Digital Forensic Analyst (TS/SCI)- Senior & Mid in Bethesda, Maryland at Vexterra Group

Vexterra Group is searching for a Digital Forensic Analysts to provide the following support:

• Conduct forensic examination of High Priority Digital Media to include:

• Full-Scope forensic examinations
• Advanced registry and Internet history analysis
• Date obfuscation and steganography detection and analysis
• Large data set analysis and Target language Keyword search
• Forensic tool and script development
• Sector-level entity extraction
• Metadata extraction and analysis
• Network forensics and analysis

• Generate professional technical exploitation reports of interest to the customer and the Intel Community.

• Perform application and internet activities analysis to support source vetting, digital profiling, and other requirements

• Coordinate, enhance, and promulgate forensic and technical exploitation standards for forward deployed customer assets

• Provide Subject Matter Expert-level technical support for federated partners, internal customer, and customer deployed platforms

• Provide global technical exploitation response capabilities to include:

• Provide deployable technical exploitation personnel to meet customer and partner contingency requirements

• Provide expert multi-functional exploitation expertise as required

• Coordinate with customer operations on technical exploitation platform and training related issues
• Plan, integrate and execute full-spectrum technical exploitation plans, exercises, training, and operations as required

• Assist in the conduct of Site Exploitation (SE) activities as required

• Provide technical support to field collection and other operational partner elements to include:

• Diverse set of technical exploitation tools and tradecraft
• Assist asset validation and credibility assessments by providing baseline assessments of digital media and cellular telephones

Education/Experience

• Eight (8) years of digital forensic experience; OR
• Bachelor’s degree in Digital Forensics or Computer Science + six (6) years of digital forensic experience; OR
• Master's degree in Digital Forensics or Computer Science + five (5) years of digital forensic experience.

• Ability to design, implement and document computer forensics services to include evidence seizure, computer forensic analysis and data recovery

• Ability to convey technical information effectively and concisely to a wide range of audiences

• Working experience in hardware configuration and network/data communications

• Working experience in software development and scripting

• Working experience in law enforcement evidence seizure

• Working experience conducting intelligence analysis and writing finished intelligence reporting with high quality and with minimal revision.

• Willing to travel CONUS and/or OCONUS on TDY to include hazardous zones

Certifications

• Two or more industry standard digital forensic certifications (e.g. EnCE, MCFE, CCME, CCFE, GCFE, GASF, ACE, or CCE etc)

Clearance

• Active TS/SCI

• Counter Intelligence Polygraph or be willing to obtain one