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Digital Forensics Analyst
Job Location:
Job Location:
Amarillo, TX - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not provided by the employer
Monthly Salary:
Posted:
14 August 2026 (12 hours ago)
Posted:
Application Deadline:
11 November 2026
Application Deadline:
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
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Job Summary
Location: Amarillo TX
Job Title: Digital Forensics Analyst
Career Level From: Senior Specialist
Career Level To: Senior Specialist
Organization: Ethics & Employee Concerns ()
Job Specialty: IT Audit
What Youll Do
The Digital Forensic Analyst is responsible for conducting technical investigations involving digital evidence related to ethics and employee concerns.
Key Responsibilities
- Perform digital forensic investigations for the PanTeXas Deterrence (PXD) Ethics and Employee Concerns department.
- Provide forensic acquisition and analysis support to Internal Audit Employee Relations Legal and other departments by collecting preserving and analyzing digital evidence in accordance with forensic best practices.
- Respond to external Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigator requests with rigor accuracy and adherence to enterprise protocols.
- Create a forensically sound duplicate of the evidence (i.e. forensic image) that ensures the original evidence is not unintentionally modified to use for data recovery and analysis processes.
- Decrypt seized data using technical means.
- Provide technical summary of findings in accordance with established reporting procedures.
- Ensure that chain of custody is followed for all digital media acquired in accordance with the Federal Rules of Evidence.
- Perform file signature static media and malware analysis.
- Extract data using data carving techniques.
- Use specialized equipment and techniques to catalog document extract collect package and preserve digital evidence.
- Perform Windows registry analysis.
- Collect and analyze intrusion artifacts (e.g. source code malware and system configuration) and use discovered data to enable mitigation of potential cyber defense incidents within the enterprise.
- Prepare clear defensible reports summarizing investigative steps findings evidence limitations and methodologies.
- Produce technical summaries of forensic findings following standardized reporting formats.
- Perform additional responsibilities as necessary.
Minimum Job Requirements
- Bachelors Degree with: Minimum 9 years of relevant experience. (Typical relevant experience ranging from 10 to 15 years.)
- OR Masters Degree with : Minimum 7 years of relevant experience. (Typical relevant experience ranging from 10 to 15 years.)
- OR PhD with: Minimum 3 years of relevant experience.
Department of Energy (DOE) Order 426.2A Requirements
- Not applicable.
Preferred Job Requirements
- Experience with enterprise systems (Microsoft 365 Teams Outlook secure storage).
- Knowledge of digital evidence handling cyber logging and chain of custody standards.
- Ability to collaborate with Information Technology (IT) cybersecurity and other teams.
- Training or certification in cyber forensics.
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Notes
The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements. Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
If a range of Career Levels is posted i.e. Senior Associate to Senior Specialist internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
Requires a Q clearance; however all qualified candidates will be considered regardless of their current clearance status. The ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Energy Q clearance is required.
Position may require entry into Materials Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (HRP). If HRP is required candidate must complete a counterintelligence-scope polygraph pursuant to 10 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 709. Medical requirements may apply.
Pantex is a drug-free workplace. Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical drug screening and background investigation. As an employee you may be required to receive and maintain a security clearance from the United States Department of Energy in order to meet eligibility requirements for access to sensitive information or matter. U.S. citizenship is a requirement for security clearance applicants. All employees are subject to random selection for drug testing without advance notification.
Pantex is an equal opportunity employer and does not tolerate discrimination in the terms and conditions of employment on the basis of race color sex sexual orientation pregnancy age religion national origin ancestry genetic information disability veteran status or other characteristic protected by law. Such terms and conditions of employment include but are not limited to hiring training promotion discipline compensation benefits and termination of employment. Pantex takes affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans; including disabled veterans recently separated veterans active-duty wartime or campaign badge veterans and Armed Forces service medal veterans. All employment decisions are based on business needs job requirements and individual qualifications.
Required Experience:
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