Digital Forensic Specialist

Oracle; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 66,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is seeking a Digital Forensics Investigator to participate in internal investigations and security events. The role involves collecting and analyzing digital evidence, producing forensic reports, and collaborating with incident response teams. Candidates should possess strong analytical and technical skills, with experience in scripting and security analysis.

Qualifications

• Experience in digital forensic investigations.
• Knowledge of security events and incident response.
• Ability to analyze logs, messages, and activities.

Responsibilities

• Collect and analyze digital evidence from various endpoints.
• Produce detailed forensic reports and documentation.
• Collaborate with incident response teams on security events.

Skills

Analytical skills

Technical skills

Investigative skills

Scripting knowledge

Communication skills

Job description

Participates in Digital Forensic investigations with a focus on internal investigations and security events. Responsibilities include technical, analytical, and investigative tasks such as finding, proving, and documenting artifacts, as well as identifying root causes, options for solutions, and optimal outcomes.

Collects digital evidence from various endpoints, devices, systems, and environments, ensuring integrity, completeness, and chain of custody in accordance with policies and SOPs.

Analyzes devices, logs, messages, emails, and activities to uncover knowledge and intent, identifying malicious activity or policy violations.

Utilizes approved tools and techniques to accomplish investigative goals.

Produces detailed, accurate, defensible forensic reports, along with internal SOPs and project documentation.

Collaborates closely with incident response teams to investigate and resolve security events.

Develops new methods, playbooks, scripts, applications, and tools; trains others in their use.

Participates in incident management teams, responding to security events per Oracle's incident response playbooks.

Investigates intrusions and breaches, overseeing root cause analysis.

Evaluates technical architectures, policies, standards, and playbooks for security risks; provides technical advice and recommends security controls.

Applies advanced skills to research, evaluate, and manage security threats and vulnerabilities, requiring in-depth analysis and scripting/programming knowledge.

Focuses on operational and strategic tasks, providing guidance to junior security operations engineers.

Qualifications

Range and benefit information provided in this posting are specific to the stated locations only

CA: Hiring Range in CAD from $66,800 to $145,900 per annum.

Oracle maintains broad salary ranges to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, market conditions, locations, products, industries, and lines of business. Candidates are typically placed within the range based on these factors and internal peer equity.

Responsibilities / Tasks

• Maintain inventory, operability, and accountability of assigned assets
• Assist in testing forensic tools and applications
• Perform forensic imaging of systems and data collection
• Identify strengths, suggest workflow improvements, and address gaps in tools and capabilities
• Ensure collection requests are performed in a forensically sound and timely manner
• Document and follow Chain of Custody procedures for forensic collections
• Review procedures for thoroughness and improvements
• Assist in forensic data analysis for investigations
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to expand collection capabilities
• Communicate professionally with internal teams and customers for data acquisitions
• Effectively communicate and collaborate within a global team
• Perform other duties as assigned