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Workplace Description

Are you ready for a bigger challenge? We are now looking for IT forensic experts to join our team who are self-driven, structured, and have good communication skills. With us, you will develop alongside engaged and friendly colleagues and gain experiences for life, while your work contributes to increasing safety and reducing crime in Sweden.

In the Northern Region's investigation unit, there is the section for the regional IT crime center. The section contains several different areas of expertise, all focused on complementing and contributing to the region's investigative activities. The Regional IT Crime Center North has the task of investigating and assisting with specialized expertise in investigations involving IT-related elements. The section also has a mission to contribute to the enhancement of the investigative activities regarding IT-related crime throughout the region.

Job Responsibilities

As an IT forensic expert, your job is to assist investigators with forensic evidence and information securing of digital media, which can be an important part of a criminal investigation. Job responsibilities include planning, securing, extracting, analyzing, and evaluating digital traces from electronic devices or sources.

You will assist in searches where, for example, electronic data carriers need to be secured. It may also occur that you have to testify in connection with trials and assist during interrogations.

Through your work, you will be exposed to material that can be disturbing and unpleasant. Therefore, there are special requirements for the ability to handle such situations professionally with a focus on the investigation and the organization's goals.

The rapid technological development in society is a particular challenge for this operation and also places demands on your interest in following, understanding, and assimilating this.

Travel occurs both within the region and nationally, sometimes at short notice, which requires flexibility.

Qualifications

This is an opportunity for you who have:

• Post-secondary education primarily in IT forensics/information security, or other education or work experience that the employer deems relevant for the position
• Very good IT skills in commonly used hardware, operating systems, and networks that the employer deems relevant
• Very good knowledge of Swedish in speech and writing
• Good knowledge of English in speech and writing
• Driving license B
• Swedish citizenship

It is meritorious if you also have:

• Current work experience in the IT industry that the employer deems relevant for the position
• Experience with programming languages, preferably Python, but other programming languages may also be relevant
• Experience with IT forensic tools
• Experience in gathering, analyzing, and compiling information
• Work experience from law enforcement and/or crime prevention activities where experience from the Police Authority is preferred
• Experience in managing/developing databases and/or mobile applications

Personal Qualities

We are looking for someone who is meticulous, structured, and analytical, who sees patterns and connections in complex information. You appreciate personal responsibility where you independently drive your work forward and solve assigned tasks within given frameworks and rules.

You have good collaboration skills and can quickly switch between independent work and teamwork. You have the ability to work on long-term assignments as well as tasks under time pressure and can quickly adapt when sudden situations arise.

As the work involves many points of contact both internally and externally, we expect you to be communicative and have a good ability to create contact and dialogue. We also see that you have a good ability to pedagogically explain complex IT-related issues.

There are high demands for personal maturity, integrity, and a strong security awareness, as well as a professional approach to the material you will be working with, which can be disturbing and unpleasant. You are development-oriented and have an interest in rapid technological development and the ability to translate that into opportunities that improve the methods and tools of IT forensics.

We will place great emphasis on personal qualities and the ability to work in a team.

Contact Persons

If you have questions about the assignment, please feel free to contact the recruiting manager:

Paul Niska, group manager, 010-5683610, [email protected]

If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact the responsible HR consultant:

Elsa Tidblom, [email protected]

Union Representatives

SEKO police North, ST region North, SACO-S region North, Police Union region North. All can be reached via the police switchboard 114 14.

Other Information

Employment type: Permanent with a probationary period of 6 months

Work location: Luleå

Working hours: Weekly planned working hours 5:2

Start date: By agreement

Function: IT Forensic Expert

Interviews are planned for weeks 7 and 8.

Apply by attaching your CV (we do not want a personal letter) and answering the selection questions in your application email. The questions are based on the requirement profile for this recruitment, and your answers will form the basis for the selection process. Therefore, it is important that you respond clearly and thoroughly to the questions and do not refer to other documents, e.g., CV.

Read the full advertisement and apply by visiting the police website: https://polisen.se/jobb-och-utbildning/lediga-jobb/2025/december/it-forensiker-till-it--brottscentrum/