Cyber Capability Developer III -Digital Forensics (TS) - Chantilly, VA

Military Spouse Corporate Career Network • Chantilly, VA

10d • Onsite

About The Position

This role involves developing, maintaining, and enhancing cyber tools that support digital forensics and incident response operations for a federal law enforcement customer. The developer will function as a full-stack engineer building and extending Python-based front-end and back-end capabilities that process diverse data formats encountered during forensic investigations. Work is priority-driven based on operational needs, requiring adaptability and rapid delivery of scripts and functionality to expand the customer’s use cases.

Requirements

• Active Top Secret (TS) clearance with eligibility for Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI) and ability to obtain a Counterintelligence (CI) Polygraph.
• US Citizenship is required.
• Bachelor's degree or master's degree with 8 years of experience of experience OR Associate degree with 11 years of experience OR High School/Diploma with 14 years of experience
• Experience with Python development.
• Ability to rapidly prototype and deliver functional tools under operationally-driven timeline

Nice To Haves

• Active TS/SCI with CI Polygraph
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Cybersecurity, or related field
• Familiarity with SANS SIFT Workstation tools and forensic analysis workflows
• Experience with digital forensics tools and techniques (disk imaging, memory analysis, artifact parsing)
• Exposure to incident response processes and evidence handling in law enforcement contexts
• Experience with mixed vendor/platform environments (COTS, GOTS, custom tools)
• Knowledge of forensic data formats (E01, raw images, file system artifacts, registry hives, browser artifacts)

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain full-stack applications using Python (Django) on the back end and React (JavaScript) on the front end to support forensic analysis workflows
• Create new processing capabilities for data formats encountered during investigations
• Develop scripts and modules that extend the functionality of the existing forensic toolkit
• Broaden use cases of existing cyber tools to address evolving operational requirements
• Containerize and deploy functionality using Docker
• Write automation scripts in Bash and PowerShell to support forensic data processing pipelines
• Manage and optimize PostgreSQL databases that underpin forensic tool data storage and retrieval
• Collaborate with forensic examiners and incident responders to translate operational needs into development priorities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed