Digital Forensics Systems Specialist

The Digital Forensics Systems Specialist provides technical leadership and operational support for a federal digital forensic laboratory environment supporting active law enforcement and regulatory investigations. This position ensures the availability security and forensic integrity of systems tools and infrastructure used to collect process analyze and preserve digital evidence in accordance with federal evidentiary legal and security requirements.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support and sustain digital forensic laboratory systems and infrastructure directly supporting active federal investigations and enforcement actions.
• Lead and execute technical initiatives that modernize digital forensic capabilities while maintaining forensic soundness evidentiary integrity and chain-of-custody requirements.
• Plan manage and deliver assigned technical projects of moderate to advanced complexity ensuring adherence to federal schedules budgets and operational priorities.
• Perform system validation functional testing and operational readiness assessments for new or upgraded forensic tools platforms and environments prior to production use.
• Develop maintain and enforce system operational and forensic documentation required for audits accreditation discovery and legal proceedings.
• Provide hands-on technical support for information systems supporting forensic examinations evidence storage analysis and reporting.
• Ensure forensic systems comply with applicable federal policies standards and controls related to data integrity access control auditing and security.
• Proactively monitor and assess system performance reliability and security; identify risks and implement corrective actions to ensure uninterrupted investigative operations.
• Implement automation and process improvements that increase examiner efficiency while preserving evidentiary defensibility.
• Coordinate with forensic examiners investigators cybersecurity staff and program leadership to support mission-critical investigative operations.

Qualifications :

• Demonstrated expertise in Digital Forensics including forensic tools laboratory systems and workflows supporting computer mobile and media examinations.
• Experience supporting forensic laboratory environments used in active law enforcement or regulatory investigations.
• Advanced knowledge of enterprise networking including secure network segmentation and monitoring with experience supporting Cisco and Fortinet technologies.
• Expert experience with virtualized environments including:
  • On-premises platforms (VMware Nutanix)
  • Cloud platforms (Microsoft Azure AWS)
  • Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) solutions (Citrix VMware Horizon)
• Experience supporting hybrid and isolated environments designed for sensitive or classified investigative data.
• Ability to support systems operating under federal cybersecurity and information assurance requirements (e.g. logging access controls incident response).

Additional Information :

• Current professional certifications such as:
  • IACIS Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE)
  • BCERT / ACERT
  • SANS (GCFE GCFA or equivalent)
• Prior federal or state Law Enforcement experience as a Digital Forensic Examiner may be substituted for specific certification requirements subject to agency approval.

Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time