Senior Investigator Digital Forensics, Incident Response; DFIR

Position: Senior Investigator Digital Forensics, Incident Response (DFIR)
We Are:

Accenture Security is one of the fastest growing areas of our business, and our global Cyber Investigation and Forensic Response (CIFR) practice is at the heart of how we help clients prepare for, respond to, and recover from the most consequential cyber incidents. We deliver around-the-clock incident response services to our expanding portfolio of enterprise customers across the globe, providing expertise to multinational clients and shaping thought leadership inside and outside the firm.

You Are:

A hands-on technical leader who excels in complex investigations. You have deep expertise in Digital Forensics, Incident Response, and threat analysis, and you have the composure to apply it under pressure during active incidents. You are equally comfortable briefing clients in the boardroom and performing deep analysis. You take ownership of investigations, mentor the people around you, and you raise the bar on what world-class incident response looks like.

The Work:

Conduct complex forensic analysis including advanced memory forensics, malware triage, encrypted artifact recovery, and anti-forensics detection

Perform host and network digital forensics, log analysis, and threat hunting in support of incident response investigations

Leverage EDR solutions, cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), and threat intelligence to identify attacker Tactics, Techniques and Procedures (TTPs)
Conduct incident response within various Cloud, OT, and traditional enterprise environments

Develop indicators of compromise and contribute to comprehensive attack timelines

Create automation tools and scripts that improve team efficiency and investigation capabilities

Mentor and train 2-4 investigators across multiple cases, building team capability

Provide quality assurance on investigator findings before Primary Investigator review

Lead medium to large work streams (20-50+ systems) with minimal oversight

Support Primary Investigators with technical decision-making and investigation strategy

Translate strategic investigation direction into tactical tasks for team execution

Effectively communicate and interface with customers, both technically and strategically, to customer stakeholders and legal counsel throughout the engagement lifecycle

Author comprehensively written client reports on investigative findings with defensible conclusions

Present technical findings in client calls when appropriate

Support Accenture leadership in properly scoping engagements with innovative methodical approaches

Travel may be required for this role.  The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.

Here's What You Need:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If Associate’s Degree, must have minimum 6 years work experience)
Minimum 4 years of Digital Forensics, Incident Response (DFIR) experience with demonstrated expertise in complex investigations

Ability to obtain US security clearances as required by client engagement

Minimum of 3 years of demonstrated experience in:

Enterprise incident response, digital forensics and cyber incident investigation processes

Common DFIR toolsets (Volatility, X-Ways, FTK, EnCase, Autopsy, etc.)Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux and MacOS operating systems

Memory forensics and malware analysis

Developing indicators of compromise and deriving attacker TTPs Leading investigation work streams and mentoring junior team members

Enterprise environments, Active Directory, and common attack patterns

Project management, analytical, and client-facing communication skills

Solving complex forensic challenges that require advanced techniques

Threat hunting on both endpoints and networks

Producing accurate, defensible, well-documented analysis

Eradication techniques,…