What are the responsibilities and job description for the Digital Forensic Analyst position at Deloitte?
In today's environment our clients' abilities to respond to requests for information are more important than ever - and through people, processes, tools, and technology, we help them do so. Are you excited about exploring innovative ways to visualize data, use analytics, and help clients find relevant information in an ever-growing sea of emails and electronic documents? Do you have a legal or technology background and want to continue to grow your skills and abilities? We are a practice that brings together teams focusing on thought diversity, collaborative problem solving, and development of our professionals to enable our Government and Public Services (GPS) Discovery & Data Management Practice clients face litigation and other regulatory requirements with the resources to efficiently and effectively assist the government and respond to information requests. If you want to help clients make sense of their data and are passionate about keeping up with the latest data trends and technology sources, then our team would be a great fit for you!
Work you'll do
The candidate shall perform digital forensic analysis and research and development in support of laboratory requirements. In situations where laboratory requirements are not clearly specified, the contractor shall research current industry solutions and provide comprehensive analysis of potential solutions to address analytical gaps.
Exemplar responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Assisting with seizure of digital evidence from on-site search locations while minimizing possible data loss.
- Preserving and archiving digital evidence using forensic best practices.
- Utilizing authorized forensic tools to perform forensic imaging and extraction from digital media.
- Providing guidance and training on emerging technology and new techniques to forensic personnel as needed.
- Assisting with forensic analytical efforts, to include, but not limited to recovering deleted files and other system artifacts; decrypting password protected data files and devices; performing forensic keyword searches and producing results; analyzing and interpreting various data to provide technically accurate forensic results and reports.
- Identifying potential analytical or technical gaps in current technical procedures or methodologies.
- Developing hardware and software solutions in support of laboratory operations.
- Drafting technical documentation and white papers on relevant technical topics as needed and,
- Researching current industry trends to identify potential sources of forensic information and techniques.
The team
Deloitte's Government and Public Services (GPS) practice - our people, ideas, technology and outcomes-is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of over 15,000 professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.
Discovery is constantly evolving and changing as data volumes and sources continue to grow exponentially. We aim to help our clients solve their most pressing data management challenges by bringing key stakeholders together and helping them to navigate challenges such as cloud migration, implications of new technologies, evolving data sources, and pressure due to time constraints or regulatory requirements. Our practice has established itself as a leader in delivering the full spectrum of Discovery services to government agencies. Our teams apply eDiscovery leading practices and leverage analytics technology, as well as traditional legal research and writing, to assist government attorneys and agency staff through the litigation or information request process.
Our teams work with government attorneys on litigation readiness; to collect, process, analyze, review, and produce data; and to support discovery requests, depositions, hearings, and trials. Our team applies decades of experience and knowledge gleaned from thousands of cases to each stage of a litigation or dispute engagement, from case theory development and discovery to witness testimony. We use proprietary tools, methodologies, and technology-including data mining and mapping, electronic discovery, and computer forensic capabilities-to address our clients' needs.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor's degree required
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
- Must be able to obtain and maintain the required clearance for this role
- 3 years of research and development experience required
- Experience working with Python and Microsoft SharePoint
- Familiarity with low-level firmware and/or OS security
- Familiarity writing device drivers that interact directly with hardware
- Familiarity with vulnerability discovery and exploitation
- Areas of principal research and tool development will include process automation, forensic triage, validation mechanisms, ETL techniques, data fusion, emerging technology analysis and more
Preferred:
- Master's Degree in related subject
- A strong intellectual curiosity with an interest in learning brand-new sets of information
- Track record of innovation and some technology
- Strong critical thinking skills
- Ability to think outside the box, innovate, and help team and client improve workflows to achieve greater efficiencies
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.
Work you'll do
The candidate shall perform digital forensic analysis and research and development in support of laboratory requirements. In situations where laboratory requirements are not clearly specified, the contractor shall research current industry solutions and provide comprehensive analysis of potential solutions to address analytical gaps.
Exemplar responsibilities include but are not limited to:
- Assisting with seizure of digital evidence from on-site search locations while minimizing possible data loss.
- Preserving and archiving digital evidence using forensic best practices.
- Utilizing authorized forensic tools to perform forensic imaging and extraction from digital media.
- Providing guidance and training on emerging technology and new techniques to forensic personnel as needed.
- Assisting with forensic analytical efforts, to include, but not limited to recovering deleted files and other system artifacts; decrypting password protected data files and devices; performing forensic keyword searches and producing results; analyzing and interpreting various data to provide technically accurate forensic results and reports.
- Identifying potential analytical or technical gaps in current technical procedures or methodologies.
- Developing hardware and software solutions in support of laboratory operations.
- Drafting technical documentation and white papers on relevant technical topics as needed and,
- Researching current industry trends to identify potential sources of forensic information and techniques.
The team
Deloitte's Government and Public Services (GPS) practice - our people, ideas, technology and outcomes-is designed for impact. Serving federal, state, & local government clients as well as public higher education institutions, our team of over 15,000 professionals brings fresh perspective to help clients anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill their mission promise.
Discovery is constantly evolving and changing as data volumes and sources continue to grow exponentially. We aim to help our clients solve their most pressing data management challenges by bringing key stakeholders together and helping them to navigate challenges such as cloud migration, implications of new technologies, evolving data sources, and pressure due to time constraints or regulatory requirements. Our practice has established itself as a leader in delivering the full spectrum of Discovery services to government agencies. Our teams apply eDiscovery leading practices and leverage analytics technology, as well as traditional legal research and writing, to assist government attorneys and agency staff through the litigation or information request process.
Our teams work with government attorneys on litigation readiness; to collect, process, analyze, review, and produce data; and to support discovery requests, depositions, hearings, and trials. Our team applies decades of experience and knowledge gleaned from thousands of cases to each stage of a litigation or dispute engagement, from case theory development and discovery to witness testimony. We use proprietary tools, methodologies, and technology-including data mining and mapping, electronic discovery, and computer forensic capabilities-to address our clients' needs.
Qualifications
Required:
- Bachelor's degree required
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future
- Must be able to obtain and maintain the required clearance for this role
- 3 years of research and development experience required
- Experience working with Python and Microsoft SharePoint
- Familiarity with low-level firmware and/or OS security
- Familiarity writing device drivers that interact directly with hardware
- Familiarity with vulnerability discovery and exploitation
- Areas of principal research and tool development will include process automation, forensic triage, validation mechanisms, ETL techniques, data fusion, emerging technology analysis and more
Preferred:
- Master's Degree in related subject
- A strong intellectual curiosity with an interest in learning brand-new sets of information
- Track record of innovation and some technology
- Strong critical thinking skills
- Ability to think outside the box, innovate, and help team and client improve workflows to achieve greater efficiencies
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.
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