Cyber Investigations & Forensics Specialist

asmexternalcareersite; Ashburn (VA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ASM Research seeks a seasoned security professional to support internal investigations, cyber forensics, and SIEM operations across Windows, Linux, Mac, and cloud environments. You will preserve evidence, ensure chain-of-custody, and drive incident response while coordinating with leadership on security posture and SOP updates.

The role spans security engineering, ISSE-adjacent tool support, and formal forensic analysis, including DLP monitoring and egress case management across classification

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years in system administration, database administration, network engineering, software engineering, or software development with cyber security focus; or with a relevant degree.
• Minimum 3 years in digital media forensic analysis, static/dynamic malware analysis.
• US Citizenship / No Dual Citizenship.

Responsibilities

• Advise and assist with maintenance and engineering of the internal investigations forensic network infrastructure across its lifecycle; manage priorities via the internal ticketing/Change Request process.
• Collaborate, administer, configure, tune, and secure the unit's tool suite/devices/sensors; review network security architecture and provide leadership recommendations.
• Maintain SIEM infrastructure/OS supporting IDS, firewall, proxy, DLP, antivirus, and vulnerability data.
• Support near real-time DLP monitoring; recommend incident-response per NIST 800-88.
• Design/deploy custom digital forensic builds; conduct endpoint and network forensic analysis across Windows/Linux/Mac/cloud.
• Support formal digital forensic investigations; document findings; handle email hygiene and egress cases in case management system.
• Serve as SME on evidence preservation/chain-of-custody and advanced forensic extraction techniques.
• Create and elevate cases to law-enforcement; manage lifecycle of cyber investigations; author/update SOPs.

Skills

System administration

Cyber security

Digital forensics

SIEM

Evidence preservation

Chain of custody

DLP monitoring

Incident response

Malware analysis

Email forensics

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering or related field

Job description

ASM Research seeks a seasoned security professional to support internal investigations, cyber forensics, and SIEM operations across Windows, Linux, Mac, and cloud environments. You will preserve evidence, ensure chain-of-custody, and drive incident response while coordinating with leadership on security posture and SOP updates.

The role spans security engineering, ISSE-adjacent tool support, and formal forensic analysis, including DLP monitoring and egress case management across classification