SC Cleared Senior Digital Forensics Specialist Contract

Role:                    SC Cleared Senior Digital Forensics Specialist

Location:            London

Length:                6 Months

Rate:                    Market Rates (Inside IR35)

The Role:

We are looking for a Senior Digital Forensic Specialist to support our client by enhancing lab capabilities, ensuring compliance with Forensic Science Regulator (FSR) standards, and undertaking complex processing, analysis, and interpretation of digital evidence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a subject matter expert, providing guidance to colleagues and investigative staff.
• Create and provide reports and updates to the Head of Unit, presenting findings, developments, and recommendations.
• Mentor and develop staff, enhancing the unit’s capabilities.
• Ensure adherence to ISO 17025 and FSR Code of Conduct through regular Quality Assurance checks
• Develop and implement methods, validation plans, training materials, and competency assessments for digital forensic tasks (e.g., mobile phone, computer, and loose media extraction, decoding, and conversion).
• Support and guide Digital Forensic Specialists in complex technological and eDiscovery matters, sharing knowledge and resolving issues collaboratively.
• Work with the Digital Evidence Quality Manager to develop the lab’s Quality Management System, including methods, validation plans, training materials, and competency tests

Skills Required:

• Significant experience as a Digital Forensic Investigator/Examiner
• Experience in digital forensic casework and delivering results to customers
• Extensive knowledge of digital media, operating systems, storage devices, and cloud forensics
• Understanding of evidence handling procedures and principles.
• Knowledge of Forensic Science Regulator’s codes for digital forensic acquisition, analysis, and interpretation.
• Experience in introducing new policies and procedures into a digital forensic environment.
• Certification (current or previous) or equivalent experience with forensic tools such as En-Case (EnCE certification), Nuix (NICS), Cellebrite Certification (CCLO or CCPA), XRY, FTK, or similar.

Candidates must either hold or be willing to undergo SC Clearance.