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King County, WA · 1 month ago

LAN Administrator - Senior

Seattle, WA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

King County Sheriff's Office is looking for a Senior LAN Administrator to support the Digital Forensics Unit of the Criminal Investigations Division. This role involves managing storage and backup infrastructure, maintaining a secure network for digital evidence, and providing IT support to detectives in the unit.

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Comp. & Benefits

No H1B

U.S. Citizen Only

Responsibilities

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

Qualification

StorageBackup infrastructureInformation security best practicesDigital forensic techniquesIT support for investigatorsNetwork analysisTroubleshootingPhysical repair of electronicsResearch skillsEffective communicationTeam collaboration

Required

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

Preferred

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

Benefits

Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage options: King County provides eligible employees with options, so they can decide what’s best for themselves and their eligible dependents

Life and disability insurance: employees are provided basic coverage and given the opportunity to purchase additional insurance for both the employee and eligible dependents

Retirement: eligible King County employees may participate in a pension plan through the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems and a 457(b) deferred-compensation plan

Transportation program and ORCA transit pass

12 paid holidays each year plus two personal holidays

Generous vacation and paid sick leave

Paid parental, family and medical, and volunteer leaves

Flexible Spending Account

Wellness programs

Onsite activity centers

Employee Giving Program

Employee assistance programs

Flexible schedules and telecommuting options, depending on position

Training and career development programs