Senior Digital Forensics and Incident Response Consultant
JOB_53377194717037Job type
ContractLocation
ReadingWorking Pattern
Full-timeSpecialism
Cyber SecurityIndustry
Technology & Internet ServicesPay
£700 / £800 per day (Inside IR35)Closing date
21 Aug 2025
Incident Response and Digital Forensics
Job Title - Senior Digital Forensic and Incident Response Consultant
Engagement Type - ContractorContract Length - 12 months
Day Rate - £700 / 800 per day (Inside IR35)
Your new role
In this role, you will be responsible for integrity in analysis, quality in client deliverables, as well as gathering case-load intelligence. The position will operate in a close team of computer forensics, fraud examiners, and other IT investigative experts, as well as customer management, counsel, human resources, and other IT technical personnel.
As a client-facing expert within the team, you will be delivering proactive and reactive Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) services. This role is responsible for architecting cyber resilience for the business' clients through strategic planning and assessment, pressure-testing defences via advanced breach simulations, and providing decisive leadership as an Incident Commander during major cyber crises.
What you'll need to succeed
● Experience in the tools, techniques, and methodologies surrounding incident response, computer forensics, industrial control; systems; IoT, and eDiscovery.
● Experience in at least two (2) of the following operating systems: Windows, Linux, Unix, MacOS.
● Experience in consulting customers in DFIR capacity
● Understanding of information security; network architecture; general database concepts; document management; hardware and software troubleshooting; email systems, such as Microsoft Exchange, Office365, GSuite; Microsoft Office applications; and computer forensic tools such as EnCase and FTK, Velociraptor, EDR, NDR or XDR solutions -ie. CrowdStrike, Defender, SentinelOne, Darktrace, etc .● Experience in a security professional services consulting firm.
● One or more of the following professional certifications: GCFA, GCFE, GCIH, GNFA, CCSP, GREM, CISSP, CISM
● Valid driver's license.
What you need to do now
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.
If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.
Senior Digital Forensics and Incident Response ConsultantJOB_533771947170372025-08-182025-08-21
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