Senior Consultant, Digital Forensics and Incident Response
Role Description & Technical Scope
In this Senior Consultant role, you will lead forensic incident response engagements within the London DFIR team and across the EMEA/global practice. You’ll provide expert consultancy, drive defensible analyses, and support new business development while coordinating with cross-regional teams. You will be the technical lead on engagements, delivering high-quality, timely deliverables and shaping the service offering for clients in law, government, and enterprise sectors. This is a chance to impact the firm’s cyber response capabilities and market presence through innovative, scalable solutions.
Pay / Benefits- competitive compensation
- global discretionary bonus
- hybrid and flexible work arrangements
- in-person client collaboration
- equal opportunity employer
- reasonable interview adjustments
- Manage forensic/incident response consultancy across data collections, investigations, and cyber security services
- Support regional Cyber, Investigations and Technical Consulting teams
- Deliver high-quality, timely client deliverables and ensure evidential standard
- Extensive cyber risk consulting and forensic investigations experience
- Proven knowledge of digital forensics for incident response
- Understanding of NPCC, NIST, SANS procedures and evidence handling
- Knowledge of MITRE ATT&CK and Cyber Kill Chain, network topology, and EDR
- Expertise in Windows and Linux systems, cloud services (Office 365, Azure, AWS)
- Scripting and data analysis skills (PowerShell, Bash, Python, SQL)
- Familiarity with EnCase, Nuix, Axiom, Blackbag tools
- Strong written/oral communication and client-facing skills
- Experience in project management and team development
- Ability to travel internationally (up to 25%)
- Interpersonal skills
- Client-facing excellence
- Team leadership and empowerment
- PowerShell
- Bash
- Python
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Key Details
- Date Posted: 23 Oct 2026
- Location: United Kingdom
- Employment: Permanent
- Workplace: Hybrid
- Domain: General
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