- Johannesburg
- Salary: R35 000.00 - R45 000.00 Per Month
- Job Type: Permanent
- Sectors: Government & Parastatals IT Legal
- Reference: ESK-DCFA-003
Vacancy Details
Employer: Century Technical Solutions
Recovers, preserves and analyses digital evidence from devices and the cloud, to a standard that holds up in court. This ad covers 2 positions: 1 Senior (court-ready, expert testimony) and 1 Intermediate. The role reports to the Forensic Investigations Project Lead.
Key responsibilities:
- Conduct cyber and digital forensics, including data recovery, processing, device and communications analysis, and social media / network monitoring.
- Conduct computer forensic investigations so the recovered evidence is admissible in court.
- Investigate digital devices and cloud technology - mobile phones, tablets, IoT and connected devices.
- Seize evidence and maintain a strict chain of custody.
- Preserve evidence integrity by making forensic duplicates with imaging tools and working only on the copies.
- Recover data from drives, browser history, chat logs, deleted and accessible space, and operating-system caches.
- Analyse collected data (e.g. keyword analysis) and apply data analytics to surface anomalies.
- Compile forensic reports and provide expert testimony.
Required Skills
- Digital Forensics: 5 to 6 years
- Mobile Forensics: 4 to 5 years
- Forensic Imaging Tools: 4 to 5 years
Candidate Requirements
SENIOR DIGITAL / CYBER FORENSIC ANALYST (1 position - court-ready, expert testimony)
Qualification: Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Digital Forensics or a related field.
Registration / certification: A recognised digital forensics certification such as EnCE, GCFA, GCFE, CHFI or CCFP.
Minimum experience: 5+ years in digital / computer forensics, with court-ready experience giving expert testimony.
INTERMEDIATE DIGITAL / CYBER FORENSIC ANALYST (1 position)
Qualification: Degree or Diploma in Computer Science, Information Technology, Digital Forensics or a related field.
Registration / certification: A recognised digital forensics certification (e.g. EnCE, GCFA, GCFE, CHFI or CCFP) an advantage.
Minimum experience: 2-4 years in digital / computer forensics.
Skills & competencies (all positions):
- Forensic imaging and analysis tools (e.g. EnCase, FTK, Cellebrite, X-Ways)
- Mobile and cloud forensics, chain-of-custody discipline
- Scripting / data parsing (advantageous)
Advantageous: Cloud forensics experience; experience giving expert testimony.
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