Cyber Forensic Examiner - Intermediate: Investigate & Defend

Sentinel Group; Chantilly, Northern (VA, KY); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Sentinel Group is seeking an Intermediate Cyber Forensic Examiner in Chantilly, VA. The role involves conducting comprehensive digital forensic examinations, preserving chain-of-custody, and reporting findings to stakeholders.

Candidates should have 3+ years of relevant experience or a related degree, proficiency with major forensic tools, and must hold a Top Secret clearance. Responsibilities include imaging, timeline analysis, mobile forensics, and collaboration with incident-response teams

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience in digital forensics or a related field.
• Experience with one or more forensic tools such as Cellebrite, FTK, EnCase, Magnet AXIOM, or Paladin.
• Knowledge of acquisition, evidence preservation, file-system and artifact analysis.
• Experience across endpoints, servers, mobile devices, networks, cloud, or virtualized systems.
• Strong analytical, investigative, technical writing and documentation skills.
• Top Secret security clearance is required; counterintelligence polygraph desired.

Responsibilities

• Independently conduct forensic examinations of workstations, servers, mobile devices, storage media, virtual machines, cloud environments, and other digital systems.
• Identify and acquire relevant digital evidence while preserving forensic integrity and maintaining chain-of-custody documentation.
• Perform forensic imaging and acquisition from physical, logical, virtual, mobile, and cloud-based sources.
• Conduct forensic timeline analysis and correlate evidence across multiple systems and data sources.
• Perform mobile-device forensic examinations, including analysis of application data and location information.
• Analyze network and security data to identify evidence of unauthorized access, persistence, or data exfiltration.
• Recover and analyze deleted or obfuscated data where feasible.
• Utilize forensic suites and specialized tools to acquire, parse, search, and analyze digital evidence.
• Develop and document forensic examination procedures and methodologies.
• Identify artifacts and develop investigative hypotheses based on available evidence.
• Produce comprehensive forensic examination reports detailing methodology and conclusions.
• Brief technical and government stakeholders regarding forensic findings and conclusions.
• Support incident-response investigations and collaborate with cybersecurity and IT teams.
• Review junior examiner work and provide technical guidance.

Skills

Digital forensics

Cyber operations

Incident response

Technical writing

Documentation

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related discipline

Tools

Cellebrite

FTK

EnCase

Magnet AXIOM

Paladin

Job description

Sentinel Group is seeking an Intermediate Cyber Forensic Examiner in Chantilly, VA. The role involves conducting comprehensive digital forensic examinations, preserving chain-of-custody, and reporting findings to stakeholders.

Candidates should have 3+ years of relevant experience or a related degree, proficiency with major forensic tools, and must hold a Top Secret clearance. Responsibilities include imaging, timeline analysis, mobile forensics, and collaboration with incident-response teams