Digital Forensics and Incident Analyst (Cybersecurity)

Location: Onsite in Washington, DC, United States

Company

hirify.global provides cybersecurity and mission-support services for defense and regulated environments.

What you will do

• Analyze digital evidence, log files, intrusion artifacts, malware, memory dumps, and recovered data during cyber investigations.
• Provide Tier 2 and Tier 3 support to the enterprise Security Operations Center and coordinate incident response with partner security operations centers.
• Perform file-signature, file-system, malware, dynamic, memory, and security-event analysis across Windows, Unix, and Linux environments.
• Maintain evidence integrity through collection, packaging, transport, storage, hashing, and documented chain-of-custody procedures.
• Prepare technical findings and reports for legal, oversight, investigative, law-enforcement, and other authorized requesting authorities.
• Support forensic-platform updates, case-management workflows, solution pilots, system documentation, assessment and authorization, and contingency planning.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship and an active Top Secret security clearance are required.
• Bachelor's degree in cybersecurity, computer science, digital forensics, information systems, or a related field; additional experience may substitute for the degree.
• At least 7 years of hands-on digital forensics and incident response experience, preferably in federal or regulated environments.
• CFIA and CFIH certifications are required.
• Experience with forensic and analysis tools including EnCase, FTK, Autopsy, The Sleuth Kit, X-Ways, Volatility, Wireshark, YARA, Ghidra, or IDA Pro.
• Strong knowledge of Windows, Unix, and Linux internals, NTFS/FAT/EXT file systems, virtualization, SIEM platforms, the NICE Framework, NIST guidance, MITRE ATT&CK, Rules of Evidence, and technical reporting.

Culture & Benefits

• Regular employment in the Cybersecurity – IA and Compliance department.
• Work within a culture emphasizing collaboration, ethical conduct, mutual respect, continuous improvement, and mission focus.
• Support complex cybersecurity, legal-governance, privacy, and national-security missions.