U.S. Probation Officer - FT/Permanent Job in Saint Louis, MO

Summary

This job is open to

• The public

  U.S. Citizens, Nationals or those who owe allegiance to the U.S.

Duties

Summary of Representative Duties and Responsibilities

• Conducts forensic examinations of digital related evidence using established policies, procedures, and precedent techniques. Examination can include, but are not limited to financial, terrorist, and sexually explicit material cases. Confers with other examiners about policies and procedures in relation to digital related evidence.
• Responsible for training officers and employees in this Court and across the nation on forensic related procedures. This includes the proper evidence collection, handling, and chain of custody methods either via video, teleconference or in-person.
• Receives evidence from other districts, checking items into custody, logging the items received, and initiating the case paperwork. This would include data entry into SIRS and PACTS to ensure proper credit is received for each examination.
• Collects and prepares digital evidence for forensic examination.
• May be required to testify in legal proceedings as to the procedures and methods used to obtain data, as well as to the findings of the examination.
• Develops, prepares, and presents reports of findings of forensic examinations.
• Responsible for verification of forensics tools validation.
• Coordinates the maintenance, security and troubleshooting on all hardware and software for forensic tools.
• Identifies, diagnoses, and corrects errors and problems.
• Assists in developing new procedures and policies for the forensic lab and the districts served.
• Responsible for initial scan and installation of monitoring software on offender's electronic devices.
• Prepare and maintain documentation and standard operating procedures and checklists for end users and other technicians.
• Provide day-to-day systems backups and verify the validity of data.
• Maintains the evidence tracking software, which includes the administration and backing up of the program, as well as keeping the program's software updated.
• Conducts the semi-annual inventories on all evidence maintained in the forensic lab. Tracks evidence to determine if the forensic lab needs to maintain it for evidentiary reasons.
• Responsible for the disposing of all evidence which is no longer needed for evidentiary reasons.
• Responsible for ensuring the evidence is appropriately removed from the evidence tracking software.
• Maintains contact with the forensic community for the purpose of keeping abreast of developments, techniques, and user programs.
• Recommend hardware, equipment, and software updates.
• Provides consultation to judges and attorneys concerning forensic laboratory program.
• Assist and advise the Search Team Lead and members and participate in searches numerous times throughout the year.
• Serves as liaison in specialized areas to other court units and the public.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

All applicants considered for the position will be required to undergo a background investigation which includes an FBI fingerprint check, as the position involves handling of confidential or highly sensitive information. The selectee may be appointed provisionally, and retention will depend upon favorable suitability determination of the background investigation.

How You Will Be Evaluated

Required Documents

How to Apply

Qualified persons are invited to submit:

• a letter of application;
• current résumé;
• completed application for judicial branch employment, form AO-78 (available at https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/forms/application-judicial-branch-federal-employment); and
• contact information for three professional references.

Next steps

Only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. The Court reserves the right to modify the conditions of this job announcement or to withdraw the announcement, any of which may occur without prior written or other notice. In the event that a position becomes vacant in a similar classification, within a reasonable time of the original announcement, the Clerk of Court may elect to select a candidate from the applicants who responded to the original announcement without re-posting the position. Employees are required to adhere to a Code of Ethics and Conduct, which is available to applicants for review upon request.

The Probation Office provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities.

The Court is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer