Digital Forensics Analyst
Peraton · Herndon, Virginia, US
Responsibilities We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative Digital Forensics Analyst to join our team in the greater DMV area, supporting the Army Natio...
Job description
Responsibilities We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative Digital Forensics Analyst to join our team in the greater DMV area, supporting the Army National Guard. Responsibilities: - Lead advanced digital forensic investigations across endpoints, networks, and cloud environments: acquire, preserve, and analyze artifacts to reconstruct timelines and determine scope and impact. - Perform forensic acquisition using industry‑standard tools and techniques; maintain chain‑of‑custody and evidence integrity for legal and investigative use. - Correlate forensic artifacts with threat intelligence and MITRE ATT&CK mappings to identify adversary TTPs, indicators of compromise, and attribution signals. - Conduct memory, disk, log, and cloud artifact analysis; extract, preserve, and document volatile and non‑volatile data for investigative and prosecutorial requirements. - Produce detailed, defensible forensic reports, timelines, and expert‑level briefings for incident response, legal, counterintelligence, and senior leadership audiences. - Support incident containment and remediation by providing forensic findings, recommended mitigations, and validation of remediation actions. - Develop a...