Forensic Toolkit Lead Developer (Top Secret clearance required)

Paradyme, a CATHEXIS Company is a rapidly growing government technology leader that puts service first, for its customers, its team and the communities it supports. We harness DevSecOps and Agile development processes to deliver exceptional results for digital transformations. Based in Tysons Corner, VA, our award-winning culture sets it apart through its team’s deep commitment to service and collaboration with its customers, each other and the community. Learn more at PARADYME.

Paradyme Inc. is seeking software professionals to lead efforts supporting a federal enforcement agency to tackle multimedia exploitation to protect the most vulnerable  amongst us against online scams, trafficking, terrorism, and other cyber-crimes.

We are seeking highly qualified and experienced Senior Software Engineer with 10 years of experience applying software development tradecraft in the multimedia exploitation forensics career field. 

Active Top Secret clearance is required to be considered.

We are seeking a highly qualified and experienced Senior Software Engineer with 10 years of experience applying software development tradecraft in the multimedia exploitation forensics career field.  The Engineer expertise should be centered around, but not limited to:

• Digital forensics and forensic tool development
• Forensic analysis techniques, file systems, data recovery, and evidence handling best practices
• Design and architecture of complex forensic software solutions
• Processing and analyzing petabytes of digital evidence from various sources
• .Net programming and thin client front-end technologies
• Forensic standards and protocols, and an ability to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements for digital evidence handling
• Forensic software deployed in the commercial cloud and capable of distributed processing
• Database and Storage Systems with NoSQL databases like Cassandra or MongoDB for large-scale document storage and object storage system using Azure, AWS, Ceph
• Data technologies like Apache Kafka, Spark, Elasticsearch, Solr
• Knowledge of cloud-native technologies and containerization such as Docker, Kubernetes for deployment and orchestration

The Engineer along with their team will sustain the deployed Government-Off-The-Shelf applications, related processes and over time make improvements by following the approved iterations and demonstrating changes that will optimize the operational users to analyze at a greater speed. The ideal candidate will be able to discuss strengths related to managing a highly skilled team in a high paced environment, bringing stakeholders that have unique perspectives into a comprehensive technology roadmap, which will help their team to steer by to meet operational customer demands. The Engineer with practical implementation experience with Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning will aid in their accomplishment of their technical mission to improve the deployed application and process to a new, improved operational state.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as a subject matter expert for forensic tool portions of the customer code base and provide senior-level design guidance while leading a team of developers to implement new features and resolve software issues
• Lead the design, development and analysis of customer operational and application systems
• Lead the maintenance efforts of customer’s systems and applications including system enhancements, bug fixes, and security enhancements
• Integrate bug fixes, security enhancements and new capabilities as approved by the government
• Deliver forensic tool builds using agile processes to deliver incremental builds based upon agreed upon customer requirements
• Develop mechanisms to seamlessly share results with other customer applications using common databases, schemas and object storage methods
• Develop intuited interfaces to exploit and discover relationships between multiple collections of data stored across multiple databases
• Establish and maintain an Application Programming Interface to enforce backwards compatibility with original source and streamline development and integration of new functional modules
• Assess and ensure software performance and reliability for all software modules and components including analytical and databases processes
• Integrate new data types and analytic tools, techniques, and methodologies for seized media
• Deploy and maintain software and hardware within customer environments
• Deploy/maintain forensic tool deployments within all customer designated development and operational environments, including ensuring the tool remains consistent with all policies, procedures, and requirements

Technical Experience or Knowledge

• Minimum of 10 years of technical experience in software engineering
• Demonstrated experience with multimedia exploitation processing, analysis, and data management including direct and recent experience building a petabyte-scale multimedia analysis platform
• Demonstrated experience managing petabyte-scale, complex technology programs, preferably within the government or law enforcement sectors
• Demonstrated experience in developing and maintaining applications that handle petabyte-scale data and high-throughput processing
• Technical experience in software development with a specialization in digital forensics and forensic tool development
• Expert knowledge of forensic analysis techniques, file systems, data recovery, and evidence handling best practices
• Demonstrated experience in leading the design and architecture of complex forensic software solutions
• Experience addressing the challenges associated with processing and analyzing petabytes of digital evidence from various sources
• Proficiency in .Net programming languages as well as thin client front-end technologies
• Familiarity with forensic standards and protocols, and an ability to ensure compliance with legal and regulatory requirements for digital evidence handling
• Extensive experience delivering forensic software deployed in the commercial cloud and capable of distributed processing
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing projects that span software development, cybersecurity, and IT infrastructure
• Experienced strategic planner, with a demonstrated ability to set a vision for a forensic toolkit's development and ensure alignment with organizational mission and goals
• Strong communication skills; must be able to articulate complex technical issues to a non-technical audience, including law enforcement officers, analysts, and government officials
• Relevant certifications related to technical architecture, software development, or forensics preferred.
• Experience in the Java programming language as well as front-end technologies JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and Vue
• Experience with user interface and user experience design, ensuring that tools are accessible and efficient for end users
• Experience of the operational environment in Digital Forensics, Data Recovery, Forensic Tools, Mobile Digital Forensics, Legal Process, Video Capture, Case Management Techniques and analysis
• Experience of database and storage systems with NoSQL databases like Cassandra or MongoDB for large-scale document storage and object storage systems using Azure, AWS, Ceph
• Experience of data technologies like Apache Kafka, Spark, Elasticsearch, Solr
• Experience of cloud-native technologies and containerization such as Docker, Kubernetes for deployment and orchestration

Education/Certifications/Skills

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field
• Relevant certifications to include at least one of the following:
  • Forensic Toolkit (FTK) Certification
  • Certified Forensic Computer Examiner (CFCE)
  • Certified Computer Examiner (CCE)
  • GIAC Certified Forensic Analyst (GCFA)
  • Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP)
  • Certified Software Development Professional (CSDP)
  • Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • Certified Information Systems
• Knowledge of DoD 8570/8140 compliance and its implementation
• Expertise in technical architecture in a government contracting environment engineering GOTS and COTS tools within a secure environment
• Understanding of federal cybersecurity guidelines, including compliance with Executive Order 14028 and other relevant regulations
• Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary teams and manage cross-functional projects involving software development, cybersecurity, and IT infrastructure
• Demonstrated ability to lead a technical team, including setting goals, assigning tasks, and driving projects to completion
• Agile Certifications, preferred
• Strong knowledge of SAFe/agile methodologies software development life cycles, and modern project management tools and techniques like Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) practices
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to troubleshoot complex software issues
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills

Paradyme, a CATHEXIS Company is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request a reasonable accommodation as part of the employment selection process, please contact HR@paradyme.us