Principal Consultant, Digital Forensics & Incident Response

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What youll be doing...

As a Principal Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR) Consultant in EMEA you will operate as a lead technical investigator and crisis commander across high-stakes enterprise cyber investigations. Youll play a high-impact role leading end-to-end reactive and proactive investigations into severe complex cyber intrusionsincluding nation-state APT campaigns double-extortion ransomware and deep edge-device compromisesdirecting host network and cloud forensics while ensuring rigorous court-defensible evidence integrity.

Beyond active crisis command you will drive customer-facing cyber resilience as a trusted advisor and Customer Success Manager for key enterprise accounts. You will partner cross-functionally across IT engineering legal counsel risk governance and executive leadership (delivering Gold Command and Board-level briefings) to translate incident findings into actionable defense transformations and continuous posture uplift.

Further you will support commercial practice growth across EMEA. Leveraging your deep technical expertise and executive presence you will steer pre-sales engagements scope opportunities and support cross-tower RFP solutions integrating DFIR threat intelligence proactive assessments and expand strategic accounts to secure new business.

Responsibilities will include:

• Leading complex large-scale digital forensic investigations in sophisticated security breaches maintaining forensic integrity of evidence and producing comprehensive court-admissible deliverables for clients legal counsel and regulatory bodies.
• Conducting Incident Response Capability Assessments (IRCA) developing IR plans (IRPD) based on NIST and SANS frameworks and facilitating breach simulation tabletop exercises for C-suite and Board-level leadership.
• Functioning as the principal DFIR liaison and customer success lead for assigned critical enterprise accounts supervising delivery across the Rapid Response Retainer (RRR) lifecycle and advising client executives on evolving threat campaigns and security investments.
• Driving practice-level growth by providing technical and executive presence during pre-sales pursuits scoping calls and client briefings while authoring cross-tower Request for Proposal (RFP) solutions.
• Delivering technical thought leadership through white papers industry conferences webinars and threat advisories while mentoring and providing technical oversight to EMEA VTRAC consultants.

What were looking for...

You are a senior hands-on consulting expert who thrives under pressure and excels at navigating complex cybersecurity crises. You enjoy building trusted relationships with executive stakeholders to solve their toughest cyber resilience challenges. Youre a natural technical leader and team player who can seamlessly transition between technical investigation pre-sales solutioning and C-suite communication.

Youll need to have:

• Bachelors degree or relevant work experience.
• Strong experience in the tools techniques and methodologies surrounding incident response computer forensics industrial control systems IoT and eDiscovery.
• Strong experience in at least two (2) of the following operating systems: Windows Linux Unix macOS.
• Strong experience consulting enterprise customers in a Digital Forensics & Incident Response (DFIR) capacity.
• Experience managing the day-to-day aspects of protected customer relationships IT investigative cases and corporate security incidents.
• Ability to work effectively in a dynamic environment while maintaining strict confidentiality and a professional image.
• Willingness to travel on short notice (including 24/7 incident response activity as required).
• Fluency in English (both written and verbal).
• A valid UK Drivers License.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Fluency in additional European languages (e.g. French German Dutch etc.).
• Advanced degree in Computer Science Digital Forensics or Cyber Incident Response.
• One or more professional certifications: GCFA GCFE GCIH GNFA CCSP GREM CISSP CISM or equivalent.
• Experience conducting cloud (AWS GCP Azure) and OT incident response.
• Experience working with EDR tools (CrowdStrike Defender SentinelOne) and SIEM solutions (Splunk Sentinel).
• Experience in malware analysis and reverse engineering network forensics memory forensics or mobile forensics.
• Experience as a Payment Card Industry (PCI) Forensic Investigator (PFI) or Qualified Security Assessor (QSA).
• Experience automating triaging enrichment and workflow orchestration via AI-augmented and MCP-supported workflows.
• Background in electronic crimes law enforcement military intelligence or an established security professional services consulting firm.

Why Verizon

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* We are a pay for performance company and your contribution is rewarded through competitive salaries and performance-based incentives. We create an opportunity for us all to share in the success of Verizon and the value we help to create through this broad-based discretionary equity award program.

* Your benefits are market competitive and delivered by some of the best providers.

* You are provided with a full spectrum of health and wellbeing resources including a first in-class Employee Assistance Program to empower you to make positive health decisions.

* We offer generous paid time off benefits to help you manage your work life balance and opportunities for flexible working arrangements*.

* Verizon provides training and development for all levels to help you enhance your skills and develop your career from funding towards education assistance award-winning training online development tools and access to industry research.

* You will be able to take part in volunteering opportunities as part of our environmental community and sustainability commitment.

*Benefit packages are tailored to the specific country where a position is based.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you we encourage you to apply even if you dont meet every even better qualification listed above.

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