Senior Digital Forensics Analyst ( Python, Splunk, Arcsight)
BAE Systems · Falls Church, VA · Engineering & Technology
senior
Security Analyst
ic
· Posted May 15, 2026
$132,962 – $226,035
USD per year
Skills
About this role
BAE Systems is hiring a senior-level Security Analyst based in Falls Church, VA. The posting calls out experience with Incident Response, Python. Compensation is listed at $132,962–$226,035 per year.
- Role
- Security Analyst
- Function
- security
- Level
- senior
- Track
- Individual contributor
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Falls Church, VA
- Department
- Engineering & Technology
- Posted
- May 15, 2026
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Job description
from BAE Systems careersJob Description
BAE Systems has a job opening for a Digital Forensics Analyst. The Forensics Analyst will conduct digital media acquisition and analysis, team leadership and mentoring, and incident response analysis in an enterprise network environment. The candidate will have the ability to perform deep dive analysis of preserved and collected digital evidence to restore deleted files, determine usage patterns, Internet history, USB analysis, data carving/recovery, and other advanced analytical processes to recover evidence and artifacts in support of a variety of case types. The candidate will be familiar with Incident Response and Handling best practices in accordance with NIST SP documentation (800-61, etc.). Digital forensic and incident handling case types may include: advanced malware, digital media misuse, insider threat, and potential criminal conduct. This position requires ongoing proficiency in digital and mobile forensic tools, practices, and procedures, as well as emerging threats to networks and systems. Additionally, this role is responsible for producing and managing automation improvements in the Python scripting language.
Required Education, Experience, & Skills
Must be eligible to possess a final US Secret Security Clearance. Minimum of one industry recognized technical certification.
Demonstrated experience in the following skills:
- Written and verbal communications.
- Professional and technical report writing.
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