls, incident response).

🏝️ Benefits

• Employees can work remotely.