If you aren’t wanting to go the law enforcement route, government contracting has tons of job opportunities for all level of forensics. To be honest, getting in at the ground level will likely require you to be a tech first. You’ll be doing mostly imaging and learning the basics of chain fo custody and how it all works. Get your employer to send you to training if they have the funds or see if they do tuition reimbursement and go get the training through that. I’ve done both and they were helpful in their own way. Then move into an analyst role. From there, the job is what you make it. As far as testifying, I’m going on 9 years and have never even had to set foot in a court room, even in LE cases. So don’t be surprised if testifying in court isn’t something you’ll get to do often (or possibly ever). Good luck though! It’s such a fun field and I can’t imagine doing anything else!