DIGITAL FORENSICS INVESTIGATOR - CORPORATE INFORMATION SECURITY

Salary Range: $51.0200 - $78.4600 /hour. Actual compensation may vary based on geographic location, work experience, skill level, and education.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities
Conducts forensic analyses of digital and other multimedia evidence using appropriate scientific methodologies, forensic techniques, and quality assurance practices in support of criminal and administrative investigations.
Responsible for conducting forensic examinations of digital and other multimedia evidence through the use of scientific practices, methods, and techniques.  Examines and analyzes digital evidence for criminal, civil, regulatory, or internal purposes. Analyzes and examines evidence and interprets scientific observations and data to render conclusions or findings, develops expert opinions using a range of techniques, tools and methods.  Produces comprehensive reports and illustrative exhibits or findings for federal and state judicial proceedings and for internal administrative investigations.  Must have the ability to sufficiently explain evidence interpretations, findings, and conclusions to a lay audience.
Serves as a subject matter expert and advisor in matters related to the proper collection, preservation, and handling of digital evidence.  Must understand and adhere to chain of custody practices and methods for all investigations.
Performs continual and ongoing evaluation, testing, and validation of internal methods, procedures, protocols, and forensics systems and toolsets.  Identifies and recommends purchase of new toolsets and equipment.  Conducts research for improving forensic analyses, scientific methods, and digital investigation issues or roadblocks.

Education and Experience
•    Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Computer Science, Information Technology, Cyber Security or relevant. In lieu of listed degree’s eight (8+) years of experience may be considered.
•    Advanced knowledge and experience facilitating and performing investigations of digital media required.
•    Five plus (5 +) years’ performing digital investigations or electronic discovery required.
•    Excellent verbal and written communication skills and strong analytical, statistical, systematic, and experience of cyber security technology, digital forensics, and electronic discovery required.
•    A Deep understanding of and proven track record over several years in Cyber Security required.

Knowledge of forensic science techniques, protocols, methodologies, quality assurance standards and computer forensic and cyber security examination procedures, instrumentation and software sufficient to properly access, preserve, and extract appropriate evidence from a variety of media and conduct detailed and complex analyses and interpretation of the value of evidentiary items required.

Ability to render conclusions/opinions and make recommendations based on forensic practices of recognition, collection, and interpretation of digital and multimedia evidence related to computer forensic examinations required.
Experience in a hospital or health care related organization of similar size and complexity preferred.

Certifications Required
A minimum of one of the following:
EnCase Certified Examiner (EnCE) or NUIX Certified Examiner (NCE) or
Magnet Certified Forensics Examiner (MCFE) or GIAC Certified Forensic Examiner (GCFE)
 

Hoag is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. Hoag is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. Hoag hires a diverse group of people in a manner that allows them to reach their full potential in the pursuit of organizational objectives.