Digital Forensics Engineer
Chantilly, VA, United States
Full Time Senior-level / Expert Clearance required USD 112K - 179K
Peraton
Peraton 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 and highly...Responsibilities
Peraton is looking for a Digital Forensic Analyst to support one of our longstanding customers. This autonomous role supports active operations and presents the candidate with cutting edge challenges in the digital forensic arena. This rewarding position will be responsible for the deep dive analysis on a variety of types of media. The candidate will be expected to support cases involving intrusion/compromise, malware, user technical profiling and other tasks, as required. This customer promotes a relaxed environment and understands the importance of work/life balance.
Qualifications
Qualifications:
- Bachelors or equivalent work experience in Computer Science, Forensic Science or related fields
- Minimum of 8 years with BS/BA; Minimum of 6 years with MS/MA; Minimum of 3 years with PhD
- 4 years conducting digital forensics on a variety of media, including Windows, OS X, Linux, Android and iOS
- Experience writing Technical Reports, detailing results of analysis
- Experience with EnCase, FTK, X-Ways, Axiom, Forensic Explorer, Cellebrite and other forensic tools
- Experience identifying and analyzing malware and its correlated artifacts of execution/persistence
- Experience analyzing mobile devices
- Experience with volatile memory analysis
- 200 hours of formalized training in the areas of computer science, forensics, etc.
- Active Top Secret Clearance with SCI eligibility
Preferred Additional Skills
- One or more related certifications such as a SANS Digital Forensics track certification such as the GCFE, GCFA or GREM, EnCE, or certifications from Magnet Forensics
- Knowledge of a programming or scripting language
Benefits:
Peraton offers enhanced benefits to employees working on this critical National Security program, which include heavily subsidized employee benefits coverage for you and your dependents, 25 days of PTO accrued annually up to a generous PTO cap and eligible to participate in an attractive bonus plan.
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
$112,000 - $179,000. This represents the typical salary range for this position based on experience and other factors.Tags: Android Clearance Computer Science EnCase EnCE Forensics GCFA GCFE GREM iOS Linux Malware PhD SANS Scripting Top Secret Top Secret Clearance Windows
Perks/benefits: Salary bonus
More jobs like this
Explore more InfoSec / Cybersecurity career opportunities
Find even more open roles in Ethical Hacking, Pen Testing, Security Engineering, Threat Research, Vulnerability Management, Cryptography, Digital Forensics and Cyber Security in general - ordered by popularity of job title or skills, toolset and products used - below.
- Open Information Security Specialist jobs
- Open Ethical hacker / Pentester H/F jobs
- Open Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO) jobs
- Open Senior Cyber Security Engineer jobs
- Open Principal Security Engineer jobs
- Open Cyber Security Architect jobs
- Open Manager Pentest H/F jobs
- Open Cyber Security Specialist jobs
- Open Product Security Engineer jobs
- Open Staff Security Engineer jobs
- Open Chief Information Security Officer jobs
- Open Cybersecurity Analyst jobs
- Open Senior Information Security Analyst jobs
- Open Consultant infrastructure sécurité H/F jobs
- Open IT Security Analyst jobs
- Open Cybersecurity Consultant jobs
- Open Senior Penetration Tester jobs
- Open Consultant SOC / CERT H/F jobs
- Open Security Specialist jobs
- Open Senior Information Security Engineer jobs
- Open Security Researcher jobs
- Open IT Security Engineer jobs
- Open Cybersecurity Specialist jobs
- Open Senior Security Architect jobs
- Open Sr. Security Engineer jobs
- Open Windows-related jobs
- Open CISM-related jobs
- Open Network security-related jobs
- Open Pentesting-related jobs
- Open ISO 27001-related jobs
- Open Application security-related jobs
- Open Agile-related jobs
- Open GCP-related jobs
- Open Vulnerability management-related jobs
- Open CISA-related jobs
- Open IAM-related jobs
- Open Threat intelligence-related jobs
- Open Analytics-related jobs
- Open SaaS-related jobs
- Open APIs-related jobs
- Open Security assessment-related jobs
- Open Java-related jobs
- Open Malware-related jobs
- Open Forensics-related jobs
- Open DevOps-related jobs
- Open Security Clearance-related jobs
- Open IDS-related jobs
- Open CEH-related jobs
- Open Kubernetes-related jobs
- Open EDR-related jobs