External Title Mid-Level Digital Forensic Analyst

Responsibilities

Peraton is currently seeking a Mid-Level Digital Forensic Analyst to support Federal Strategic Cyber programs in the Cyber & Intelligence sector.

Location: On-site, Arlington, VA

Role:

• This role focuses on the recovery, analysis, and reporting of digital evidence to support criminal, cyber, and administrative investigations.
• The ideal candidate brings strong digital forensics expertise, a disciplined analytical approach, and the ability to produce court-defensible findings in a mission-driven environment.

In this role, you will:

• Conduct forensic examinations of digital data from cellphones, tablets, computers, removable media, cloud sources, and other platforms.
• Apply recognized scientific practices to identify, analyze, interpret, and present digital evidence for criminal, civil, and administrative matters.
• Perform detailed, targeted examinations in line with investigative objectives, legal process, and search warrant limitations.
• Use industry-standard forensic tools—such as Cellebrite (including Inseyets), Oxygen Forensic Detective, Magnet Forensics Gray Key and Axiom, Nuix, X-Ways, and similar for extraction and examination.
• Analyze data from various operating systems and applications, including Windows, macOS, iOS, Android, cloud services, and common backup formats.
• Produce clear, comprehensive reports that explain findings for investigators, prosecutors, and other stakeholders.
• Provide expert witness testimony, explaining examination procedures and technical findings to non-technical audiences in federal, state, and local proceedings.
• Provide on-site support during search warrant executions by identifying, collecting, packaging, documenting, and preserving digital evidence while maintaining strict chain of custody.
• Work closely with program leadership and peers to maintain forensically sound procedures and best practices for acquisition, analysis, and presentation of digital evidence.
• Conduct peer reviews and quality checks of reports and artifacts to ensure accuracy, completeness, and clarity before customer delivery.
• Share lessons learned and emerging techniques with colleagues to enhance collective expertise.
• Stay current on developments in digital forensics, cybersecurity, forensic law, mobile devices and applications, social media platforms, and encryption/decryption methods.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5 years with bachelor’s degree; 3 years with a Masters degree.
  • An additional 4 years of experience will be considered in lieu of degree/education.
• Must either possess and maintain, or obtain prior to starting date, one of the following professional certifications.
  • GIAC: GCFE, GASF
  • IACIS: CFCE, ICMDE
  • NCFI: BCERT, MDE
  • DC3: CDFE, CDMC
  • Opentext:
    EnCE
  • Cellebrite: [CCO & CCPA], CCME
  • Oxygen Forensics: OFC
• Demonstrated proficiency with mobile and non-mobile forensic software tools such as Magnet Axiom, Cellebrite, and Oxygen, as well as advanced mobile extraction hardware and software.
• Working knowledge of Windows and MacOS, Apple iOS, Android, and their associated backup technologies.
• Experience writing detailed, technically accurate reports that clearly communicate complex digital forensic findings to non-technical audiences.
• Strong critical thinking, creativity, sound judgment, and awareness to recognize when to seek leadership guidance.
• Ability to collaborate effectively and professionally with leadership, peers, forensic analysts, law enforcement, prosecutors, CIF customers, and other stakeholders at all levels to deliver high quality‑ forensic products.
• Willingness and ability to travel for on‑scene evidence seizures, training, and/or testimony.
• Commitment to staying current on advancements in digital forensics, cybersecurity, forensic law, mobile…