Senior Digital Forensic Specialist (m/f/d)

Security Research Labs; Berlin; Vor Ort; EUR 75.000 - 105.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Flexible home office options

Annual company retreat

Urban Sports Club

Deutschland ticket

30 days paid vacation

Zusammenfassung

Security Research Labs in Germany is seeking an experienced Senior Digital Forensic Specialist to strengthen incident response, forensics, and client resilience. You will lead technical forensic investigations and help clients improve cyber security maturity.

You will work with a team of hackers, researchers, and consultants to investigate attacks, contain incidents, and strengthen defenses while advancing defensive capabilities and resilience for client organizations.

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience (at least 3 years) in IT Security Consulting with focus on incident response and digital forensics.
• Experience in two or more technical topics such as incident response, digital forensics, threat hunting, or cloud security.
• Excellent English; German proficiency is a plus.

Aufgaben

• Be the trusted advisor for clients, maintaining strong relationships, even during crisis situations.
• Lead forensic investigations, compromise assessments, and threat hunting activities.
• Conduct incident response from detection through remediation and recovery.
• Collaborate with incident responders to manage large-scale security incidents.
• Provide clear, actionable recommendations to clients in high-stakes situations.
• Produce high-quality technical reports and presentations for technical and non-technical audiences.
• Conduct technical trainings and workshops for clients and internal teams; mentor junior consultants.
• Engage in research and stay up to date on best practices and techniques.

Kenntnisse

IT Security Consulting

Incident response

Digital forensics

Jobbeschreibung

About us

SRLabs is home to knowledge leaders securing critical infrastructures in finance, energy, and telecommunications. We focus on hands-on hacking resilience – not compliance – by combining cutting-edge hacking research with impactful consulting work for innovation-driven organizations.

What makes us unique?

We are a diverse, international team of experts who thrive on solving complex problems. Our backgrounds span coding, reverse engineering, penetration testing, exploit scripting, research, and consulting. This broad mix enables us to influence the security design of large-scale organizations.

As our team grows, we are expanding our Defensive Capabilities and are looking for an experienced Senior Digital Forensic Specialist to strengthen our work in incident response, forensics, and client resilience.

Your responsibilities

In this role, you will take the lead on technical forensic investigations, applying deep expertise to analyze attacks, uncover evidence, and provide resolution strategies. You will operate in complex, large-scale environments, handling unique incidents and helping organizations recover while building long-term resilience. You will also help clients improve their defensive capabilities and their cyber security maturity by doing assessments, threat hunting and technical analysis.

You will work alongside hackers, researchers, and consultants to investigate attacks, contain incidents, and strengthen defenses within organizations.

Responsibilities

• Be the trusted advisor for clients, maintaining strong and lasting relationships, even during crisis situations.
• Lead forensic investigations, compromise assessments, and threat hunting activities.
• Conduct incident response activities from detection and containment through to remediation and recovery.
• Collaborate with incident responders to manage large-scale, complex security incidents.
• Provide clear, actionable recommendations to clients in high-stakes situations.
• Produce high-quality technical reports and presentations tailored to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Conduct technical trainings and workshops for clients and internal teams. Mentor junior consultants on projects requiring your expertise and guidance.
• Engage in research and stay up to date on the latest best practices and techniques.

What do you bring?

• Proven experience (at least 3 years) in IT Security Consulting, with a strong focus on incident response and digital forensics.
• Expertise in at least two technical topics (incident response, digital forensics, threat intelligence, threat hunting, threat research, incident remediation, vulnerability research, cloud security, security architecture, SIEM, SOC, ...)
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to think quickly in high-stakes situations.
• Experience in writing clear technical documentation and delivering client-facing presentations.
• Excellent collaboration and teamwork skills, especially under crisis conditions.
• Curiosity and willingness to constantly learn, staying ahead of attackers.
• Excellent verbal and written English; German proficiency is a plus.
• Willingness to travel when required.

What awaits you with us?

• A diverse, highly motivated, and skilled security team.
• Work that creates real impact for organizations and society.
• A culture of continuous learning and improvement.
• Flexible home office options.
• Annual company retreat.
• Urban Sports Club membership.
• Deutschland ticket (public transportation).
• 30 days of paid vacation.