Digital Forensics Lead (CBP)

Location: Ashburn, Virginia, United States — hybrid. Rare travel as needed. U.S. citizenship is required.

Company

hirify.global supports national security and critical civilian missions through cybersecurity, technology integration, and agile delivery.

What you will do

• Lead digital forensic investigations for U.S. Customs and Border Protection operations.
• Preserve and analyze evidence from compromised or suspect systems while maintaining chain of custody.
• Reconstruct events and reconcile activity across multiple systems using defensible forensic methods.
• Deliver actionable findings to incident response, threat hunting, and insider threat monitoring teams.
• Document findings for disciplinary, legal, and law enforcement proceedings and explain technical results to non-technical audiences.
• Improve recurring case processes, tooling, techniques, and forensic program practices.

Requirements

• Experience leading digital forensic investigations whose findings supported disciplinary, legal, or law enforcement action.
• Strong understanding of chain of custody and evidentiary standards.
• Experience in a federal or highly regulated environment.
• Ability to present forensic findings to legal, HR, leadership, or other non-technical audiences.
• U.S. citizenship required.
• Active CBP Background Investigation and EOD are strongly preferred; a DHS fitness determination or active DoD clearance is also relevant. Candidates without these credentials may begin CBP BI processing.

Nice to have

• GCFE, GCFA, or EnCE certification.
• Active CBP BI and EOD, which may shorten the start date.

Culture & Benefits

• Health and life insurance, paid time off, holiday pay, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Retirement benefits and learning and development opportunities.
• $10,000 signing bonus for candidates with an active CBP BI, payable after 90 days under standard terms.
• Culture guided by the 6Hs: Happy, Helpful, Honest, Humble, Hungry, and Hustle.