Research Associate/Computer Forensics
Location: Arlington, Virginia
Salary: $80K-$140K. The funds for this position are available for one year, renewable.
Employee type: Full Time with benefits
We are seeking a Post-doctoral Research Associate to joint the Digital Evaluation and Exploitation Laboratory, which is investigating fundamental improvements to computer forensics algorithms and tools. The DEEP Laboratory currently receives funding from a variety of sources within the US Government Departments of Defense, Justice and Commerce.
In some cases we will be willing to accept applications without a doctorate, provided that the deficiency is made up with adequate industry experience.
This position will be an integral part of the research team interacting with multiple government agencies and other universities. The successful candidate will contribute to low-level aspects of computer forensics development and design, including the analysis of stored data, memory analysis, network forensics, and corpus management. Applicants should be familiar with software design, reverse engineering, data mining, and programming.
The DEEP Laboratory currently has more than 50TB of computer forensic data. As such, significant effort is required to parallelize current forensics approaches and tools. Much of this work will be done on Hamming, a cluster at NPS consisting of more than 1500 cores with more than 2TB of RAM. Applicants should have some familiarity with high performance computing and parallelism.
Candidates must be able to provide evidence of relevant work demonstrated by a research publication track record or industry experience. Good interpersonal and organizational skills and the ability to be self-directed are also essential. This post is intended ot be filled as soon as practically possible.
Applications should include:
- Curriculum Vitae
- Brief statement of the particular contribution you would make to the project.
- A research paper.
For additional information or to apply please email Simson Garfinkel at slgarfin@nps.edu.
Posted 1/3/2012.
Postdoctoral Fellowships and Research Scientists—Forensic Research Center
Location: Northern Virginia (Arlington or Fairfax County)
The Department of Computer Science at the Naval Postgraduate School invites applications for Postdoctoral Candidates and Research Scientists for multiple positions in several areas of computer system forensics research, including the forensics of mass storage systems, computer memory analysis, network forensics, and document forensics.
Expertise in operating systems and programming is mandatory. Highly desirable is a skill in a third area such as parallel or concurrent programming, virtualization, cloud computing, Human Language technology (HLT), or applied data mining.
The successful candidate will conduct world-class research and develop software tools, techniques and systems, as well as be involved in dissemination of research results through conference and journal publications, conference presentations, and in-person meetings.
Qualifications:
- Candidates should have recently obtained a PhD in Computer Science.
- Candidates must be able to obtain a SECRET clearance.
Application Requirements:
- CV (include contact e-mail, postal address, phone number)
- Thesis summary (one-page maximum)
- Research proposal (no more than two pages)
- Reprint of applicant’s most significant research publications
- Names and contact information for three references
Initial appointment will be for one year with potential for renewal for an additional 1-4 years. Applications for the positions are accepted on a continuing basis until filled. If you are a strong research scientist who wants to work on real-world problems and see your research rapidly transitioned into use, we’d like to hear from you.
For additional information or to apply please email Simson Garfinkel at slgarfin@nps.edu. Please include a complete resume.
Posted 11/15/2011.
Computer Forensics Laboratory Manager, Naval Postgraduate School
Location: Monterey, CA
Duties: The Computer Forensics Laboratory Manager is responsible for supporting faculty, research scientists and graduate students. Responsible for managing a corpus of disk images, memory image and network packets that is currently 30TB in size.
Duties include:
- ingesting new media that is received from our contractors;
- maintaining order in the database;
- assuring that data is replicated to our remote sites;
- copying data to hard drives for distribution to our research partners;
- monitoring who gets which information;
- handling data recalls.
Also responsible for managing the installation, updates, and maintenance of our computer forensic tools and research computer systems. This includes traditional computer support and maintenance (ordering, installations, upgrades, and trouble shooting), as well as system administration and trouble-shooting. Qualifications: Familiarity with the operation and administration of Macintosh, Windows and Linux computers, including account management, network management, and downloading, configuring and installation open source software. Should be able to write complex scripts in python and be familiar with C, C++, Makefiles, LaTeX, and Subversion.
Education: An associate or bachelor’s degree in a computer-related field such as computer science or computer engineering, or equivalent work experience. A master’s degree in computer science is preferred.
For additional information or to apply please email Simson Garfinkel at slgarfin@nps.edu. Please include a complete resume.
The Naval Postgraduate School is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Updated 11/15/2011.
Research Assistant (2)
The Computer Science Department at the Naval Postgraduate School has an opening for a Research Assistant to support research on disk image forensics. The ideal candidate will have experience with both operating systems and programming. Familiarity with the Python programming language, statistics, and management of the Windows operating system are also required. A Master’s degree or similar work experience is preferred. The position is an intermittent one starting in spring of FY 2011 with possibility for renewal based on funding. To inquire or apply for this position, please send your resume and cover letter to Prof. Neil Rowe, ncrowe@nps.edu. The Naval Postgraduate School is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Last updated 1/3/2012.