LAN Administrator - Senior

Full Job Description

The King County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a LAN Administrator - Senior to support the Digital Forensics Unit of the Criminal Investigations Division.

This assignment will maintain services for a high-security and isolated network related to digital evidence, data storage and back-ups of digital evidence, and provide IT support to the investigators assigned to this unit.This position will be a full-time onsite position.

It will be based out of the King County Black River Complex (900 Oakesdale Ave SW, Renton, WA 98057).

This position is eligible for either a 5/8 or 4/10 work schedule, and is exempt, not eligible for overtime – must be available for call out nights, weekends and holidays.

WHO MAY APPLY: Open only to internal King County employees. We are not currently accepting external applications.

Requirements

• Leads the management of storage and backup infrastructure including physical storage, data replication, data backup, data protection, & data recovery of digital evidence.
• Maintains an isolated network of Forensics Unit computers and Evidence servers.
• Implements and maintains best practice Information Security, such as data loss prevention and logging software, on the forensics isolated network.
• Provides IT support to the Detectives of the Digital Forensics unit to improve the daily work, including tasks such as case management platform maintenance and software licensing acquisition and renewal.
• Assists Detectives of the Digital Forensics Unit in the repair of physically damaged electronic evidence items to prepare for forensic examination.
• Assists Detectives in maintaining forensic workstations, storage arrays, and forensic software.
• Provide technical support for both KC\KCSO and DFU specific software.
• Assists DFU clients, e.g. Major Crimes detectives, accessing forensic returns.
• Research forensic software, storage hardware and media, network technologies, etc..
• Develop, price, and explain proposals to maintain or expand lab capabilities.
• Sanitize and test storage media for lab use.
• Assist detectives researching unfamiliar technology, testing procedures, and identifying and implementing best practices.
• Repair of damaged cellphones by replacing screens, components, charging ports, etc., to allow forensic extraction.
• Process and provide reports from cloud warrant returns.
• Assists with search warrants or operations as needed, sometimes outside of normal working hours.
• Assisting time-intensive investigations, where atypical filesystems, storage devices, other data/devices require research and byte level analysis.

• Develops, implements, and manages a comprehensive data backup and restoration plan to protect KCSO DFU data in the event of operational problem, catastrophic event/failure, or a cyber-incident.
• Inventories and retrieves digital evidence without altering original.

• Monitors backup infrastructure and ensures backup jobs are running successfully, and regularly performs test restores of data replication and backups.
• Evaluates existing backup and disaster recovery strategies, formulates and implements improvements.
• Actively monitors storage infrastructure including utilization, performance, and growth trends and forecasts future storage needs.
• Demonstrates data recoverability during disaster recovery exercises meets or exceed defined business requirements and recovery targets.
• Oversees the placement of encrypted backup media and key recovery materials to appropriate off-site storage facilities.

Qualifications

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience designing or leading storage and backup infrastructure
• Experience in maintaining a small network with high information security procedures applied.
• Experience in providing IT support to a customer base with sophisticated IT needs.
• Experience with evidence and information security.
• Experience with the physical repair of electronics such as mobile phones and tablets
• Thorough understanding of storage and backup design, specifications, and testing methodologies
• Network analysis fundamentals and troubleshooting skills
• Ability to work professionally with sensitive content
• Ability to work well with a small team and with little supervision

PREFERED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Knowledge of trends and developments in the fields of physical & virtual storage management, backup & recovery technologies, and data protection.
• Ability to effectively communicate and document their involvement with casework, which may ultimately result in court-room testimony.
• Knowledge and/or training in digital forensic techniques and practices.
• Digital Forensics and Incident Response training – SANS, IACIS, or similar providers
• Working with law-enforcement.

Additional Information

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