Digital Forensic Specialist (Capability Development)
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Job Title: Digital Forensic Specialist (Capability Development)
Location: Lambeth
Salary: £40,657 to £44,585 plus £2,623 location allowance. You will receive £40,657 the band minimum. Progress to the band maximum of £44,585 will be via incremental progression.
CD has recently undertaken projects in the areas of Smart TVs, Drones, Automotive Electronics, Kiosk Validation and on various IoT devices.
DCC are recruiting a Digital Forensic Specialist in the Capability Development team of the Central Laboratory. You will have a varied and complex role working on projects that are either strategic R&D projects or which are based on casework. The overarching objective of CD is to create new Digital Forensic Capability and deliver it into DCC at the most appropriate level; hence the projects undertaken by the team are novel, requiring research and the development of new examination methodologies.
Key Responsibilities -
- Research and development of novel methods for the extraction and analysis of data from digital electronic devices
- Manage & undertake projects in line with the department’s internal project management system
- Forensic Analysis of digital devices (examination, production of evidential reports and evidential statements) and providing expert witness testimony at court as required
- Reverse engineering data structures and parsing raw binary data from digital electronic device memories
- Software tool development (computer programming)
- Research into new technologies and writing technical reports thereon
- Method Validation and Verification Studies
- Comply with all health and safety obligations
- Work within the Directorate’s Quality Management System and actively participate in its continuous improvement by engaging in audits, competence tests, reporting non-conformances, etc and suggesting improvements
To apply, please visit our website to download a role-specific information pack, and complete an online application form with supporting CV and Personal Statement.
Completed applications must be submitted by 23.55pm 24thSeptember 2019.
If you have any queries in respect of this opportunity, or need support in applying, please contact the Met's Recruitment Team at police-staff-recruitment@sscl.gse.gov.uk mailto:Enquiries.PoliceJobs@sscl.gse.gov.ukor by telephone to 01633 632500. The team are available Monday to Friday, 8:00am to 6:00pm (excluding Bank Holidays).
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Essential Criteria –
- A very creative mind, with strong problem solving ability and analytical skills.
- Relevant degree in Science or Engineering or equivalent experience.
- Experience of developing novel solutions for accessing and extracting data from digital devices such as Chip off, Direct eMMC, JTAG, UART, Software Exploits, Bus Sniffing Network exploits etc.
- Experience of reverse engineering (e.g. with any of the following: disasemblers, decompilers, hex editing tools)
- Programmimg experience in at least one language (e.g. Python, C, C++, C#, Visual Basic)
- Working knowledge of relevant legal issues (CPIA, PACE, Human Rights Act)
- Work individually and within a team to meet organisational objectives
- Sound judgment and decision-making skills
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent customer service skills
- Confirmation that you will provide fingerprint and DNA elimination samples for the Forensic Services’ Embargo database if successful in your application
Desirable Criteria –
- Experience in the use of forensic software (e.g. XRY, Cellebrite, EnCase, Axiom)
- Experience of ‘Chip-removal’ as a means to extract memory data
- Knowledge of Structured Query Language databases
- Experience of data and file systems at the byte-level
- Proficient in the use of Linux operating systems
- Ability to create and use Virtual Machines
- Full driving licence
- Court experience
Please evidence the following 3 drivers from the Met Performance Framework (MPF) for Specialist and Technical
Operational Effectiveness
Organisational Influence
Resource Management
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