Senior Consultant - Digital Forensics- Assurance

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Toronto; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services firm in Toronto is seeking a Senior Consultant specializing in Digital Forensics. This role involves liaising with clients to create investigation plans and analyzing data to mitigate risks associated with data misuse. With a strong technology foundation, candidates should possess a bachelor's degree and relevant experience. This position offers opportunities for career advancement and participation in a diverse, inclusive culture.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical and dental coverage

Mental health benefits

Generous time off policies

Qualifications

• Desire to constantly develop your understanding of our clients’ industries.
• Experience in large scale, complex investigations.
• Strong project management and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Balance time between client liaison and technical review.
• Assist in determining the potential impact of data misuse.
• Identify malicious insiders and enhance data integrity.

Skills

Desire to develop understanding of client industries

Understanding of multiple technologies

Ability to develop team through coaching

Experience in large scale complex investigations

Ability to communicate technical events

Ability to preserve digital evidence

Experience performing host-based digital forensics

Experience performing mobile-based digital forensics

Education

Bachelor's degree with 5-7 years relevant experience

Tools

Windows forensic tools

Linux forensic tools

Axiom

Cellebrite

Job description

Senior Consultant - Digital Forensics- Assurance

Location: Toronto

Other locations: Primary Location Only

Date: Sep 15, 2025

Requisition ID: 1614506

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we’re counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all.

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We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go.

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The opportunity

Our Forensic & Integrity Services (Forensics) team is experiencing rapid growth, and as a Digital Forensics and Investigations Senior you’ll be a key part of that growth. Working with companies across all industries, you’ll develop your career by communicating creative solutions for the client’s specific needs. This opportunity is for team-oriented individuals who want to continually learn, research new technologies or investigation methodologies and develop new skills to drive innovation as part of a continually evolving service offering.

Your key responsibilities

The nature of this role means no two projects will be the same. You will balance your time between directly liaising with our clients to understand their situation and create an appropriate investigation plan to performing technical review and analysis of data. This will include investigating what happened and helping the client to determine the potential impact and how the company’s data was potentially misused. You will be helping clients assess and resolve insider threats on an ongoing basis for multiple clients at a time. That means thinking differently about the type of data misuse, identifying malicious insiders, improving the client’s data integrity, investigation methodology and mitigate privacy risks.

Skills and attributes for success

• Desire to constantly develop your understanding of our clients’ industries, identifying trends, risks and opportunities for improvement
• Understanding of multiple technologies to distribute your knowledge of leading-practices to enhance service delivery
• Ability to develop your team through constant coaching and feedback, knowledge and opportunities to grow
• Experience in large scale, complex investigations, using techniques such as digital forensics, log analysis and timeline creation have been applied
• Ability to communicate technical events and analysis to both technical and nontechnical audiences and an understanding of the potential legal impacts
• Ability to preserve network and host-based digital evidence in an industry accepted forensically sound manner
• Experience performing host-based digital forensics on Microsoft Windows and Mac based systems using both Windows and Linux based forensic tools
• Experience performing mobile-based digital forensics on Apple and Android based systems

Ideally, you’ll also have

• A bachelor’s degree, supported by approximately 5 - 7 years relevant work experience
• Achieved at least one digital forensic professional designation, such as EnCE, CCE, CCFP, GCFA, GASF, GCFE, CFCE, CCME, GREM, etc
• Excellent project management and documentation skills with the ability to prioritize when working on multiple engagements
• The ability to travel to client locations or work extended hours when necessary in order to respond to client events
• In-depth understanding of computer forensic principles including digital and mobile forensics, log analysis, cloud-based systems, database structures, querying languages and common digital forensics tools including Axiom, Cellebrite, Verakey, X-Ways, and more
• Knowledge of data loss prevention systems and how they detect potential host and network-based data loss technologies or other insider threat risks
• Knowledge of Windows, Unix and Mac host-based forensics, Mobile OS’s and command line
• Global client network, experience working with fortune 500 companies, international and frequent travel opportunities
• Working knowledge of hardware configuration and network/data communications, software development and scripting, and database technology and database exploitation/forensics
• Strong experience with evidence seizure, chain of custody and conducting analysis

What we look for

We’re interested in passionate analysists, with the intellectual curiosity to actively pursue new knowledge in the rapidly changing world of digital forensics. Naturally you’ll need a firm technical foundation, as well as the ability to translate complex information into meaningful, actionable insights. But we’re not just looking for strong technical skills – we’re interested in people that have the ability to nurture relationships, both internal and external, and are committed to intimately understanding our client’s needs. If you’re looking to become part of a community of advisors where you’ll make a measurable difference across some of the most prestigious businesses around, this role is for you.

What we offer you

The EY benefits package is designed to support your physical, emotional, financial, and social wellbeing. Our extensive benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, and prescription drug coverage, as well as mental health benefits, a robust Employee Assistance Program and group savings plans to promote your overall wellbeing. We offer generous time off, including personal days, vacation days, and additional firm-wide holidays, along with the option to purchase extra vacation days. Employees can take advantage of EY's exclusive learning programs tailored just for them. We also provide internal opportunities for career development and advancement, enabling you to grow within the firm. Get involved in meaningful volunteering through EY Ripples and make a positive impact in the community.

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