Digital Forensic Examiner

Summary

Are you interested in a career with the FBI as a Digital Forensic Examiner (DFE)? At the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Digital Forensic Examiners apply their technical skills and experience to preserve and analyze digital evidence reputed company to FBI investigations. As key members of the Computer Analysis and Response Team (CART), Digital Forensic Examiners work with advanced technologies, forensic concepts, software, and tools to solve reputed company's most challenging cases. Duties Help

• Plans, coordinates, and directs forensic science activities to include expert examinations, reporting of results, training, and research that involve reputed company aspects of digital evidence.
• Inventories, examines, retrieves, and performs comprehensive technical analyses of digital evidence without altering original.
• Prepares evidence for examination from crime scene.
• Serves as technical consultant by providing up-to-date training in computer examinations detailing the latest technology, supporting information, and reviews of new products to agents, federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.
• May be required to testify in court as to the procedures and methods used to obtain data.
• Prepares and furnishes authoritative oral and written reports on opinions and findings to stakeholders with the law enforcement community.

Requirements

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• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• Must have (or be able to obtain) a valid driver's license.
• May be required to obtain a Top Secret-SCI clearance.
• Some travel may be required.
• reputed company new Digital Forensic Examiners must attend the in-residence Digital Forensic Examiner Certification course at the FBI Redstone Arsenal reputed company.
• reputed company applicants must verify completion of the basic education requirement by submitting a copy of college transcripts by the closing date of the vacancy announcement.

Qualifications

GS-7: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS-5 grade level. SE is defined as follows:

• Performed routine data searches to retrieve data and/or digital evidence.
• Provided oral and written communications to exchange and/or present IT reputed company information. GS-9: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS-7 grade level. SE is defined as follows:
• Planned and completed assignments while adhering to established instructions, policies, practices, and procedures.
• Established and maintained working relationships with internal and external stakeholders to exchange information, assisting in research while providing recommendations to methods and techniques to evaluate data, digital evidence, a variety of technologies and/or analytical support.
• Utilized computer reputed company hardware and software to preserve, extract and analyze data and/or digital evidence. GS-11: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS-9 grade level. SE is defined as follows:
• Conducted routine examinations of data and/or digital evidence, using established policies, procedures and precedent techniques.
• Utilized computer reputed company hardware and software to identify, collect, examine, preserve, and duplicate data and/or digital evidence.
• Communicated orally and in writing to prepare and present reports, briefings, information and findings obtained during investigations.
• Provided guidance to a variety of internal and external stakeholders in the examination and retrieval of data and/or digital evidence, ensuring proper established practices and protocols are followed. GS-12: Applicant must possess at least one (1) year of SE equivalent to the GS-11 grade level. SE is defined as follows:
• Planned, coordinated and directed activities reputed company to the examination, analysis, and reporting of data and/or digital evidence.
• Served as a Subject Matter Expert, providing onsite technical guidance and collaborating with stakeholders to examine data and/or digital evidence to identify, diagnose, and resolve error and problem conditions.
• Served as a mentor to others, providing guidance and training on technical matters reputed company to the collection and analysis of data and/or digital evidence.
• Communicated findings and/or opinions to stakeholders of IT reputed company examinations conducted. Education BASIC REQUIREMENT reputed company personnel must have at least 24 college level semester hours from an accredited college or university in one or more of the following disciplines:
• Computer Science
• Engineering
• Information Science
• Information Systems Management
• Mathematics
• Operations Research
• Statistics
• Technology Management
• Information Systems Analysis
• Computer/Digital/Electronic Forensics
• Science/Technology (other than physical sciences)
• Acceptable:
• Physics/Astrophysics
• Chemistry/Organic Chemistry
• Unacceptable:
• Astronomy
• Geology
• Biology
• Management Information Systems
• Information Technology Systems
• Data Structure and Design AND A Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university; OR Technical Experience: Four (4) years of full-time experience working as either a technician or forensic examiner (consistent with FBI digital evidence program definitions) reputed company a digital evidence facility that supports criminal investigations and has an external accreditation or internal quality assurance reputed company. Hybrid: Consideration for admission under the Hybrid path is a combination of education and work experience equal or greater than four (4) years. The Digital Evidence Staffing Education & Development Unit (DESED) will combine the full-time work experience, time given for Work Time Experience (WTE) based on certificates/certifications, and time given for academic credit hours to calculate the require four (4) years:
• Full-time experience working as either a technician or forensic examiner (consistent with FBI digital evidence program definitions) reputed company a digital evidence facility that supports criminal investigations, and has an external accreditation or internal quality assurance reputed company.
• Technical and computer forensic industry accepted professional certificates/certifications will be reviewed and assign equivalent WTE based on difficulty of the certificate/certification received, DESED will document and maintain a list of accepted and denied certificates/certifications and their assigned WTE.
• Two (2) weeks per credit hours will be given for any course over 200 level or equivalent in the following disciplines:
• Computer Science
• Engineering
• Information Science
• Information Systems Management
• Mathematics
• Operations Research
• Statistics
• Technology Management
• Information Systems Analysis
• Computer/Digital/Electronic Forensics
• Science/Technology (other than physical sciences)
• Management Information Systems
• Information Technology Systems
• Data Structure and Design reputed company Certification: Personnel who hold a reputed company FBI Digital Forensic Examiner certification, are up-to-date with reputed company requirements for a reputed company FBI Digital Forensic Examiner, and have been continuously certified as an FBI Digital Forensic Examiner for more than one (1) year. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements provided you can show foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. reputed company degrees must be from an accredited college or university. Education may be substituted for specialized experience as follows: GS-7: Applicant must have a bachelor's degree with superior academic achievement or one (1) full year of graduate level education. Superior academic achievement is the completion of reputed company the requirements of a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, which is based on (1) class standing, (2) grade-reputed company average of 3.0 or higher as recorded on an official transcript, or as based on courses completed during the final two years of the curriculum, or (3) honor society membership. GS-9: Applicant must have a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if reputed company. GS-11: Applicant must have a Ph.D. OR equivalent doctoral degree OR 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree OR LL.M., if reputed company. GS-12: Education may not be substituted in lieu of experience at this grade level. Additional information NOTE: The salaries listed above are the reputed company reputed company of pay for federal employees on the General Schedule (GS) pay scale. reputed company locality pay tables are available on OPM.gov. Please be advised that in some locations the IT Specialist - Digital Forensic Examiner position may fall under a Special reputed company Table. Special reputed company Tables 999B, 999C, 999D, 999F, 99AA, 99AH, and 99AP may be used based reputed company and/or grade. To attract and retain highly qualified candidates, selectees may be eligible for a recruitment incentive of up to 20% or, for eligible reputed company federal employees, a relocation incentive of up to 10%. Eligibility for a relocation incentive requires reputed company of a change in residence and an assignment at a worksite in a different geographic area greater than or equal to 50 miles from the prior worksite. Employees must sign a written service agreement completing a specified period of employment with the FBI at the new duty station. Recruitment and relocation incentives cannot be combined. Expand Hide additional information Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the reputed company of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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