Digital Forensics and Incident Response, Associate Director
- London
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Manage and provide forensic incident response consultancy and expertise in scoping data estates, data collections, investigative analysis to our clients
- Support our teams in our adjacent divisions, notably Digital Risks, Investigations and Technology Consulting across regions
- To provide high quality deliverables to our clients in a timely and efficient manner
- To ensure work is defensible and to an evidential standard as appropriate for tasks
- To be innovative and creative showing initiative in bringing teams together
- To anticipate client needs and continually strive for ways to work efficiently
- To respond to potential enquiries and convert these into opportunities/sales leads and proposals
- To actively engage and lead in business development and marketing for all of Discovery and Data Insights and across services (particularly Cyber and Investigations/Forensic Accounting)
- Willingness and flexibility to travel internationally
- Extensive professional and technology experience, preferably in digital forensics in a cyber context, forensic investigations, financial crime or compliance setting.
- Proven knowledge and technical computer forensics experience for cyber incident response and investigations. Thorough understanding of best practice procedures (MITRE ATT&CK framework, NPCC, NIST, SANS etc.) evidence handling, computer systems and tools of the trade
- Expert understanding of multiple operating systems, particularly Microsoft and Linux infrastructure and networking systems, both on-premise and in the cloud, as well as dedicated cloud services such as Microsoft 365/Azure, Google Workspace, AWS etc.
- Expertise in PowerShell scripting, Bash scripts, Python, SQL and data wrangling for log analysis
- Expertise with the industry standard forensic software tools such as X-Ways, EnCase, Nuix, Axiom, Cellebrite and forensic hardware tools.
- Expertise with open-source tools (such as Velociraptor) and leveraging commercial tools (such as X-Ways, EnCase and Nuix) for forensic use.
- Established track record for performing forensic collections, involvement in incident response and digital investigations alongside maintaining detailed contemporaneous notes
- Able to prepare written analyses, summary reports, presentations and other client deliverables for projects and work performed.
- Impeccable written and oral presentation skills to effectively communicate with diverse audiences of varying degrees of expertise.
- Proven experience at managing client expectations and providing relevant solutions through the project lifecycle.
- Identify relevant extensible opportunities such as post-breach/post remediation services.
- Demonstrable interpersonal skills and an ability to work effectively in teams
- Experience in creating project estimates, project plans, proposals and retention agreements.
- Proven ability to manage and develop a team of professionals through empowerment, coaching and motivation.
- Ability to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines, while effectively juggling competing demands, prioritising appropriately, and overseeing multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Wide understanding of programming/scripting skills
- Control Risks offers a competitively positioned compensation and benefits package that is transparent and summarised in the full job offer.
- We operate a discretionary global bonus scheme that incentivises, and rewards individuals based on company and individual performance.
- Control Risks supports hybrid working arrangements, wherever possible, that emphasise the value of in-person time together - in the office and with our clients - while continuing to support flexible and remote working.
- As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage suitably qualified applicants from a wide range of backgrounds to apply and join us and are fully committed to equal treatment, free from discrimination, of all candidates throughout our recruitment process.