This position is Digital Investigative Analyst in the Criminal Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC. The incumbent provides technical leadership and guidance to federal prosecutors and agents in identifying the relevant digital evidence obtained from seized computer data or online sources and suggests avenues for further investigations relating to digital evidence relevant to potential federal criminal civil rights offenses.

Duties

You will serve as a Digital Investigative Analyst. Duties include, but are not limited to: Conducts and provides advice to the most difficult and sensitive digital forensic investigations that involve problems not previously encountered. Conducts and collaborates in investigations of a highly sensitive, complex, and difficult nature. Investigations may be in conjunction with other federal agencies. Works in close liaison with the various technical components of the FBI and other agencies in the forensic/digital investigative analysis area regarding any investigation/inquiry of any matter involving digital evidence Serves as technical advisor regarding the operation and development of networks, the internet, computer forensics, computer security, and critical infrastructure issues. Provides integral investigation, research and support to trial teams, including by conducting open source investigation, where permissible and appropriate.

Requirements

Qualifications

Specialized Experience Requirements To qualify at the GS-13 grade level, candidates must have one (1) year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service, public or other private sectors that is directly related to the position as listed above and which has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. Specialized experience for this position includes ALL of the following: Analyzing all types of digital evidence of any criminal, civil, intelligence or national security matter; Interviewing and communicating witnesses and people who have been marginalized or traumatized; and The following experience is not mandatory, but preferred in the ideal candidate: Working on investigations and/or prosecutions of federal criminal civil rights cases; Conducting open source investigations; and/or Locating, collecting, and interpreting data and documents to discover federal criminal civil rights violations. In order to be rated as qualified for this position, we must be able to determine that you meet the specialized experience requirement - please be sure to include this information in your resume. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent in difficulty and complexity to the next lower grade of the position to be filled. Specialized experience is defined as experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Merit promotion applicants applying for a grade higher than the grade you currently hold, must provide an SF-50, which shows type of service appointment, tenure group, grade, and salary. Your SF-50 Form must also show the length of time you have been in your current/highest grade (examples of appropriate SF-50s include Promotions, Within Grade/Range Increases, and SF-50s over one year old). No award SF-50s will be accepted. All qualifications, time-in-grade, and education requirements (if applicable) must be met by the closing date of this announcement and clearly documented in your resume. YOUR RESUME MUST support your responses to the online questionnaire and provide specific details as to how your experience meets the specialized experience as described in the vacancy announcement. If you are using experience to meet all or part of the qualification requirements, please ensure that your resume includes the month and year that you began and ended each position held or that position will not be credited toward meeting the specialized experience requirement. Part-time employment will be prorated in crediting experience. Failure to provide details will result in an ineligible rating. Your latest resume submitted for this vacancy announcement will be used to determine qualifications and supersedes previous submissions.

Education

This position does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Civil Rights Division 950 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20530 US
• Name: Gail Starks
• Email: [email protected]