Global Forensic Digital Evidence Advisor

Amentum; Washington; On-site; USD 81,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Educational reimbursement

Parental leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Tax-saving options

Disability and life insurance

Pet insurance

Job summary

Amentum, in partnership with ICITAP, seeks a qualified Forensic Digital Evidence Advisor. The advisor will mentor host-country experts on mobile and computer evidentiary analysis, including collection, preservation, triage, examination, and chain-of-custody practices.

The role requires deep knowledge of various operating systems and evidence types, along with instruction on tools, testing, and reporting. This is an independent contractor position with the U.S. government program.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of related digital evidence examination experience.
• Experience using a wide variety of extraction and analysis tools beyond Cellebrite (Detego, Magnet AXIOM, EnCase, Autopsy).
• Experience training other forensic examiners and first responders.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Public Trust US Government Clearance (US Citizenship required).

Responsibilities

• Train and mentor host-country examiners on OS, digital forensics, chain of custody, and forensic report writing.
• Advise partners on procurement, testing, use, and maintenance of digital extraction and analysis tools.
• Deliver specialized instruction in security assessments, link analysis, and digital evidence exploitation.
• Lead working groups, facilitate meetings, and draft technical reports for U.S. government stakeholders.
• Assist host-country labs in developing QA/QC and aligning with international standards.

Skills

Digital forensics

Training others

Communication skills

Public Trust clearance

Forensic tools proficiency

Education

Digital forensics certification

Tools

Detego

Magnet AXIOM

EnCase

Autopsy

Job description

Amentum, in partnership with ICITAP, seeks a qualified Forensic Digital Evidence Advisor. The advisor will mentor host-country experts on mobile and computer evidentiary analysis, including collection, preservation, triage, examination, and chain-of-custody practices.

The role requires deep knowledge of various operating systems and evidence types, along with instruction on tools, testing, and reporting. This is an independent contractor position with the U.S. government program.