Senior Digital Forensics Engineer — Remote

AnaVation, LLC

Washington

Remote

USD 140,000 - 190,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Disability insurance
Vision insurance
401k with match
Competitive pay
Paid leave and holidays
Tuition reimbursement
Life insurance

Job summary

AnaVation is seeking a Senior Forensic Developer to design and build specialized forensic software powering federal cybercrime and digital-evidence investigations.

You will merge deep digital-forensics tradecraft with advanced software engineering to create tools investigators rely on to uncover artifacts, reconstruct events, and validate evidence. Remote-heavy role with occasional DC/Northern Virginia visits.

Qualifications

  • At least 5 years of software development experience in 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, X-Ways, and Cellebrite.
  • Clear communication skills, both verbal and written.
  • Candidates must meet eligibility requirements for a Secret clearance with DHS EOD suitability.

Responsibilities

  • Develop advanced forensic applications supporting artifact extraction, file-system 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

Forensics software
OS internals
Reverse engineering
Scripting/Automation
Digital forensics platforms

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

EnCase
AXIOM
X-Ways
Cellebrite

Job description

AnaVation is seeking a Senior Forensic Developer to design and build specialized forensic software powering federal cybercrime and digital-evidence investigations.

You will merge deep digital-forensics tradecraft with advanced software engineering to create tools investigators rely on to uncover artifacts, reconstruct events, and validate evidence. Remote-heavy role with occasional DC/Northern Virginia visits.

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