Special Agent I ICAC 2025-02429

Description and Functions

• Paid annual and sick leave
• Paid holidays
• Retirement with employer contributions
• Deferred Compensation Plan with employer contributions
• Health insurance with an employer contribution toward premiums
• Insurance options for health, dental, life, vision, ambulance, and short and long-term disability
• Longevity pay

• Conducts complex, high-level investigations pertaining to varying criminal violations focusing on CSAM/ICAC crimes.
• Routinely gather and disseminate criminal intelligence and other information both in Wyoming and other states and at local, state, and federal levels.
• Performs computer forensic analysis by identifying, preserving, and analyzing data and technical items for evidence involving breaking encryption, recovering and analyzing files from hard drives, examining computers and data storage media, etc.
• Performs, with above-average knowledge and experience, digital extractions using forensic analysis software.
• Coordinate and communicate with local, county, state, and federal law enforcement agencies, and state and federal prosecutors.
• Prosecute investigations in both state and federal courts.
• Locate and interview suspects, victims, and other witnesses in the gathering and development of intelligence.
• Perform undercover purchases that require the use of state buy funds.
• Work with confidential informants to obtain criminal evidence.
• Review reports and evaluate evidence and crime scenes.
• Perform wiretaps to collect information on criminal activity and identify conspirators
• Perform seizures of firearms, currency, vehicles, and other valuables procured or utilized during drug transactions.
• Process and collect evidence from crime scenes and/or field investigations.
• Conduct surveillance of persons, business places, agencies, or groups as part of a criminal investigation.
• Provide verbal and written investigative reports; maintain accurate and complete case files.
• Investigate incidents or violations by obtaining information and interviewing witnesses, informants, victims, and suspects.
• Detain and arrest subjects on felony charges or warrants and transport or hold for transport to a secure place.
• Prepare and execute state and federal high-risk search warrant and make state and federal arrests.
• Testify in state and federal court and the federal court grand jury or formal hearings as a lay witness or an expert witness in areas of expertise and/or to the results of an investigation.
• May prepare court and grand jury exhibits for use by prosecutors.
• Confer with law enforcement agencies, prosecutors, and court officials regarding court cases, trials, evidence, or dispositions.
• Confer with, advise, and train division personnel, task force officers, and local, state, and federal law enforcement officers in various aspects of criminal investigation, evidence collection and preservation, case preparation, criminal justice information systems, and problem resolution.
• Explain agency policies, procedures, and practices to representatives of other law enforcement agencies and outside individuals.
• Use, maintain, and assist in the repair or maintenance of specialized law enforcement equipment.
• Attend training courses, seminars, and meetings for continuing education, including training in clandestine laboratories and weapons of mass destruction situations.
• May act as Team Leader in the absence of supervisor; other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

PREFERENCES:

Preference will be given to candidates with above-average experience with computers, forensic analysis software, and technology. Computer forensic training and/or certification using products (i.e., Axiom, Griffeye, F.T.K., EnCase, X-Ways, Cellebrite, etc.).
Preference will be given to candidates with an associate's or bachelor's degree in criminal justice or criminal administration and at least five (5) years of investigative experience.

**Applicants must be P.O.S.T. certified or become P.O.S.T. certified in the State of Wyoming within one year of employment.
**Applicants must have the ability to be Clandestine Laboratory Certified by O.S.H.A.

KNOWLEDGE:

• Knowledge of criminal code and other state/federal statutes applicable to law enforcement.
• Knowledge of federal and state automated criminal history systems including NCIC, NLETS, W.C.J.I.N., and federal and state laws pertaining to criminal history.
• Knowledge of principles, concepts, and prevalent practices of criminal justice systems at the local, state, and federal levels especially concerning high-tech issues.
• Knowledge of privacy, security, and other related regulations.
• Knowledge of methods, techniques, and practices of law enforcement pertaining to high-tech investigations.
• Knowledge of advanced law enforcement investigation techniques.
• Knowledge of processes of state government, including legislative and administrative processes and the guiding principles underlying these processes.
• Knowledge of federal and state laws pertaining to criminal history information.
• Skill in the use of firearms.
• Skill in the use of law enforcement and surveillance equipment necessary to perform the functions of the position.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Skill in interpersonal relations and resolving problems.
• Skill in instruction techniques of criminal investigation.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks.
• Ability to handle stressful situations.
• Ability to speak to large groups of people, the press, law enforcement administrators, local, state, and federal officials, elected and other government officials, and the legislature.
• Ability to promote and enhance coordination, cooperation, and communication among law enforcement agencies.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality in all aspects of work.

Education:

Bachelor's Degree (typically in Criminal Justice)

Experience:

1-2 years of progressive work experience in Criminal Investigation

NOTE: The Attorney General's Office mandatorily requires applicants to have at least five (5) years of experience in the detection and investigation of criminal activities

OR

Education & Experience Substitution:

4-6 years of progressive work experience in Criminal Investigation

NOTE: The Attorney General's Office mandatorily requires applicants to have at least five (5) years of experience in the detection and investigation of criminal activities.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

None

Necessary Special Requirements

PHYSICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Execute High-Risk Search Warrants; perform duties involving armed subjects threatening an officer and public safety.
• Collect evidence and make entry into explosive, gaseous, flammable, and confined space areas.
• Must successfully pass annual competency tests with firearms.
• May be required to travel statewide and nationwide.
• May be required to work overtime as needed.
• Required to be on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
• May be required to perform in hazardous, explosive environments while utilizing protective equipment, including self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA).

• FLSA: Non-Exempt
• Position is funded by the ICAC Grant
• Successful applicants must pass a background investigation

Supplemental Information

URL: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/wyoming/default.cfm

The State of Wyoming is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively supports the ADA and reasonably accommodates qualified applicants with disabilities.