Digital Forensics Analyst

Job Title: Digital Forensics Analyst

Location: Arlington, VA

Terms: Full-time

Requirements: Must be a U.S. Citizen with Active Security Clearance

About the Role

Currently seeking to hire an experienced Digital Forensic Analyst to join the Diplomatic Security Cyber Mission Program in the Cyber & Intelligence sector.

Responsibilities

• Conduct forensic examinations of digital data from cellphones, tablets, computers, removable media, cloud sources, and other platforms.
• Apply recognized scientific practices to identify, analyze, interpret, and present digital evidence for criminal, civil, and administrative matters.
• Perform detailed, targeted examinations in line with investigative objectives, legal process, and search warrant limitations.
• Use industry-standard forensic tools—such as Cellebrite (including Inseyets), Oxygen Forensic Detective, Magnet Forensics GrayKey and Axiom, Nuix, X-Ways, and similar for extraction and examination.
• Analyze data from various operating systems and applications, including Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android, cloud services, and common backup formats.
• Produce clear, comprehensive reports that explain findings for investigators, prosecutors, and other stakeholders.
• Provide expert witness testimony, explaining examination procedures and technical findings to non-technical audiences in federal, state, and local proceedings.
• Provide on-site support during search warrant executions by identifying, collecting, packaging, documenting, and preserving digital evidence while maintaining strict chain of custody.
• Work closely with program leadership and peers to maintain forensically sound procedures and best practices for acquisition, analysis, and presentation of digital evidence.
• Conduct peer reviews and quality checks of reports and artifacts to ensure accuracy, completeness, and clarity before customer delivery.
• Mentor new hires on CIF workflows, tools, and best practices to support effective onboarding and team performance.
• Share lessons learned and emerging techniques with colleagues to enhance collective expertise.
• Stay current on developments in digital forensics, cybersecurity, forensic law, mobile devices and applications, social media platforms, and encryption/decryption methods.

Qualifications: Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 9 years of relevant experience; 7 years with a Master’s degree; or 4 years with a PhD. An additional 4 years of experience may be substituted for a degree.
• Must either possess and maintain, or obtain prior to start date, one of the following professional certifications: GIAC: GCFE, GASF; IACIS: CFCE, ICMDE; NCFI: BCERT, MDE; DC3: CDFE, CDMC; Opentext: EnCE; Cellebrite: CCO & CCPA, CCME; Oxygen Forensics: OFC; Magnet Forensics: MCFE
• Demonstrated expertise with mobile and non‑mobile forensic tools such as Magnet Axiom, Cellebrite, and Oxygen, as well as advanced mobile extraction hardware and software.
• Strong knowledge of Windows, MacOS, Apple iOS, Android, and their associated backup technologies.
• Experience writing detailed, technically accurate reports that clearly communicate complex digital‑forensic findings to non‑technical audiences.
• Strong critical thinking, creativity, sound judgment, and the awareness to recognize when to seek guidance from leadership.
• Ability to collaborate effectively and professionally with leadership, forensic analysts, law enforcement, prosecutors, CIF customers, and other stakeholders at all levels to deliver high‑quality forensic products.
• Willingness and ability to travel for on‑scene evidence seizures, training, and/or testimony.
• Experience conducting digital‑forensic examinations of mobile devices, computer systems, storage media, and cloud data across a broad range of case types.
• Demonstrated proficiency with industry‑standard forensic tools—such as Cellebrite, Oxygen, Nuix, Axiom, X‑Ways, and similar—to perform in‑depth analysis of mobile and computer operating systems, file systems, iOS, and third‑party application data.
• Ability to prepare evidentiary exhibits for judicial proceedings and provide expert testimony on forensic methods and findings.
• Commitment to staying current on advancements in digital forensics, cybersecurity, forensic law, mobile technologies, social media, applications, and encryption.
• U.S. Citizenship required.
• Ability to obtain an interim Secret security clearance prior to start date.
• Ability to obtain a final Top Secret security clearance.

About Us

Cyber Management International Corporation is actively recruiting highly IT Security professionals looking for challenging, exciting work in support of the U.S. Department of State (DOS). Specifically, our customer is the Bureau of Diplomatic Security (DS), Directorate of Cyber and Technology Security (CTS). DS/CTS is a center of excellence that brings together cybersecurity, technology security, and investigative expertise as a unified security capability focused on solving critical and emerging issues enabling the State Department to fulfill its vital global mission.

For more information about our company, please visit www.cybermgt.com or email us at recruiting@cybermgt.com