Digital Forensic Examiner - Internship

This position is assigned to the Cyber Operations Field Office, with dual-location opportunities at either Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling (JBAB) in Washington, D.C., or Naval Station San Diego, California. This office falls under the Operational Technology and Cyber Innovation Directorate (OTCI), Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). NCIS is a second echelon command assigned the mission of fulfilling the investigative, counterintelligence, counterterrorism, cyber, and physical security responsibilities of the Department of the Navy (DON). NCIS consists of a headquarters, Field Offices, and over 140 field components worldwide. NCIS is made up of over 2000 professional, technical, and support personnel. OTCI employs a wide array of offensive and defensive capabilities to detect, deter, and neutralize intelligence, terrorism, and cyber threats against U.S. Navy and Marine Corps forces worldwide. This position is responsible for assisting in criminal or national security investigations requiring computer forensics analysis, including imaging and processing of digital media, locating and identifying digital evidence, and generating reports of findings that help to resolve threats posed against DON/NCIS networks infrastructure, personnel and technology with emphasis on threats to law enforcement (LE) and counterintelligence (CI) processes and procedures.

Within the Department of the Navy (DON), the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) is the civilian Federal law enforcement agency uniquely responsible for investigating felony crime, preventing terrorism, and protecting secrets for the Navy and Marine Corps. NCIS defeats threats from across the foreign intelligence, terrorist, and criminal spectrum by conducting operations and investigations ashore, afloat, and in cyberspace, to protect and preserve the superiority of the DON warfighter. NCIS relies on a highly skilled, diverse, and agile professional workforce to navigate a rapidly evolving threat landscape. Each of our positions—from Special Agents to intelligence analysts to human resources and beyond—play a critical role in executing the NCIS Mission. MAJOR DUTIESServes as a Digital Forensic Examiner (DFE) and is responsible for assisting in criminal or national security investigations requiring computer forensics analysis, including imaging and processing digital media, and locating and identifying digital evidence. Specific Tasks DoD Cybersecurity Workforce (CSWF): Digital Forensics Specialty Area: 211 Forensics Analyst, as defined by the NIST NICE Framework. The tasks that the incumbent will perform as part of their job duties include the following and are performed 100% of the time:• Use specialized equipment and techniques to catalog, document, extract, collect, package, and preserve digital evidence• Document original condition of digital and/or associated evidence (e.g., via digital photographs, written reports, etc.)• Ensure chain of custody is followed for all digital media acquired in accordance with the Federal Rules of evidence.• Prepare digital media for imaging by ensuring data integrity (e.g., write blockers in accordance with standard operating procedures).• Create a forensically sound duplicate of the evidence that ensures the original evidence is not modified, to use for data recovery and analysis processes. This includes, but not limited to, hard drives, discs, mobile/smart phones, tablets, memory media, as well as all media tape formats.• Review forensic images and other digital data sources for recovery of potentially relevant information.• Perform timeline analysis and provide technical summary of findings in accordance with established reporting procedures.• Provide consultation to investigators and prosecuting attorneys regarding the findings of computer examinations.• Provide testimony related to computer examinations. Perform other duties as assigned.