Job Title: Lead Digital Forensic Examiner
PVN ID: JJ-2411-006596
Category: Research
Location: JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE

Job Description

General Description

The Center for Cybercrime Studies leads, coordinates, catalyzes, and produces cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research on cybercrime and develops evidence-based solutions to counter cybercrime.  The Center draws on cross-disciplinary expertise to: 1) conduct innovative and collaborative research on cybercrime; 2) inform policies and practices designed to investigate, respond to, mitigate, and prevent cybercrime; and 3) assist national and international public and private sectors in recognizing the changing cybercrime risk landscape, detecting cybersecurity vulnerabilities, and identifying the methods used by cybercriminals to adapt to and evade law enforcement and cybersecurity measures. 

The Center for Cybercrime Studies has an Internet of Things (IoT) lab (the Hive), where IoT forensic examinations are conducted.  The Center provides essential training and technical assistance on IoT identification, IoT digital evidence, and IoT forensics to criminal justice professionals to increase their ability to solve problems involving IoT and enhance existing efforts to prevent, respond to, investigate, prosecute, and adjudicate crime. 

The Lead Digital Forensic Examiner will:

  • Devise forensic strategies for data extraction and network monitoring of IoT devices.
  • Work with the research staff to implement strategies for IoT data collection and device interrogation.
  • Conduct IoT device experiments and forensic acquisitions and examinations.
  • Assist the PI and Co-PI in creating curriculum for trainings and the digital pocket guide.
  • Serve as the primary instructor for trainings.

Other Duties

  • Lead forensic research staff in ensuring project outcomes.
  • Review and provide quality checks for IoT data input in the IoT database.
  • Maintain quality control in the IoT lab.
  • Provide mentorship and quality checks for graduate students’ forensic analysis of IoT devices and submissions to the IoT database.
  • Other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • BS in a relevant field with at least 3 years professional experience, or a MS in a relevant field
  • Knowledge of investigative implications of computer and mobile device hardware, operating systems, and network technologies.
  • Knowledge of IoT hardware, operating systems, communication protocols, and network technologies.
  • Knowledge of concepts and practices of processing digital forensic data.
  • Skill in preserving evidence integrity according to standard operating procedures or national standards.
  • Skill in using forensic tool suites (e.g., Cellebrite, EnCase, Oxygen, FTK).
  • Skill in conducting forensic analyses in diverse media/multiple environments (e.g., IoT, computer, mobile, network, etc.).
  • Prior law enforcement experience, preferred.

RFCUNY Benefits

RFCUNY Employee Benefits and Accruals

About the Research Foundation

The Research Foundation of The City University of New York (RFCUNY) is a nonprofit educational corporation founded in 1963 to provide post-award fiscal and administrative support for CUNY’s research and sponsored programs. RFCUNY’s services allow CUNY researchers, faculty, and staff to focus on their intellectual curiosity and scientific discoveries, on projects and programs that serve our local and global communities, proposing concrete solutions to society’s most pressing challenges.

RFCUNY serves as a fiscal agent and works closely with all the CUNY campus Grants Offices to perform the core functions of post-award financial management for CUNY research projects and sponsored programs. These functions include legal assessment and signing of agreements where RFCUNY is named as a fiscal agent; setting up award accounts; preparing sub-awards and assisting PIs in monitoring the work of the recipients of sub-awards; supporting project directors with hiring and managing research project and sponsored program staff; supporting the purchasing and paying for goods and services with grant and program funds; managing financial aspects of projects including accounts receivable, financial reporting, invoicing, budget monitoring, and cost compliance with uniform guidance; ensuring that sponsor financial requirements are met; monitoring compliance with applicable project and financial management rules and laws; supporting the management of independent and external audits and financial reviews; and providing data, information, management expertise, and other supports to CUNY’s research and sponsored programs.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

The Research Foundation of the City University of New York is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Americans with Disabilities Act/E-Verify Employer. It is the policy of the Research Foundation of CUNY to provide equal employment opportunities free of discrimination based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, domestic violence victim status, arrest record, criminal conviction history, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Key Features

Department
Center for Cybercrime Studies
Status
Full Time
Annual Salary Range
$88,000.00 - $92,000.00
Closing Date
Feb 02, 2025 (Or Until Filled)
Bargaining Unit
No

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