Remote Senior Digital Forensics Software Engineer

AnaVation, LLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k

Paid leave

Tuition reimbursement

Life insurance

Job summary

AnaVation is seeking a Senior Forensic Developer to design and build advanced forensic software powering federal investigations. You will work with forensic SMEs, crypto engineers, and software developers to create court-ready tools that extract artifacts, parse file systems, analyze memory, and automate workflows.

The role combines software development, digital forensics, and mission-driven innovation to enable faster, more accurate digitalevidence analysis for national security and law

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development experience focused on digital forensics or investigative tooling.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related field.
• Experience developing enterprise-grade forensic applications meeting evidentiary requirements.
• Strong knowledge of OS internals, reverse engineering, binary analysis, and scripting/automation.
• Familiarity with forensic platforms such as EnCase, AXIOM, XWays, and Cellebrite.
• Clear communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Candidates must meet eligibility requirements for a Secret clearance; DHS EOD suitability is required to begin support.

Responsibilities

• Develop advanced forensic applications supporting artifact extraction, filesystem parsing, memory analysis, and mobile-device parsing.
• Engineer automation frameworks to enhance investigative efficiency and evidentiary processing.
• Perform reverse engineering and binary analysis to support forensic tool development.
• Ensure all tools meet evidentiary standards and validation requirements.
• Integrate forensic tooling into enterprise systems and investigative platforms.
• Produce technical documentation, design artifacts, and validation reports.
• Support investigators and forensic analysts with custom capability development.

Skills

Software development

Digital forensics

Reverse engineering

Binary analysis

Scripting/automation

OS internals

Communication skills

Security clearance eligibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Software Engineering/Cybersecurity

Master's degree

Tools

EnCase

AXIOM

XWays

Cellebrite

IDA Pro

Ghidra

radare2

Job description

AnaVation is seeking a Senior Forensic Developer to design and build advanced forensic software powering federal investigations. You will work with forensic SMEs, crypto engineers, and software developers to create court-ready tools that extract artifacts, parse file systems, analyze memory, and automate workflows.

The role combines software development, digital forensics, and mission-driven innovation to enable faster, more accurate digitalevidence analysis for national security and law