Manager, Digital Forensics Lab

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Job Purpose:

Responsible for overseeing computer forensic investigations, data recovery and extraction of seized and recovered electronic media from customer agencies, as well as manage the labs staff.

Essential Duties:

• Establish realistic goals and objectives for the lab technicians and meeting them.
• Organize, administer, and support the day-to-day activities in the lab, assigning tasks to computer forensics analysts, and ensuring that those tasks are completed timely, and accurately.
• Review lab analysis reports and conclusions to ensure accuracy, impartiality, and completeness.
• Make decisions associated with the improvement of the lab.
• Manage all aspects of lab inspections, and annual audits conducted in the lab.
• Ensure to the agency and the state that the technical services provided by the lab are impartial, and of exceptional quality.
• Provide one-on-one training for technicians and in the lab and ensures that training needs of staff are identified, and computer forensics certifications are maintained.
• Handle upgrades to specialized lab software and hardware and reports and tracks support calls and responses for lab equipment repairs/maintenance/support until problems or issues are resolved.
• Ensure that evidence is processed within a timely manner.
• Ensure that work-related requests from the agency are facilitated expeditiously.
• Ensure that Digital Forensic emergencies or disasters are handled properly.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

• Advanced knowledge of computers and Microsoft Office.
• Working knowledge of the best practices and industry standards in the organizational structure and operational procedures and policies of a computer forensics and digital evidence laboratory including the most effective flow of evidence through the laboratory
• Working knowledge of the principles, concepts, theories, reference sources, and laboratory practices involved with the forensic preservation, extraction, examination, analyses, and impartial reporting of all types of electronic evidence
• Working knowledge of the laws, rules and regulations regarding evidence gathering and handling and maintaining an accurate chain of custody of evidence
• Working knowledge of laboratory safety practices
• The ability to assemble information extracted from different sources, analyze, and interpret the results, and solve theoretical problems
• The ability to express technical information clearly and concisely in both oral and written form that is understandable by the intended audience

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School Diploma
• 3 years prior experience as a Digital Forensics Lab associate

Preferred Qualifications:

• A degree from an accredited 4-year college or university in computer forensics or other computer science with a specialization in digital forensics, supplemented by appropriate experience with a criminal justice agency, or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience is required or related field of study.
• Possession of professional certifications and membership in professional associations is highly desirable

Physical Requirements:

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to: stand, sit, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer, telephone, and a variety of office equipment.
• Occasionally may need to reach, stoop, or kneel.

Salary and Benefits:

At Aventiv, our salary and benefits are designed to fit you as a whole person. We offer a salary range based on experience and qualifications to ensure your unique contributions are met with our most competitive offer.

• $68,136.52/yr - $77,675.63
• Health Insurance
• 401(k)
• Disability
• Life Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Voluntary Benefits

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Aventiv is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All decisions regarding recruiting, hiring, promotion, assignment, training, termination and other terms and conditions of employment will be made without regard to race, color, national origin, biological sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, gender presentation, religion, age, pregnancy, disability, work-related injury, veteran status, genetic information, marital status, or any other factor that the law protects from employment discrimination. We do not discriminate based on genetic information in accordance with the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act.

Salary : $68,137