We are looking for someone to #JoinUs as a Digital Forensics IT technician in our Digital Forensics Unit, Cardiff. Could you be who we are looking for?
About the team/Department you will be joining:
* The Digital Forensics Unit (DFU) provides supporting evidence products to front line staff, following the examination of a wide variety of digital devices, such as mobile phones, tablets, computers, drones, and vehicle telematics.
* The DFU is centrally located in Cardiff, but has several satellite offices across the force, comprising of over 40 members of staff, using a wide variety of digital forensic tools on bespoke forensics workstations, connected to the dedicated forensic network, working to current ISO accreditation standards.
* The successful candidate will be based in the Cardiff office with general working hours of 0800 to 1600hrs Monday to Friday on a flexi contract.
About the role and your key responsibilities:
This is a unique opportunity for candidates that have experience in both Digital Forensics and IT support, to join our Digital Forensics Team as an IT technician, with a chance to maintain and progress the technical development of the unit, alongside providing assistance and resilience to the Digital Forensic examinations dealt within the unit on a day-to-day basis. This will involve a variety of tasks and projects in a dynamic digital policing environment, including maintenance and installation of hardware and software updates in line with National Enabling Program (NEP), management of forensic network protocols for a secure forensic environment, and server management through use of Windows Server 2019 & Linux distributions.
The successful candidate will provide IT maintenance of the unit's infrastructure, assist in the progress of the unit through identification and installation of new bespoke Tier 3 forensic methods, in order to keep up with advancements in Digital Forensics.
They will also be expected to provide resilience to the unit by conducting forensic examinations of the ever-expanding horizon of digital technology, which will assist in the identification, prevention, and detection of criminal activity. As such, the successful candidate will be expected to have an understanding of a vast array of digital files encountered during an examination, being able to present their evidential findings to peers and a court, which will include highly disturbing material.
Seniority level
* Entry level
Employment type
* Full-time
* Industries: Law Enforcement
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