JOB SUMMARY

Are you interested in developing and furthering your career within the field of digital forensics? If so, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) presents an exciting opportunity to work across varied and complex investigations of national importance.

JOB DESCRIPTION

As Digital Forensics Officer, you will join our Digital Forensics and Intelligence Services team, which supports investigations and projects caried out by the CMA.
You will undertake a variety of digital forensics tasks to support the aims of the CMA in the collection, processing and analysis of electronic evidence.
This will include conducting digital forensic acquisitions and investigative research, as well as forensically analysing data collected from seized media (computers, laptops, mobiles, portable media etc.) and from internet and cloud-based sources, in order to develop and present high quality and robust investigation reports.
You will conduct forensic reviews and analysis of digital evidence across multiple domains including email communications, internet activity, metadata, document tampering and application usage and advise and support CMA case teams on the effective use of digital evidence during investigations, ensuring integrity, reliability, and relevance throughout the lifecycle of a case.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

We’ll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Digital Forensics

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Analytical
Architecture and Data
Information Technology
Intelligence