Senior Digital Forensic Specialist (Digital Devices)
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Senior Digital Forensic Specialist (Digital Devices)
£44,644 to £49,944 plus location allowance of £2,930.
You will receive £44,644 the band minimum. Progress to the band maximum of £49,944 will be via incremental progression.
Lambeth
This responsible role is your opportunity to lead the technical development of the mobile device forensic capabilities within the country’s largest and most advanced digital forensics service.
It’s an exciting time to join the Digital, Cyber and Communications Service. We’re making significant changes to the way we operate. This includes implementing a digital forensic network across London by connecting the Central Laboratory, eight digital forensic hubs as well as over 90 digital forensic kiosks. Further, we will be delivering the output of digital forensic activities to investigating officers directly to their laptops.
You will undertake complex evidential casework so that forensically acquired data can be applied to the criminal justice system. The results of your work will bring dangerous criminals to justice. You will be a technical leader, mentoring and training others within the team as well as disseminating new techniques to staff in the digital forensic hubs. You will produce documentation of techniques and contribute to work to ensure the ISO 17025 process and procedures are designed, updated and implemented.
Your time will be spent in a diverse, dynamic working environment, where the next day always brings a different challenge.
Your profile
- Ideally you have a proven record undertaking complex casework and developing techniques in mobile device forensics.
- You will have the skills to document procedures in support of our ISO 17025 quality management system.
- You need a degree in a relevant technical
discipline and/ or evidence of significant relevant experience. - It’s important you have experience of criminal investigations and a good understanding of the understanding of the rules regarding evidence gathering and its presentation at court.
To apply, please visit our website to download a role specific information pack and submit the online application form. You will also be required to submit an up to date CV.
Completed applications must be returned by Friday 21st September.
Failure to submit all the required documents will result in your application being terminated.
We view diversity as fundamental to our success. To tackle today’s complex policing challenges, we need a workforce made up from all of London’s communities. Applications from across the community are therefore essential.
Essential Criteria
• BEng/BSc in a related engineering subject such as electronics/software development/digital forensics/computer science/information security OR significant relevant work experience
• Proven track record in developing innovative solutions to complex casework challenges and delivering that capability to a team
• Proven skills in at least 3 of the following:
• Development of advanced data recovery and analysis techniques for mobile devices
• Hardware analysis and fault-finding of mobile devices
• Hardware programming/driver development
• Strong knowledge of state-of-the-art methods for extraction of data from flash memory devices
• Strong knowledge of encryption technologies as applied to embedded systems
• Application reverse-engineering, analysis and decoding (including scripting/database examination)
• Ability to identify and apply emerging academic and industry developments to deliver useable tools and techniques
• Software development (e.g. Java, C++, C#, Python)
• Proven track record of producing technical documentation
• Ability to communicate complex technical issues appropriately to a variety of audiences
• Strong knowledge and application of forensic principles and evidence handling
• Proficient with information technology (i.e. hardware, software, networks).
Desirable Criteria
• Full driving license
• Court experience
• Knowledge and/or experience of working in a quality management system such as ISO 17025 or ISO 9001
Disability Confident Statement
The Met is committed to being an inclusive employer with a diverse and representative workforce at all levels. We encourage applications from people from the widest possible range of backgrounds, cultures and experiences. We particularly welcome applications from ethnic minority groups and females.
As a Disability Confident employer, the Met has committed to making disability equality part of our everyday practice. We ensure that people with disabilities and those with long term health conditions have the opportunities to fulfil their potential and realise their aspirations. If you consider yourself to have access, workplace or reasonable adjustment requirements that need to be accommodated, we ask that you include this information within your application form. All matters will be treated in strict confidence and will not affect any recruitment decisions.
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