Electronic Evidence Officer

Important messages

Please note modification to the Education was made.

Intent of the process

The intent of this selection process is to staff one position on an indeterminate basis. A pool of qualified candidates may be established to staff similar positions with various tenures within Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (indeterminate, term, deployment, acting, secondment or assignment).

Positions to be filled: 1

Information you must provide

Your résumé.

You must meet all essential qualifications in order to be appointed to the position. Other qualifications may be a deciding factor in choosing the person to be appointed. Some essential and other qualifications will be assessed through your application. It is your responsibility to provide appropriate examples that illustrate how you meet each qualification. Failing to do so could result in your application being rejected.

In order to be considered, your application must clearly explain how you meet the following (essential qualifications)

EDUCATION:
Graduation with a University degree or 3-year College diploma, from a recognized post-secondary institution.

Degree equivalency

EXPERIENCE:
- Experience in analysing or investigating; technical, legal, financial or business information stored on computer systems.
- Experience in the development of technical procedures or plans.
- Experience in installing computer components, operating systems and software.

The following will be applied / assessed at a later date (essential for the job)

Bilingual - Imperative (BBB/BBB)

Information on language requirements

Second Language Writing Skills Self-Assessment
In order to help you decide if you should apply to a bilingual position, an optional self-assessment of your writing skills in your second official language is available for you to take before completing your application.

For more information, please consult:
Unsupervised Internet Test of Second Language Writing Skills

KNOWLEDGE:
- Knowledge of the principles related to the collection and preservation of electronic evidence.
- CompTIA A+ level knowledge of computer software and hardware.
- Knowledge of a variety of computer operating systems including Microsoft Windows, Windows Server, OSX, Linux and ESXi.
- Knowledge of the core principles of data storage.

ABILITY:
- Ability to analyse.
- Ability to deal with time pressures.
- Ability to solve problems.
- Ability to communicate complex technical information.
- Ability to communicate orally.
- Ability to communicate in writing.

PERSONAL SUITABILITY:
- Judgement
- Tact
- Reliability
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Initiative

The following may be applied / assessed at a later date (may be needed for the job)

ASSET QUALIFICATIONS

EXPERIENCE:
- *Significant experience enforcing regulatory or statutory requirements.
- **Recent and *significant experience using forensic computing tools.
- *Significant experience administering or query writing for MSSQL or MYSQL databases.
- **Recent and *significant experience administering enterprise email infrastructure.
- **Recent and *significant experience administering virtual networks.

NOTE:
*Significant experience means the depth of experience that would normally be acquired as part of your daily responsibilities in this field over a period of at least two years.
**Recent experience means within the last 3 years.

Conditions of employment

- Reliability and Security: Secret OR Reliability
- Willingness and ability to travel frequently outside the National Capital Regional.
- Willingness and ability to occasionally work overtime on short notice.
- Willingness and ability to be occasionally exposed to noisy, dirty and/or dusty environments, to lift or move computer equipment, boxes and/or other heavy items with the occasional requirement to use stairs to move equipment between floors.
- A valid driver’s license.

Other information

- If you do not fully complete the screening questions as instructed, you will be screened out.
- A written exam may be administered.
- Interviews will be conducted.
- Reference checks will be conducted.
- Candidates must meet the essential qualifications to be appointed to a position.
- Candidates may be required to meet the asset qualifications or the organizational needs, depending on the requirements of the specific position being staffed.
- Candidates invited to an interview will be required to bring proof of their education credentials, in the form of a diploma or official transcript and a proof of their driver license.
- Candidates must obtain the required pass mark for each qualification in order to be given further consideration in the selection process.
- Applicants with disabilities: Should you require a technical aid or an alternative method of assessment to ensure an equitable assessment of your qualifications, please indicate so in your application.
- You MUST clearly demonstrate in writing how you meet the Education and Experience requirements. Please provide examples and describe the work/duties you have performed. Failure to do so may result in your application not being considered further during the screening process.
- Acknowledgment of receipt of applications will not be sent; we will contact candidates when the screening process is completed.
- PLEASE NOTE: For this selection process, our intention is to communicate with applicants by e-mail for screening/assessment purposes (including issuing screening results, and sending invitations for written tests and interviews). It is the candidate’s responsibility to ensure accurate contact information is provided and updated as required; Candidates who apply to this selection process should include an email address that accepts email from unknown users (some email systems block these types of email).

The Public Service of Canada is committed to building a skilled, diverse workforce reflective of Canadian society. As a result, it promotes employment equity and encourages candidates to indicate voluntarily on their application if they are a woman, an Aboriginal person, a person with a disability or a member of a visible minority group.

The Public Service of Canada is also committed to developing inclusive, barrier-free selection processes and work environments. If contacted in relation to a job opportunity or testing, you should advise the Public Service Commission or the departmental official in a timely fashion of the accommodation measures which must be taken to enable you to be assessed in a fair and equitable manner. Information received relating to accommodation measures will be addressed confidentially.

Preference

Preference will be given to veterans and to Canadian citizens, in that order.

Information on the preference to veterans

We thank all those who apply. Only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.