Peraton is hiring: Digital Media Forensic Examiner in Bethesda

Digital Media Forensic Examiner

Job Locations

US-MD-Bethesda

Requisition ID

2024-152797

Position Category

Cyber Security

Clearance

Top Secret/SCI w/Poly

Responsibilities

NMEC Digital Media Forensic Examiner
Location: Bethesda, MD
Full-time onsite/no telework.
TS/SCI with CI Poly required.

Peraton is seeking a Digital Media Forensic Examiner with a strong commitment to teamwork to join our team in Bethesda, MD. This role will be responsible for providing forensic examinations on a variety of media to include hard drives, removeable media, memory cards, and mobile devices. The examiner will be able to write examination reports for both high level and technical audiences, documenting opinions and interpretations when required. Responsible for performing peer reviews on reports and providing the customer with recommendations on TTPs (Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures) regarding digital forensic examinations.

Qualifications

Required Skills

Demonstrated experience in digital forensics (exploitation and examination)
• Demonstrated experience in mobile device data extraction and analysis
• Experience with file system forensics
• Understanding of iOS and Android operating systems and applications
• Understanding of managing complex, large data set analysis
• In-depth experience with timeline analysis
• Experience with forensic media imaging
• Experience with email analysis
• Experience with signature and hash analysis
• Demonstrated experience with forensic tools such as EnCase, Forensic Toolkit (FTK), and X-Ways Forensics, Axiom, Cellebrite, GrayKey
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with technical report writing experience
• DoD 8570 Compliance (IAT Level II) required to start.
• Active TS/SCI required to start (with eligibility for a CI Poly)
• 5 years with BS/BA; 3 years with MS/MA; 0 years with PhD

Desired Skills

• Industry-specific certifications such as Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE), EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE), AccessData Certified Examiner (ACE), GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE), and/or DoD-DFE
• Intelligence Community (IC) experience
• Forensic tool and script development
• Programming experience

Peraton Overview

Peraton is a next-generation national security company that drives missions of consequence spanning the globe and extending to the farthest reaches of the galaxy. As the world's leading mission capability integrator and transformative enterprise IT provider, we deliver trusted, highly differentiated solutions and technologies to protect our nation and allies. Peraton operates at the critical nexus between traditional and nontraditional threats across all domains: land, sea, space, air, and cyberspace. The company serves as a valued partner to essential government agencies and supports every branch of the U.S. armed forces. Each day, our employees do the can't be done by solving the most daunting challenges facing our customers. Visit peraton.com to learn how we're keeping people around the world safe and secure.

Target Salary Range

$135,000 - $216,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.