Digital Forensics Associate (Cybersecurity)

TL;DR

Digital Forensics Associate (Cybersecurity): Leading the delivery of forensic investigations and developing hirify.global’s Digital Forensics team with an accent on in-depth technical expertise, client management, and communication skills. Focus on performing forensic preservation of digital evidence and conducting in-depth forensic analysis across a wide range of digital sources.

Location: Must have permission to work in the UK. Role is based in our London office with flexible working arrangements available.

Company

hirify.global is a global intelligence and cyber security consultancy helping companies, governments and private individuals solve some of their most complex challenges.

What you will do

• Perform forensic preservation of digital evidence in accordance with best practice and recognised standards, maintaining chain of custody, and contemporaneous record keeping.
• Conduct in-depth forensic analysis across a wide range of digital sources including computers, mobile devices, cloud platforms, and proprietory applications.
• Act as the lead on forensic investigations from scoping through to delivery, including defining deliverables, forensic methodologies, timelines, budgets, and resource requirements.
• Manage client relationships, including scoping engagements, setting expectations, communicating findings, and presenting conclusions to board-level executives and legal counsel.
• Deliver clear, concise, and defensible findings through high-quality written reports and verbal briefings, including responding to questions from senior stakeholders.
• Conduct in-depth research and testing of new technologies, devices and platforms as part of investigations that are bespoke in nature and involve novel technologies.

Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years professional experience, ideally servicing private sector clients in forensic and intelligence consulting or technical investigations.
• A Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline from an accredited university, such as STEM or other analytical subjects.
• Demonstrable experience conducting forensic analysis and managing client communications, including scoping cases, updating clients, and delivering complex analysis under tight deadlines.
• Experience supporting litigation, regulatory and/or internal investigations, including interaction with legal counsel and external senior stakeholders.
• Experience writing forensic reports including methodologies, technical findings, and conclusions.
• Familiarity with digital forensics techniques and analysis tools including but not limited to: Windows, MacOS, iOS, Android, Cellebrite, Oxygen, AXIOM, X-Ways, FTK, Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, AWS.

Culture & Benefits

• 25 days holiday per year in addition to bank holidays (+1 day for every day of service up to a maximum of 30 days).
• Matching pension contribution up to 7% (up to a maximum of 14% combined), and financial education.
• Life Insurance 4X Annual salary.
• Parental Support: Fertility treatment leave – 5 days of leave per cycle of treatment per year; Maternity leave – 26 weeks of full pay followed by 13 weeks of half pay; Paternity leave – 6 weeks of full pay.
• Various Health and Medical Benefits including Private dental and medical insurance (taxable benefit) for you and your family; Virtual GP for you and your family members that live in the same household; Various gym discounts for you and your partner; EAP programme for you and your immediate family; Free access to the world-famous mindfulness app Headspace.

Hiring process

• The interview process will consist of a two-stage interview, followed by an in-person meeting.