Cyber Forensic Analyst Journeyman

Guidehouse•Austin, TX

About The Position

The Cyber Forensic Analyst Journeyman supports HSI with cyber forensics and cybercrime investigations. The work includes seizing digital evidence, maintaining chain of custody, and analyzing electronic evidence from computers, mobile devices, and other digital storage media. Investigations apply structured methods to gather and preserve evidence in a form suitable for presentation in court, while documenting the chain of evidence to determine what happened on a device and who was responsible. The role also provides assistance with cryptocurrency and blockchain analysis, open-internet and social-media research, deep- and dark-web intelligence gathering, data analytics, and electronic-evidence analysis related to cybercrime. The analyst helps identify systems, services, techniques, and emerging information technology that can strengthen the agency’s cyber-financial investigative capabilities. Additional case support includes internet monitoring, evidence analysis, data collection and exploitation, attribution, cyber data analytics, and virtual-currency tracing.

Requirements

Must be able to obtain and maintain a Federal or DoD Public Trust; approved Public Trust adjudication is required before onboarding.
Bachelor’s degree, or four additional years of professional experience in lieu of a bachelor’s degree.
Three or more years of experience in anti-money laundering, cyber fraud, cyber forensics, digital or virtual currency, and/or cryptocurrency.

Nice To Haves

Active Public Trust or suitability.
Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist (CAMS).
Chainalysis Reactor Certification.
Cypher Trace Certified Examiner.
Chainalysis Ethereum Investigations.
Strong knowledge of task forces and financial investigative groups targeting money laundering and other financial criminal activities.
Deep understanding of criminal activity, including general and complex financial crimes, civil and criminal forfeitures, domestic and transnational organized crime, white-collar crime, money laundering, drug trafficking offenses, illicit trade finance, and cyber-enabled financial crimes.
Deep understanding of cryptocurrency analysis, blockchain analytics, open-internet and social-media research, deep- and dark-web intelligence gathering and analysis, data analytics, and electronic-evidence analysis related to cybercrime investigations.
Specialized knowledge of methods, techniques, and subject-matter analysis applied to federal investigations, as well as skills in researching, collecting, and analyzing large amounts of raw data from criminal investigative tools and client-owned databases.
Ability to apply specialized knowledge of methods, techniques, and subject-matter analysis to financial and investigative data.

Responsibilities

Support HSI cyber-forensics work, including seizure of digital evidence, chain-of-custody documentation, and analysis of evidence from computers, mobile devices, and other digital storage media.
Assist with structured investigations that gather and preserve evidence suitable for court presentation while maintaining a documented chain of evidence.
Provide assistance with cryptocurrency analysis, blockchain analytics, open-internet and social-media research, deep- and dark-web intelligence gathering, data analytics, and electronic-evidence analysis related to cybercrime investigations.
Help identify new systems, services, techniques, and emerging information technology services to enhance the agency’s cyber-financial investigative capabilities.
Provide analytical case support to HSI, including internet monitoring, evidence analysis, and data collection and exploitation.
Provide expertise in cybercrime investigative and analytical case support, including attribution, cyber data analytics, and virtual-currency tracing.

Benefits

Medical, prescription, dental, and vision insurance.
Personal and family sick time and company-paid holidays.
Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus.
Parental leave and adoption assistance.
401(k) retirement plan.
Basic life and supplemental life insurance.
Health Savings Account and dental/vision and dependent-care Flexible Spending Accounts.
Short-term and long-term disability.
Student loan paydown.
Tuition reimbursement, personal development, and learning opportunities.
Skills development and certifications.
Employee referral program.
Corporate-sponsored events and community outreach.
Emergency back-up childcare program.
Mobility stipend.
Flexible benefits package.