Forensics Associate

What is special about Lighthouse?

Lighthouse is built on a foundation of unique, compassionate, highly driven individuals.   We elevate the strengths and talents of those around us while leveraging opportunities for growth. We offer the experience of solving complex problems while continuing to grow multiple facets of your career. Lighthouse is where innovation meets support and where collaboration is the key ingredient to success.  We grow together and are stronger together. 

What’s unique about this role?

More than 25 years ago, Lighthouse launched as a local document scanning and copying provider for legal discovery. As the legal technology landscape has changed, we’ve evolved with it, including the continual development of a world-class digital forensics team. Digital forensics often acts as a conduit, linking together key steps of an engagement-- as a first step in gathering evidence, an intermediate step in establishing the facts of a case, a final step in preparing for examination in court—and it requires both strategic understanding of behaviors and outcomes, and tactical skills to put knowledge into action. The talented individuals who make up Lighthouse’s digital forensics team have decades of combined experience across the collection, investigation, and analysis continuum, and hail from careers in security technology, software development, eDiscovery, law enforcement, and the military.  The diversity of background and technical acumen within the Lighthouse digital forensics team ensures that we can provide services across a plethora of use cases, using transparent, documented, and defensible workflows and methodologies.

Lighthouse is seeking a Forensic Associate to serve as a dedicated resource to one of our top clients - a Fortune 50 technology company. Forensics Associates are responsible for onsite and remote collection of electronically stored information (ESI) from computers, mobile devices, collaboration apps and cloud repositories. Using state-of-the-art technology, they process and analyze data in support of forensic investigations and litigation.

What will this person do?

• Perform forensically sound collections of ESI from laptops, desktops, mobile devices, hard drives, servers and cloud data sources both onsite and remotely. 
• Verify, extract and analyze data in support of investigations and litigation
• Conduct custodian interviews to identify relevant data sources
• Provide proactive status updates to both internal and external clients                
• Log and track evidence, update chain of custody logs and follow evidence management best practices
• Enter billable time and descriptions into billing system.                                        

Bring your passion and together we will shine.  It would also be great if you have the following:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• At least two years of experience in Digital Forensics or eDiscovery
• A digital forensics industry certification such as CISSP, EnCE, CCE, CFCE, MCFE, or similar is a plus.
• Experience with EnCase, AccessData Forensic Toolkit, XWays, Cellebrite UFED and Physical Analyzer, Cellebrite Inspector (formerly Blacklight), Axiom or open-source forensic tools
• Strong mastery of data collection, preservation, and chain of custody principles and procedures
• An understanding of file systems, computer hardware and computer networking concepts
• Strong Mac, Linux / UNIX, other operating systems experience is a plus

Work Environment and Physical Demands

• Duties are performed in a typical office environment while at a desk or computer table
• Duties require the ability to use a computer, communicate over the telephone, and read printed material, in a quiet and professional setting
• Duties may require being on call periodically and working outside normal working hours (evenings and weekends)
• Knowledge of financial and tax reporting.
• Strong communication skills and ability to effectively communicate to all levels of the organization
• Federal and state tax knowledge and ability to research.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve issues independently.
• Complete projects efficiently and on-time
• Positive attitude and ability to work collaboratively with team

Lighthouse celebrates and thrives on diversity and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We hire, train, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.  We welcome any talents and contributions you can bring to the team and are deeply committed to growing an environment where everyone can feel safe, is respected, and can show up as themselves. Come as you are! 

As required by applicable pay transparency laws, Lighthouse complies with compensation disclosure requirements for roles that may be hired in locations under these requirements. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include a wide array of factors, including: your specific skills and experience, geographic location, or other relevant factors. The salary range for this position may be tailored to be lower or higher in different talent markets.

The expected pay for this role will range from $71,250 to $95,999 per year.  This role will be eligible to participate in an annual bonus or incentive program.  

Lighthouse offers a quality comprehensive benefits package including, medical, dental, vision, and a 401k with company match.  Company paid benefits also include Life & AD&D, short and long-term disability, telemedicine through 98point6, and other wellness plans.  We offer a generous Flexible PTO program and paid volunteer days.  Employees may also participate in voluntary insurance plans including accident, hospitalization, and critical illness plans as well as pet insurance.  

As a trailblazer and catalyst for change, Lighthouse rises to each opportunity to help our clients and our people do what they do best—shine.